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Lewis Lapham (written by)
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1 March 2007 (USA)
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America Rules the World! But Who Rules America?
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In this first of its kind "dramatic-documentary-musical", Lewis Lapham takes two young Ivy-League graduates on a tour of the corridors of power. The novice careerists must decide: should they seek to rule the world, or to save it? | full synopsis
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Hands-down the best documentary I've ever seen.
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Robert Altman | ... | Himself | |
| James Baker III | ... | Himself - Frm. Secretary of State | |
| Bill Bradley | ... | Fmr. U.S. Senator | |
| Harold Brown | ... | Himself - Fmr. Sec. of Defense | |
| Caton Burwell | ... | Jack Bellamy | |
| Paul Cantagallo | ... | Mike Vanzetti | |
| Hodding Carter III | ... | Himself - Fmr. State Dept. Spokesman | |
| William T. Coleman | ... | Himself - Fmr. Sec. of Commerce | |
| Walter Cronkite | ... | Himself - Fmr. CBS News Anchorman | |
| Barbara Ehrenreich | ... | Herself - Journalist | |
| Vartan Gregorian | ... | Himself - President Carnegie Corporation | |
| Doug Henwood | ... | Himself - economic essayist | |
| Lewis Lapham | ... | Himself - Fmr. editor Harper's Magazine | |
| Mike Medavoy | ... | Himself | |
| Joseph S. Nye | ... | Fmr. Acting Sec. of Def. | |
| John Perkins | ... | Himself - 'The Economic Hitman' | |
| Michael Rainin | ... | Blues Harmonica Player | |
| Pete Seeger | ... | Himself - Folksinger | |
| Jessica Silver-Greenberg | ... | Taylor Meade | |
| Arthur Sulzberger | ... | Himself - Chairman, New York Times Company | |
| Lawrence H. Summers | ... | Fmr. Pres. - Harvard U. - Cheif Econ. - World Bank | |
| Kurt Vonnegut Jr. | ... | Himself - Novelist | |
| Hollis Witherspoon | ... | Emily Gann | |
| Howard Zinn | ... | Himself - U.S. Historian |
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I found it to be both enlightening and entertaining and enjoyed particularly the use of interview subjects who are positioned to know what they are talking about.
The film is filled with excellent music, well-used, though it seems unfair almost to single out the music as all the technical aspects of the film making were top-class.
I think this is a must-see for any person who cares to understand and affect the world we are confronted with.
This will be compulsory viewing for some time for any friend or family member of mine who comes to visit me.