The Fog of War (2003)
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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.
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Directed by: Peter Donahue, Errol Morris, Robert Chappell
Produced by: Jack Lechner, Errol Morris, Jon Kamen
Composed by: Philip Glass
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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)

Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)

Harry Reasoner
Self (archive footage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (voice) (archive footage)

Woodrow Wilson
Self (archive footage)
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