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Explores a half-century of U.S. foreign policy from World War II to the Iraq War, revealing how, as Dwight Eisenhower had warned in his 1961 Farewell Address, political and corporate interests have become alarmingly entangled in the business of war. On a deeper level, what emerges is a portrait of a...

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Corporate Authors: Charlotte Street Films, Association relative à la télévision européenne, British Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Jarecki, Eugene (Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Commentator), Shipman, Susannah (Producer), Stewart, Jon, 1962- (Interviewer), Rose, Charles G., 1939-2012 (Interviewer), Wilkerson, Lawrence (Commentator), Sauret, Etienne (director of photography.)
Other title:Why we fight (Motion picture)
Daily show (Television program)
Storyville (Television program)
Charlie Rose (Television program)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Spanish
Portuguese
Published: Culver City, California : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2006.
Edition:Anamorphic widescreen.
Subjects:
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
United States > Economic conditions > 2001-2009.
United States > Foreign relations > 20th century.
United States > Foreign relations > 2001-2009.
United States > History, Military > 20th century.
Military-industrial complex > United States > History > 20th century.
Economic conversion > United States > History > 20th century.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:Explores a half-century of U.S. foreign policy from World War II to the Iraq War, revealing how, as Dwight Eisenhower had warned in his 1961 Farewell Address, political and corporate interests have become alarmingly entangled in the business of war. On a deeper level, what emerges is a portrait of a nation in transition--drifting dangerously far from her founding principles toward a more imperial and uncertain future.
Item Description:Originally released in 2005.
Special features: Extended scenes; extended character featurettes; filmmaker TV appearances: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Charlie Rose; audience Q&A with filmmaker; audio commentary by filmmaker and Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson; theatrical trailer.
Physical Description:1 DVD (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround ; high-definition.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG-13; for disturbing war images and brief language.
Awards:Sundance Film Festival, 2005: Grand Jury Prize - Documentary (Eugene Jarecki)
Production Credits:Camera, Etienne Sauret, May Ying Welsh, Brett Wiley ; music, Robert Miller ; editor, Nancy Kennedy ; field correspondents, Mary Jane Robinson, May Ying Welsh.
ISBN:142480356X
Participant or Performer:Interviews with Senator John McCain, Gore Vidal, John S.D. Eisenhower, Dan Rather.
Language:English dialogue with optional French, Spanish, or Portuguese subtitles. Closed-captioned.

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