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- Release Date: December 19, 2003
- MPAA Rating: PG-13
- Duration: 95 minutes
- Won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Film in 2004
- Contains original music composed by Philip Glass
- Release Company: Sony Pictures
- Domestic Gross: $5,034,218
- McNamara was 85 at the time of filming
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Directed by Errol Morris, documentary film The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara examines the life and times of Robert S. McNamara, who formerly held many positions of power, including United States Secretary of Defense, president of the World Bank and Ford Motor Company and World War II Air Force Colonel.
Interspersed with archival footage is a series of interviews in which McNamara describes his actions and the lessons he learned while acting as U.S. Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations during the Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam War.
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McNamara's Eleven Lessons
- Empathize with your enemy
- Rationality will not save us
- There's something beyond one's self
- Maximize efficiency
- Proportionality should be a guideline in war
- Get the data
- Belief and seeing are both often wrong
- Be prepared to reexamine your reasoning
- In order to do good, you may have to engage in evil
- Never say never
- You can't change human nature
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The Fog of War Questions
Does anyone have safety information on the using regular car lights and fog lights at the same time at night when there is no fog? 1 AnswerFog lights are used only when there's a fog or any other hazardous weather conditions such as snowfalls and rainstorms. High-beam headlights mustn’t be used whe... read more
What were the Pre-Columbian Cahokia wars? 2 AnswersThe Cahokia were a warlike people, but out of necessity rather than malice. The expansion from their earthworked city was needed for resources to supply the peo... read more
Peloponnesian War - some facts? 1 AnswerHere are a few quick facts to help you with your report: 1. The war began on 4 April 431 B.C. with a Theban attempt to surprise Plataea, Athens' ally and outpo... read more
What was the real story behind the "War Games" movie? 2 AnswersThe most appropriate incident is when a student hacked ARPANET (pentagon) in early 80s. It was in early 80s that Kevin Mitnick achieved his major coup, a truly ... read more
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The Fog of War Fan Sites, Blogs and Message Boards
- Google Blog Search: The Fog of War
- The Nation: "Fog of War vs. Stop the Presses" - Forum exchange between Errol Morris & Eric Alterman
- Film Freak Central: "The Documentarian Becomes the Documented"
- Rotten Tomatoes: The Fog of War Forum
- IMDb: The Fog of War Message Board
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Commuting through the fog of war.
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yesterday watched 'The Fog Of War' excellent documentary, breathtaking, but naturally a bit depressing, to make up fun today: 'Charade'
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