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Academy Award®-winner for Best Documentary Feature, THE FOG OF WAR is the story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense, under President Kennedy and President Johnson, Robert S. McNamara. McNamara was one of the most controversial and influential political figures of the 20th century. Now - for the first time ever - he sits down one on one with award-winning director Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line) to offer a candid and intimate journey through some of the most seminal events in contemporary American history. As leader of the world's most powerful military force during this nation's most volatile period in recent years, McNamara offers new and often surprising insights into the 1945 bombing of Tokyo, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the effects of the Vietnam War. Featuring newly released Oval Office recorded conversations with Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, THE FOG OF WAR received critical acclaim for its up-close and personal insider perspective. See the film that Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times) hailed as "a masterpiece!"
Original Release
12/19/2003
US Release
12/19/2003
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Robert McNamara | Self |
Fidel Castro | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Barry Goldwater | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Lyndon B. Johnson | Self |
John F. Kennedy | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Nikita Khrushchev | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Curtis LeMay | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Errol Morris | Interviewer / Self |
Richard Nixon | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Harry Reasoner | Self - TV interviewer / Self (archive footage) |
Directors
Cast
Name | Character |
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Robert McNamara | Self |
Fidel Castro | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Barry Goldwater | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Lyndon B. Johnson | Self |
John F. Kennedy | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Nikita Khrushchev | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Curtis LeMay | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Errol Morris | Interviewer / Self |
Richard Nixon | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Harry Reasoner | Self - TV interviewer / Self (archive footage) |
Franklin D. Roosevelt | Self / Self (voice) (archive footage) |
Woodrow Wilson | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jon Kamen | Executive Producer |
Jack Lechner | Executive Producer |
Robert May | Executive Producer |
Frank Scherma | Executive Producer |
John Sloss | Executive Producer |
Errol Morris | Producer |
Julie Ahlberg | Producer |
Robert Fernandez | Producer |
Adam Kosberg | Producer |
Ann Petrone | Producer |
Michael Williams | Producer |
Editors
Clips
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2004 | Oscar | Best Documentary, Features | Won |