Path to War
by John Frankenheimer
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Actor: Alec Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, Michael Gambon, Philip Baker Hall, Tom SkerrittDirector: John Frankenheimer
Brand: GAMBON,MICHAEL
Producer: Barry Levinson
Producer: Cary Brokaw
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Unknown
Running Time: 164 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-03-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 91911
Studio: HBO Video
Product features:
- Actors: Michael Gambon, Donald Sutherland, Alec Baldwin, Bruce McGill, James Frain.
- Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC.
- Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo).
- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French.
- Rated: NR. Run Time: 165 minutes.
Movie Reviews of Path to War
Movie Review: Excellent film bringing to life LBJ and 'The Best and the Brightest'
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a really well made film on a critical time in American history. This was the time that a lot of the greatness fostered by overcoming the Great Depression and winning World War II were squandered. Lyndon B. Johnson could have been a great President but fell short because of Vietnam and his decisions about it. What he did for Civil Rights in America in 1964-1965 was truly outstanding. This is depicted very nicely in the beginning of 'Path to War'. But then inch by inch he was drawn into the morass of Vietnam and everything that he had worked for his whole political life was pretty much destroyed.
Michael Gambon brings the disappointing Lyndon Johnson back to life. Though Gambon struggled a bit with the accent I thought he was quite good. It's pretty gut-wrenching stuff to see him signing paper after paper sending condolences to families of loved ones who were killed by his decisions. Also a telling scene is when LBJ looks at a newspaper political cartoon that has LBJ looking into a mirror and seeing the reflection of Barry Goldwater with the caption-"Who is the biggest hawk now?" Gambon is also good at LBJ's earthier side and makes his character come to life. Alec Baldwin is pretty smug as Bob McNamara and captures the character well. 'Put the troops in' he says in a statement he will one day come to regret. The numbers game that McNamara played is well depicted. Donald Sutherland is outstanding as Clark Clifford and deserved the awards he received. He captures the slipperiness of Clifford well. One minute sensibly arguing that the United States has no business in Vietnam the next minute accepting being Secretary of Defense and saying that the United States has to see the situation through. Also, watch for a cameo of Gary Sinise as George Wallace reprising his previous work for director Frankenheimer.
Bruce McGill is also excellent in the role of George Ball trying to stress to the President and his cabinet how useless and wasteful the war in Vietnam would be.
It is really unbelievable to think that Johnson ruined a long and outstanding career in American politics by getting sucked into the endless quagmire that was Vietnam. It is really stunning how he was unraveled so quickly and to think how America went from the Johnson landslide victory of 1964 over Goldwater to Nixon becoming President in 1968.
The DVD has good picture and sound plus some really good text material on LBJ and the tragic war in Vietnam. The DVD does this HBO movie proud. This is just a really fine film on a very important part of 20th Century American history.
Highly recommended!
Summary of Path to War
Dramatization of President Johnson's difficult decision to withdraw from Vietnam or escalate the operation.Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: UN
Release Date: 1-JUN-2004
Media Type: DVD
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