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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Movie Release: 2003 DVD Release: 05/11/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: French, Japanese, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 47 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Members Wishing: 4 Genres: Culture & Society, Biography, Military & War, Politics & Government

Former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara is the sole focus of documentarian Errol Morris's The Fog of War, a film that not only analyzes McNamara's controversial decisions during the first half of the Vietnam War, but also his childhood upbringing, his education at Berkley and Harvard, his involvement in World War II, and his later years as president of the World Bank. Culling footage from almost 20 hours of interviews with the Secretary, Morris details key moments from McNamara's career, including the 1945 bombing of Tokyo, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and President Kennedy's suggestions to the Secretary that the U.S. remove itself from Vietnam. Throughout the film, the 85-year-old McNamara expounds his philosophies on international conflict, and shows regret and pride in equal measure for, respectively, his mistakes and accomplishments. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide

Robert S. McNamara

Arguably the best film yet by the award-winning documentarian Errol Morris, The Fog of War, a look at the life of former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, gets a deftly handled expanded treatment upon its release to DVD. The film is presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.78:1. The closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Japanese subtitles are accessible. The bonus materials feature two-dozen additional scenes created by Morris from the copious amount of footage he took during his lengthy interview sessions with McNamara. These scenes add more information and depth to a film already overflowing with historical perspective and analysis. Television promotional spots for the film round out this excellent release from Columbia/TriStar. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide