The most dangerous man in America Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers / Kovno Communications ; InSight Productions ; Independent Television Service (ITVS) ; produced and directed by Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith ; written by Lawrence Lerew ... [and others].

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher number: FRF914383Publisher: [New York] : First Run Features, 2009Edition: WidescreenDescription: 1 DVD (approximately 94 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Audience:
  • Unrated
  • General
Other title:
  • Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Vicente Franco ; edited by Michael ChandlerLawrence Lerew, Rick Goldsmith ; music by Blake Leyh.
Awards:
  • National Board of Review, Freedom of expression award.
  • Palm Springs International Film Fest, Audience Award- Best Documentary.
Narrated by Daniel Ellsberg.Summary: "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.
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Documentary film.

Originally produced in 2009.

Based in part on the book "Secrets : a memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers by Daniel Ellsberg.

Special features include: Nixon tapes (audio highlights from the Oval Office ; Woody Harrelson & Naomi Wolf on Ellsberg ; and more.

Director of photography, Vicente Franco ; edited by Michael ChandlerLawrence Lerew, Rick Goldsmith ; music by Blake Leyh.

Narrated by Daniel Ellsberg.

"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.

Not rated.

DVD; stereo or 5.1 audio options.

Closed-captioned.

National Board of Review, Freedom of expression award.

Palm Springs International Film Fest, Audience Award- Best Documentary.

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