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The Most Dangerous Man in America (2009)
Directed by Judith Ehrlich, Rick Goldsmith
“Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers”
Documentary · 1h 32m
"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.
Cast
Daniel Ellsberg
Self (Narraror)
P
Patricia Ellsberg
Self
J
John Dean
Self - White House Counsel to President Nixon
Howard Zinn
Self - Historian
P
Peter Arnett
Self - Associated Press Correspondent (archive footage)
B
Ben Bagdikian
Self - Editor, Washington Post
A
Ann Beeson
Self - Associate Legal Director, ACLU
R
Robert Ellsberg
Self - Daniel's Son
R
Richard Falk
Self - Professor of International Law
M
Max Frankel
Self - Washington Bureau Chief, New York Times
J
J. William Fulbright
Self - Chair Foreign Relations Committee (archive footage)
J
James Goodale
Self - General Counsel, New York Times
Crew
- Director
- Judith Ehrlich, Rick Goldsmith
- Writer
- Rick Goldsmith, Michael Chandler, Lawrence Lerew, Judith Ehrlich
- Director of Photography
- Dan Krauss, Vicente Franco
- Original Music Composer
- Blake Leyh
- Editor
- Michael Chandler, Lawrence Lerew, Rick Goldsmith
Details
- Release date
- 2009-10-16
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Kovno Communications