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| Director: | John Frankenheimer | 
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| Writer: | Daniel Giat | 
| Staring: | 
| A powerful drama of soaring ambition and shattered dreams that takes a provocative insider's look at the way the USA goes to war—as seen from inside the LBJ White House leading up to and during the Vietnam War. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 28, 2003 | 
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| Director: | John Frankenheimer | 
| Writer: | Daniel Giat | 
| Genres: | Drama, History, TV Movie | 
| Keywords | usa president, cold war, vietnam war, vietcong, failure, advisor, 1960s, difficult choice | 
| Production Companies | Avenue Pictures, HBO, Edgar J. Scherick Associates, HBO Films | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $17,000,000 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Michael Gambon | Lyndon Johnson | 
| Donald Sutherland | Clark Clifford | 
| Alec Baldwin | Robert McNamara | 
| Bruce McGill | George Ball | 
| James Frain | Richard Goodwin | 
| Felicity Huffman | Lady Bird Johnson | 
| Philip Baker Hall | Everett Dirksen | 
| Frederic Forrest | Earle G. Wheeler | 
| Diana Scarwid | Marny Clifford | 
| Sarah Paulson | Luci Baines Johnson | 
| Chris Eigeman | Bill Moyers | 
| Tom Skerritt | William Westmoreland | 
| John Aylward | Dean Rusk | 
| Peter Jacobson | Adam Yarmolinsky | 
| Gerry Becker | Walt Rostow | 
| J.K. Simmons | CIA Briefer | 
| Reed Diamond | Duty Officer | 
| Gary Sinise | George Wallace | 
| Cliff DeYoung | McGeorge Bundy | 
| Francis Guinan | Nicholas Katzenbach | 
| Robert Cicchini | Joseph Califano | 
| Randy Oglesby | John Stennis | 
| Gina-Raye Carter | Lynda Bird Johnson | 
| Brenda Wehle | Juanita Roberts | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| John Frankenheimer | Director | 
| Gary Chang | Scoring Mixer, Music | 
| Kyle Cooper | Title Designer | 
| Bruce Alan Greene | Steadicam Operator, Camera Operator | 
| Robert Garrett | Music Editor | 
| Maxine Bergen | Script Supervisor | 
| Donna Jean Coates | Researcher | 
| Christopher K. Grap | Production Coordinator | 
| Barbara Gregson | Archival Footage Research | 
| Daniel Giat | Writer | 
| Lee Waddell | Stunts | 
| Lynn Salvatori | Stunt Driver, Stunt Double | 
| Jacob Chambers | Stunts | 
| Shirley Davis | Line Producer | 
| Scott Meehan | Art Direction | 
| Jan O'Connell | Art Direction | 
| Florence Fellman | Set Decoration | 
| Jane Aull | Makeup Artist | 
| Tena Austin | Makeup Artist | 
| Gretchen Davis | Makeup Artist | 
| Kris Evans | Makeup Artist | 
| Kimberly Felix | Makeup Artist | 
| Cindy Gardner | Makeup Artist | 
| Michael Germain | Makeup Artist | 
| Patricia Budz | Hairstylist | 
| Ora Green | Hairstylist | 
| Lumas Hamilton Jr. | Hairstylist | 
| Mark Landon | Makeup Artist | 
| Timothy A. Miguel | Makeup Artist | 
| Toni-Ann Walker | Hair Department Head | 
| Joy Zapata | Hairstylist | 
| Georgina Williams | Hairstylist | 
| Elaina P. Schulman | Hairstylist | 
| Ellen Powell | Hairstylist | 
| Stephen Robinette | Hairstylist | 
| Sanjay Bhattacharya | Production Manager | 
| Carol Flaisher | Production Manager | 
| Tim Pedegana | Post Production Supervisor | 
| David Agajanian | Set Dresser | 
| Adam Austin | Set Dresser | 
| Jeff Hay | Set Dresser | 
| Antoinette J. Gordon | Set Designer | 
| William S. Maxwell III | Set Dresser | 
| Richard F. Mays | Set Designer | 
| Keith Sale | Set Dresser | 
| Samuel J. Tell | Set Dresser | 
| Chris Peterson | Set Dresser | 
| Dutch Merrick | Set Dresser | 
| Jan T. O'Connell | Art Department Coordinator | 
| Jeannine Stevens | Set Dresser | 
| Bret Ross | Set Dresser | 
| Mike Le Mare | Supervising Sound Editor | 
| Kathy McCart | Sound Recordist | 
| Matthias Schmitz | Sound Effects Editor | 
| Gary Ritchie | Sound Recordist | 
| Charles M. Wilborn | Sound Mixer | 
| Thomas Vicari | Sound Mixer | 
| Steve Pederson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Kevin E. Carpenter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Richard O. Helmer | Special Effects Supervisor | 
| Arin Finger | Visual Effects Coordinator | 
| Linda Avitabile | Visual Effects Coordinator | 
| Andrew Hardaway | Visual Effects Supervisor | 
| Ian McCamey | Visual Effects Editor | 
| Robert W. Morgenroth | Visual Effects Supervisor | 
| Jonathan Rothbart | Visual Effects Supervisor | 
| Karl Rumpf | Visual Effects Coordinator | 
| Marc Sadeghi | Visual Effects Producer | 
| Bud Davis | Stunt Coordinator | 
| Susanna Sandke | Costume Supervisor | 
| Lowell Rottenberg | Post Production Coordinator | 
| P.J. Bloom | Music Supervisor | 
| Ray Espinola Jr. | Music Producer | 
| Rick Fleishman | Music Arranger | 
| Dan Savant | Music Arranger | 
| Evyen Klean | Music Supervisor | 
| Stephen Goldblatt | Director of Photography | 
| Nancy Schreiber | Director of Photography | 
| Richard Francis-Bruce | Editor | 
| Mindy Marin | Casting | 
| Waldemar Kalinowski | Production Design | 
| Dennis Liddiard | Makeup Department Head | 
| Mimi Lesseos | Stunts | 
| Blaise Corrigan | Stunts | 
| Joey Anaya | Stunt Double | 
| Rick Kain | Stunts | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Howard Dratch | Executive Producer | 
| Edgar J. Scherick | Executive Producer | 
| Guy Riedel | Producer | 
| Cary Brokaw | Executive Producer | 
| John Frankenheimer | Executive Producer | 
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