The Fog of War

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.

Cast

Robert McNamara

Robert McNamara

as Self

Errol Morris

Errol Morris

as Self (uncredited)

Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Barry Goldwater

Barry Goldwater

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Khrushchev

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Curtis LeMay

Curtis LeMay

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Harry Reasoner

Harry Reasoner

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

as Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Whether you love him or hate him, agree with him or disagree with him... it's a stunningly compelling conversation....

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