The Fog of War (2003)

Documentary • PT1H47M

The Fog of War

Overview

Former corporate whiz kid Robert McNamara was the controversial Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, during the height of the Vietnam War. Augmented by archival footage and cabinet conversation recordings, Errol Morris gives the conflicted McNamara a platform on which he attempts to confront his and the U.S. government's actions in Southeast Asia in light of the horrors of modern warfare, the end of ideology and the punitive judgment of history.

Director: Errol Morris

Top Cast

  • Robert McNamara as Self
  • Errol Morris as Self (uncredited)
  • Fidel Castro as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Barry Goldwater as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • John F. Kennedy as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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