Why We Fight (2005)
Why We Fight (2005)
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Plot.
Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.
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Cast & Crew.
Gore Vidal
Self
John McCain
Self
Ken Adelman
Self
John Ashcroft
Self
Osama Bin Laden
Self
George H. W. Bush
Self
George W. Bush
Self
Robert Byrd
Self
Joseph Cirincione
Himself
May Ying Welsh
Cinematographer
Frank Capra
Self
Dick Cheney
Self
Eugene Jarecki
Director
Roy Ackerman
Executive Producer
Susannah Shipman
Producer
Prudence Arndt
Producer
Robert Miller
Composer
Hans Robert Eisenhauer
Executive Producer
Étienne Sauret
Cinematographer
Julie Fischer
Line Producer
May Ying Welsh
Cinematographer
Nick Fraser
Executive Producer
Brett Wiley
Cinematographer
Nancy Kennedy
Editor
Mette Hoffman Meyer
Executive Producer
Alessandra Meyer
Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 20, 2005
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 38m
Content RatingPG-13
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Wiki.
'Why We Fight' is a 2005 documentary film by Eugene Jarecki about the military–industrial complex. The title refers to the World War II-era eponymous propaganda films commissioned by the U.S. Government to justify their decision to enter the war against the Axis Powers.Why We Fight was first screened at the Sundance Film Festival on January 17, 2005, exactly forty-four years after President Dwight D. Eisenhower's farewell address. Although it won the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary, the film received a limited public cinema release on January 22, 2006. It also won one of the 2006 Grimme Awards in the competition "Information & Culture"; the prize is one of Germany's most prestigious for television productions and a Peabody Award in 2006.