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A powerful drama of soaring ambition and shattered dreams that takes a provocative insider's look at the way the USA goes to war—as seen from inside the LBJ White House leading up to and during the Vietnam War.
Language
Budget$17,000,000
Revenue --
English
Budget$17,000,000
Revenue --
Keywords
vietnam war
vietcong
usa president
cold war
failure
advisor
1960s
difficult choice
Casts

Michael Gambon
Lyndon Johnson

Donald Sutherland
Clark Clifford

Alec Baldwin
Robert McNamara

Bruce McGill
George Ball

James Frain
Richard Goodwin

Felicity Huffman
Lady Bird Johnson

Philip Baker Hall
Everett Dirksen

Frederic Forrest
Earle G. Wheeler

Diana Scarwid
Marny Clifford

Sarah Paulson
Luci Baines Johnson

Chris Eigeman
Bill Moyers

Tom Skerritt
William Westmoreland

John Aylward
Dean Rusk

Peter Jacobson
Adam Yarmolinsky

Gerry Becker
Walt Rostow

J.K. Simmons
CIA Briefer

Reed Diamond
Duty Officer

Gary Sinise
George Wallace

Cliff DeYoung
McGeorge Bundy

Francis Guinan
Nicholas Katzenbach

Robert Cicchini
Joseph Califano

Randy Oglesby
John Stennis

Gina-Raye Carter
Lynda Bird Johnson

Brenda Wehle
Juanita Roberts
Crews

John Frankenheimer
Director

Mimi Lesseos
Stunts
Daniel Giat
Writer
Lee Waddell
Stunts

Joey Anaya
Stunt Double

Blaise Corrigan
Stunts

Rick Kain
Stunts
Lynn Salvatori
Stunt Driver
Jacob Chambers
Stunts
Bruce Alan Greene
Camera Operator
Bruce Alan Greene
Steadicam Operator

Cary Brokaw
Executive Producer
Guy Riedel
Producer

Gary Chang
Music
Jan O'Connell
Art Direction
Timothy A. Miguel
Makeup Artist
Kimberly Felix
Makeup Artist
Antoinette J. Gordon
Set Designer
Richard F. Mays
Set Designer
Bret Ross
Set Dresser
Linda Avitabile
Visual Effects Coordinator
Andrew Hardaway
Visual Effects Supervisor
Dan Savant
Music Arranger
Jane Aull
Makeup Artist
Toni-Ann Walker
Hair Department Head

John Frankenheimer
Executive Producer
Michael Germain
Makeup Artist
Kris Evans
Makeup Artist

Stephen Goldblatt
Director of Photography

Richard Francis-Bruce
Editor
Tena Austin
Makeup Artist
Cindy Gardner
Makeup Artist
Joy Zapata
Hairstylist
Ellen Powell
Hairstylist
Sanjay Bhattacharya
Production Manager
Kathy McCart
Sound Recordist
Kevin E. Carpenter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Susanna Sandke
Costume Supervisor
Mindy Marin
Casting
Ora Green
Hairstylist
Lumas Hamilton Jr.
Hairstylist
Howard Dratch
Executive Producer

Dennis Liddiard
Makeup Department Head
Edgar J. Scherick
Executive Producer

Waldemar Kalinowski
Production Design
Scott Meehan
Art Direction
Marc Sadeghi
Visual Effects Producer
Rick Fleishman
Music Arranger
Jan T. O'Connell
Art Department Coordinator
William S. Maxwell III
Set Dresser
Jonathan Rothbart
Visual Effects Supervisor
Ray Espinola Jr.
Music Producer

Gary Chang
Scoring Mixer
Christopher K. Grap
Production Coordinator
Elaina P. Schulman
Hairstylist
Tim Pedegana
Post Production Supervisor
Richard O. Helmer
Special Effects Supervisor
Arin Finger
Visual Effects Coordinator
Karl Rumpf
Visual Effects Coordinator
Lowell Rottenberg
Post Production Coordinator
Maxine Bergen
Script Supervisor

Kyle Cooper
Title Designer
Chris Peterson
Set Dresser
Mike Le Mare
Supervising Sound Editor
Donna Jean Coates
Researcher
Samuel J. Tell
Set Dresser
Gretchen Davis
Makeup Artist
Patricia Budz
Hairstylist
Stephen Robinette
Hairstylist
Adam Austin
Set Dresser
Dutch Merrick
Set Dresser
Matthias Schmitz
Sound Effects Editor
Steve Pederson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Evyen Klean
Music Supervisor
Shirley Davis
Line Producer
Florence Fellman
Set Decoration
Georgina Williams
Hairstylist
David Agajanian
Set Dresser
Gary Ritchie
Sound Recordist

Bud Davis
Stunt Coordinator
P.J. Bloom
Music Supervisor
Jeff Hay
Set Dresser
Thomas Vicari
Sound Mixer

Nancy Schreiber
Director of Photography
Mark Landon
Makeup Artist
Jeannine Stevens
Set Dresser
Charles M. Wilborn
Sound Mixer
Ian McCamey
Visual Effects Editor
Robert W. Morgenroth
Visual Effects Supervisor
Carol Flaisher
Production Manager
Keith Sale
Set Dresser
Robert Garrett
Music Editor
Barbara Gregson
Archival Footage Research
Lynn Salvatori
Stunt Double
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