Additional Author:
Ehrlich, Judith.
Publisher:[United States] : First Run Features, [2009]
Description:1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Note:Based in part on Secrets : a memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon papers by Daniel Ellsberg.
Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.
Note:Special features: The Nixon tapes (audio highlights from the Oval office); Woody Harrelson and Naomi Wolf on Ellsberg; Daniel Ellsburg today; filmmaker's biographies.
Note:Gulf of Tonkin -- I need blood -- Vietnam, 1965 -- Asleep at the wheel -- Secrets -- My life, split in two -- Tony Russo -- Xeroxing -- The leak -- The New York times -- Pentagon papers revealed -- Senator Mike Gravel -- Wouldn't you go to prison? -- Nixon and his plumbers -- No one is listening -- The trial -- Aftermath.
Note:Director of photography, Vicente Franco ; editors, Michael Chandler, Lawrence Lerew, Rick Goldsmith ; original music, Blake Leyh.
Note:"In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a high-level Pentagon official and Vietnam War strategist, concludes that the war is based on decades of lies and leaks 7,000 pages of top secret documents to the New York Times, making headlines around the world. ... one man's profound change of heart created a landmark struggle involving America's newspapers, its president, and the Supreme Court--a political thriller whose events led directly to Watergate, Nixon's resignation, and the end of the Vietnam War."--Container.
Note:DVD format ; Widescreen 16:9 ; Stereo or 5.1 audio options.
Note:Closed-captioned.
E-Resource:Related electronic resource:
http://www.mrqe.com/movies/m100087565?s=1 -- Note: Connect to reviews of this title online
