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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.
Keywords
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
Casts
Robert McNamara
Self
Errol Morris
Self
Fidel Castro
Self (archive footage)
Barry Goldwater
Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Nikita Khrushchev
Self (archive footage)
Curtis LeMay
Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Harry Reasoner
Self (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Woodrow Wilson
Self (archive footage)
Crews
Errol Morris
Director
Jon Kamen
Executive Producer
Jack Lechner
Executive Producer
Robert May
Executive Producer
Errol Morris
Producer
Frank Scherma
Executive Producer
John Sloss
Executive Producer
Michael Williams
Producer
Philip Glass
Original Music Composer
Robert Chappell
Director of Photography
Peter Donahue
Director of Photography
Doug Abel
Editor
Chyld King
Editor
Karen Schmeer
Editor
Julie Ahlberg
Producer
Ted Bafaloukos
Production Design
Steve Hardy
Production Design
Robert Fernandez
Co-Producer
Backdrops & Posters
