The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009)
1h 32m
Running Time
October 16, 2009Release Date
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009)
1h 32m
Running Time
October 16, 2009Release Date
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Plot.
"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.
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This Movie Is About.
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Cast & Crew.
Peter Arnett
Self - Associated Press Correspondent
Ben Bagdikian
Self - Editor, Washington Post
Ann Beeson
Self - Associate Legal Director, ACLU
Howard Zinn
Self - Historian
John Dean
Self - White House Counsel to President Nixon
John Dean
Self - White House Counsel to President Nixon
Daniel Ellsberg
Self
Patricia Ellsberg
Self
Robert Ellsberg
Self - Daniel's Son
Richard Falk
Self - Professor of International Law
Max Frankel
Self - Washington Bureau Chief, New York Times
J. William Fulbright
Self - Chair Foreign Relations Committee
James Goodale
Self - General Counsel, New York Times
Judith Ehrlich
Director
Mike Gravel
Self - Senator (D-Alaska)
Morton Halperin
Self - Supervisor, Vietnam War Study (as Mort Halperin)
Rick Goldsmith
Director
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self - President (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson)
Lawrence Lerew
Writer
Randy Kehler
Self - Draft Resister
Bud Krogh
Self - Director, 'Plumbers' Unit (as Egil Krogh)
Pete McCloskey
Self - Representative, California
Michael Chandler
Writer
Robert McNamara
Self (archive footage)
Wayne Morse
Self - Senator, Oregon (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self - President (archive footage)
Blake Leyh
Composer
Vicente Franco
Cinematographer
Thomas Oliphant
Self - Reporter, Boston Globe (as Tom Oliphant)
Dan Rather
Self - Reporter (archive footage)
Dan Krauss
Cinematographer
Tony Russo
Self - RAND Analyst
Media.
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Wiki.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers is a 2009 documentary film directed by Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith. The film follows Daniel Ellsberg and explores the events leading up to the 1971 publication of the Pentagon Papers, which exposed the top-secret military history of the United States' involvement in Vietnam.The film was shown on the PBS series POV in 2010, for which it earned a Peabody Award.