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Jason Horwitch (writer)
Release Date:
9 March 2003 (USA) more
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His greatest act of patriotism was an act of treason.
Plot:
Defense worker Daniel Ellsberg seeks to publish a series of classified government documents detailing the true nature of America's involvement in the Vietnam War. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 3 nominations more
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(2 articles)
Spader To Join 'The Practice'
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 12 June 2003)
TV Reviews: 'The Pentagon Papers'
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 7 March 2003)
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A traitor? I don't think so. more (10 total)
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 |
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Rated R for some war images and brief sexuality.
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92 min
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Errors in geography: The exterior of a bar supposedly located in Saigon clearly displays signs written in the Thai language, and some of the signs are from contemporary times, as evidenced by product logos, rather than from 1965. more
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References The Pentagon Papers (1972) (TV) more
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This real story describes how did Daniel Ellsberg try to stop Vietnam War. He was one of them who thought the victory belongs to USA. But when he was being a inspector in Vietnam, he started to doubt himself. The papers for evaluating the situation of the war for Vietnam from Rand Corporation is totally changed him. I don't know anything about Vietnam War before seeing this movie. And this movie makes me to recall another movie, Fahrenheit 911. Both movies are different in style. One is telling the truth in back, the other one may be a truth, too. One is using serious way, the other one using a humorous way(but we should take it seriously, war is not a funny thing). I think anything has connection with politics, that will be the most terrible thing. Because everybody has a dark side. No one is totally bright!(That is that guy's dark side is having huge bright proportion.) I don't think Daniel Ellsberg is a traitor. If he is, he betrayed to the law which protect people who make wrong decision and don't want to take responsibility.