
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009)
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- 1h 32min
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- Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 2 nominations.
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Peter Arnett | ... |
Self - Associated Press Correspondent (archiveFootage)
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Ben Bagdikian | ... |
Self - Editor, Washington Post
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Ann Beeson | ... |
Self - Associate Legal Director, ACLU
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John Dean | ... |
Self - White House Counsel to President Nixon
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Daniel Ellsberg | ... |
Self / Narraror
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Patricia Ellsberg | ... |
Self
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Robert Ellsberg | ... |
Self - Daniel's Son
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Richard Falk | ... |
Self - Professor of International Law
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Max Frankel | ... |
Self - Washington Bureau Chief, New York Times
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J. William Fulbright | ... |
Self - Chair Foreign Relations Committee (archiveFootage)
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James Goodale | ... |
Self - General Counsel, New York Times
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Mike Gravel | ... |
Self - Senator (D-Alaska)
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Morton Halperin | ... |
Self - Supervisor, Vietnam War Study
(as Mort Halperin)
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Lyndon B. Johnson | ... |
Self - President (archiveFootage)
(as Lyndon Johnson)
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Randy Kehler | ... |
Self - Draft Resister
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Bud Krogh | ... |
Self - Director, 'Plumbers' Unit - Nixon White House
(as Egil Krogh)
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Pete McCloskey | ... |
Self - Representative, California
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Robert McNamara | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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Wayne Morse | ... |
Self - Senator, Oregon (archiveFootage)
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Richard Nixon | ... |
Self - President (archiveFootage)
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Thomas Oliphant | ... |
Self - Reporter, Boston Globe
(as Tom Oliphant)
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Dan Rather | ... |
Self - Reporter (archiveFootage)
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Tony Russo | ... |
Self - RAND Analyst
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Thomas Schelling | ... |
Self - RAND Analyst / Nobel Laureate
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Hedrick Smith | ... |
Self - Reporter, New York Times
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Janaki Tschannerl | ... |
Self - Peace Activist
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Leonard Weinglass | ... |
Self - Russo Defense Attorney
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Howard Zinn | ... |
Self - Historian
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Directed by
Judith Ehrlich | ||
Rick Goldsmith |
Written by
Lawrence Lerew | ... | (written by) & |
Rick Goldsmith | ... | (written by) & |
Judith Ehrlich | ... | (written by) & |
Michael Chandler | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
Lynn Adler | ... | associate producer |
Judith Ehrlich | ... | producer |
Jodie Evans | ... | executive producer |
Jannat Gargi | ... | Imaging Producer |
Rick Goldsmith | ... | producer |
Max Good | ... | assistant producer |
Claire Greensfelder | ... | consulting producer |
Karen Payne | ... | consulting producer |
Music by
Blake Leyh |
Cinematography by
Vicente Franco | ||
Dan Krauss |
Editing by
Michael Chandler | ||
Rick Goldsmith | ||
Lawrence Lerew |
Editorial Department
Michael Chandler | ... | consulting editor |
Jesse Spencer | ... | on-line editor / post-production coordinator |
Stephen Vittoria | ... | editor: Theatrical Trailer |
Production Management
Jorge Trelles | ... | production manager |
Sound Department
Nick Bertoni | ... | sound recordist |
James Lebrecht | ... | supervising sound editor |
Alex Wilmer | ... | sound designer |
Animation Department
Eli Noyes | ... | animation director |
R. Brad Yarhouse | ... | animator: scenes deleted |
Tom Rubalcava | ... | layout artist (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Lisa Callif | ... | clearance counsel |
Thomas A. Cohen | ... | legal services |
Michael Donaldson | ... | clearance counsel |
Kenn Rabin | ... | archival consultant |
Jan Rofekamp | ... | world sales: Films Transit International |
Roger Strother | ... | archival researcher |
Production Companies
Distributors
- First Run Features (2010) (United States) (theatrical)
- Antidote Films (2009) (Australia) (DVD)
- Dogwoof (2009) (United Kingdom)
- Gravitas Ventures (2010) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- Kovno Communications (2009) (World-wide)
- NHK BS1 (2010) (Japan) (tv)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2010) (Finland) (tv)
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Plot Summary |
"The Most Dangerous Man in America" is the story of what happens when a former Pentagon insider, armed only with his conscience, steadfast determination, and a file cabinet full of classified documents, decides to challenge an "Imperial" Presidency-answerable to neither Congress, the press, nor the people-in order to help end the Vietnam War. In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg shook America to its foundations when he smuggled a top-secret Pentagon study to the New York Times that showed how five Presidents consistently lied to the American people about the Vietnam War that was killing millions and tearing America apart. President Nixon's National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger called Ellsberg "the most dangerous man in America," who "had to be stopped at all costs." But Ellsberg wasn't stopped. Facing 115 years in prison on espionage and conspiracy charges, he fought back. Ensuing events surrounding the so-called Pentagon Papers led directly to Watergate and the downfall of President Nixon, and hastened the end of the Vietnam War. Ellsberg's relentless telling of truth to power, which exposed the secret deeds of an "Imperial Presidency," inspired Americans of all walks of life to forever question the previously-unchallenged pronouncements of its leaders. "The Most Dangerous Man in America" tells the inside story, for the first time on film, of this pivotal event that changed history and transformed our nation's political discourse. It is told largely by the players of that dramatic episode-Ellsberg, his colleagues, family and critics; Pentagon Papers authors and government officials; Vietnam veterans and anti-war activists; Watergate principals, attorneys and the journalists who both covered the story and were an integral part of it; and finally-through White House audiotapes-President Nixon and his inner circle of advisors. Written by Anonymous |
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Box Office
Opening Weekend United States | $1,114, 31 Jan 2010 |
Did You Know?
Goofs | (at around 1h 19 mins) Three Black Hawk helicopters are shown disembarking combat-equipped soldiers, ostensibly in Viet Nam. While the first YUH-60 did in fact fly before the fall of Saigon, it was 1976 before three of them had been produced. Production aircraft were not delivered until 1978. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2010). See more » |
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Daniel Ellsberg:
...and that was a conscious lie. We all knew that inside the government and not one of us told the press or the public or the electorate during that election. It was a well kept secret by thousands and thousands of people, including me. See more » |