Path to War Movie Review 2002

Covers the period from the night of President Lyndon B. Johnson's (Gambon) inauguration in 1965 to his 1968 decision not to seek re-election because of the escalating war in Vietnam. While the British Gambon has Johnson's mannerisms down, he can't manage the Texas drawl, which is a real handicap. Baldwin plays Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and Sutherland is Johnson adviser Clark Clifford.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 160 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Presidency, Period Piece: 1960s, Capitol Capers, Biopics: Politics

Screenplay

Daniel Giat

Cast

Michael Gambon, Alec Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, John Aylward, Cliff DeYoung, Christopher Eigeman, Frederic Forrest, James Frain, Philip Baker Hall, Felicity Huffman, Patricia Kalember, Bruce McGill, Tom Skerritt, Diana Scarwid, Gary Sinise

Cinematography

Stephen Goldblatt, Nancy Schreiber

Director

John Frankenheimer

Music

Gary Chang