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Grand Jury Prize winner at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, WHY WE FIGHT is an unflinching look at the anatomy of American war-making. Granted unparalleled Pentagon access, the film launches a nonpartisan inquiry into the forces -- political, economic, and ideological -- that drive America to fight. Inspired by President Dwight Eisenhower's 1961 Farewell Address in which he warned Americans about the dangers of the "military-industrial complex," filmmaker Jarecki ("The Trials of Henry Kissinger") weaves unforgettable stories of everyday Americans touched by war with commentary by a "who's who" of military and Washington insiders. Featuring John McCain, Gore Vidal, Richard Perle and others, WHY WE FIGHT explores a half-century of U.S. foreign policy from World War II to the Iraq War, revealing how, as Eisenhower warned, 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.
Original Release
01/01/2005
US Release
01/01/2005
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Ken Adelman | Himself / Self |
John Ashcroft | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Osama Bin Laden | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
George Bush | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
George W. Bush | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Robert Byrd | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Frank Capra | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Dick Cheney | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Joseph Cirincione | Himself / Self |
Bill Clinton | Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ken Adelman | Himself / Self |
John Ashcroft | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Osama Bin Laden | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
George Bush | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
George W. Bush | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Robert Byrd | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Frank Capra | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Dick Cheney | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Joseph Cirincione | Himself / Self |
Bill Clinton | Self |
Anh Duong | Self |
Gwynne Dyer | Self |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | Self |
John S.D. Eisenhower | Self |
Susan Eisenhower | Self |
Donna Ellington | Self |
Dennis Hastert | Self |
Saddam Hussein | Self |
Chalmers Johnson | Self |
Lyndon B. Johnson | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Roy Ackerman | Executive Producer |
Hans Robert Eisenhauer | Executive Producer |
Nick Fraser | Executive Producer |
Mette Hoffman Meyer | Executive Producer |
Eugene Jarecki | Producer |
Prudence Arndt | Producer |
Julie Fischer | Producer |
Alessandra Meyer | Producer |
Susannah Shipman | Producer |