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Using archival footage, United States Cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the eighty-five-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 American Vietnam War, as defense secretary for presidents Kennedy and Johnson.
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Robert McNamara | Self |
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Fidel Castro | Self |
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Barry Goldwater | Self |
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Lyndon Johnson | Self |
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John F. Kennedy | Self |
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Nikita Khrushchev | Self |
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Curtis LeMay | Self |
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Errol Morris | Interviewer |
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Richard Nixon | Self |
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Harry Reasoner | Self - TV interviewer |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt | Self |
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Woodrow Wilson | Self |
Crew
| Director | Errol Morris |
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| Producer | Julie Ahlberg, Robert Fernandez, Jon Kamen, Adam Kosberg, Jack Lechner, Robert May, Errol Morris, Ann Petrone, Frank Scherma, John Sloss, Michael Williams | |
| Musician | Philip Glass | |
| Photography | Robert Chappell, Peter Donahue | |
Personal
| Quantity | 1 |
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| Added Date | Mar 10, 2012 13:58:30 |
| Modified Date | Jun 12, 2022 00:32:43 |
Edition details
| Screen Ratios | Widescreen (1.78:1) Widescreen (1.85:1) |
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| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] |
| Subtitles | English (Closed Captioned) | French | Japanese | Portuguese | Spanish |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | May 11, 2004 |
Notes
Story Synopsis:
Readily admitting to previously making mistakes in the application of military power, the Academy Award®-winning documentary "The Fog Of War" explores the life of 85-year-old former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. Focusing on his accomplishments as well as his mistakes, the film explores NcNamara’s early days beginning in 1918 up until his life today. Since retiring, McNamara continues to work on problems of poverty, world health, and economic development. Mr. McNamara’s history is presented in 11 simple lessons with footage included on the highlights of his career. (Tricia Littrell)
DVD Picture:
The anamorphically enhanced 1.78:1 DVD picture is of variable quality due to different source elements that make up this documentary. There are some creative visuals, interview segments, stock footage and crisp transitions. The interview segments offer satisfying color fidelity, and blacks are deep and solid. Most of the anomalies with this picture are related to the various source elements. There is no distracting pixelization or edge enhancement. (Suzanne Hodges)
Soundtrack:
The Dolby® Digital 5.1-channel documentary-style soundtrack plays so much differently than a normal documentary usually sounds. Often in documentary presentations, the sound design is very straightforward, without much sonic diversity and activity in more than just the front center channel. This presentation employs excellent fidelity, impressive spatial dimensionality, and superb tonality, as there is substantial and sometimes highly aggressive sonic activity in each of the 5.1-channels. Although much of the visual images shown onscreen are from footage taken many decades ago, sound effects like that of explosions of artillery are effectively mixed and reverberate nicely and with impact in the LFE channel. The real highlight of the presentation is the mesmerizing original score by Philip Glass. Glass’s score emotionally accentuates the serious discussions about war and conflict by Robert McNamara and gives the audio presentation virtual soul. When dialogue is present in the front center channel, the musical accompaniment plays wonderfully in all five channels. This is just simply a well-recorded soundtrack. (Jeffrey Kern)