The Pentagon Papers (2003)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	James Spader	...	Daniel Ellsberg
	Claire Forlani	...	Patricia Marx
	Paul Giamatti	...	Anthony Russo
	Alan Arkin	...	Harry Rowen
	Kenneth Welsh	...	John McNaughon
	Maria del Mar	...	Carol Ellsberg
	Sean McCann	...	John Mitchell
	James Downing	...	H.R. Haldeman
	Richard Fitzpatrick	...	John Ehrlichman
	Jonas Chernick	...	Neil Sheehan
	Amy Price-Francis	...	Jan Butler
	Aaron Ashmore	...	Randy Kehler
	George R. Robertson	...	Senator Fulbright (as George Robertson)
	Robert Seeliger	...	FBI Agent
	Roland Rothchild	...	FBI Agent

Storyline

Daniel Ellsberg, a hawkish analyst for the Rand Corporation think-tank and later for the U.S. government, supports the war in Vietnam until two powerful occurrences: the experience, first-hand, of combat and political turmoil in Vietnam, and the discovery of secret Defense Department documents detailing the deliberate fabrication of reasons to initiate and expand the war. Facing a crisis of conscience, Ellsberg becomes convinced that the American people have not been told the truth about the war, its justifications, or its likely outcome. He decides to expose the secret history of the war in hopes that the American public, its eyes opened, will force the government to end the war. In order to do so, he must risk his career and his freedom, perhaps even his life. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>  

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