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.
Director: Errol Morris
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Robert McNamara
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Errol Morris
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Fidel Castro
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Barry Goldwater
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John F. Kennedy
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Nikita Khrushchev
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Curtis LeMay
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Richard Nixon
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Harry Reasoner
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Woodrow Wilson
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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