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The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009) is an Oscar-nominated documentary film, directed by Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith, that follows Ellsberg and explores the events leading up to the publication of the Pentagon Papers.
Summaries. Defense worker Daniel Ellsberg seeks to publish a series of classified government documents detailing the true nature of America's involvement in the Vietnam War. Daniel Ellsberg, a hawkish analyst for the Rand Corporation think-tank and later for the U.S. government, supports the war in Vietnam until two powerful occurrences: the ...
Mar 9, 2003 · The Pentagon Papers: Directed by Rod Holcomb. With James Spader, Claire Forlani, Paul Giamatti, Alan Arkin. Defense worker Daniel Ellsberg seeks to publish a series of classified government documents detailing the true nature of America's involvement in the Vietnam War.
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- Drama, History, Thriller
- Rod Holcomb
- 2003-03-09
The film documents Ellsberg's life starting with his work for RAND Corporation and ending with the day on which the judge declared a mistrial in Ellsberg's espionage case. The film was directed by Rod Holcomb, written by Jason Horwitch, and stars James Spader as Ellsberg.
- Jason Horwitch
- Normand Corbeil
Set in 1971, The Post depicts the true story of attempts by journalists at The Washington Post to publish the infamous Pentagon Papers, a set of classified documents regarding the 20-year involvement of the United States government in the Vietnam War and earlier in French Indochina back to the 1940s .
- $179.8 million
- John Williams
- $50 million
Dec 26, 2017 · Here’s what The Post gets right (and wrong) about the newspaper’s role in the publication of the Pentagon Papers. Daniel Ellsberg was working for the RAND corporation when he decided to leak...
Jun 11, 2020 · The government tried to stop the 'Post' from publishing the Papers. The first Washington Post article about the Pentagon Papers appeared on June 18. The Justice Department soon warned the paper ...
