The Fog of War
- Documentary
- TV Movie
- History
- War
10/26/2003
107
PG-13
Storyline
Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, from working as a WWII whiz-kid military officer, to being the Ford Motor Company's president, to managing the Vietnam War as defense secretary for presidents Kennedy and Johnson.
- Director:
- vietnam
- politics
- biography
- historical figure
- historical society
- secretary of defense
- anti war protest
- cuban missile crisis
- cabinet position
- armed forces
- spin doctor
- self immolation
- auto industry
- historical drama
- semi-biographical
- historical reinterpretation
- historical revisionism
- historical documentary
- historical events
Videos
Cast
Robert McNamaraSelf- Errol MorrisSelf
- Fidel CastroSelf (archive footage)
- Barry GoldwaterSelf (archive footage)
- John F. KennedySelf (archive footage)
- Nikita KhrushchevSelf (archive footage)
Curtis LeMaySelf (archive footage)- Richard NixonSelf (archive footage)
- Harry ReasonerSelf (archive footage)
- Franklin D. RooseveltSelf (voice) (archive footage)
- Woodrow WilsonSelf (archive footage)