Alec Baldwin, Bruce McGill, Chris Eigeman

A portrayal of the Johnson presidency and its spiraling descent into the Vietnam War. Acting on often conflicting advice from his Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara and other advisers, President Jo...( read more  read more... )hnson finds his domestic policy agenda for the Great Society overtaken by an ever demanding commitment to ending the war. It also depicts his political skills as he crosses swords with political foes such as Bobby Kennedy and Governor George Wallace. Despite support and encouragement from stalwart friends such as Clark Clifford, Johnson realizes his management of the war no longer has the confidence of the American people and announces that he will not seek the nomination of the Democratic party for the the 1968 election.

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Unrated, 165 min.

Directed by: John Frankenheimer

Release Date: May 18, 2002

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DVD Release Date: March 25, 2003

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  • July 9, 2009
    Very good, good performances, fairly accurate with historic facts
  • January 22, 2009
    well umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is good movie 2 watch its got a good cast of actors/actressess throguhout this movie i think that donald sutherland plays a good part throughout this movie its a good movie 2 watch..i think that the director of this t...( read more)v/drama movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie its a good movie 2 watch because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie
  • September 17, 2008
    more good stuff from Frankenheimer
  • August 11, 2008
    It was good. It's about the Lyndon Banes Johnson Presidency and the Vietnam conflict that happened during his administration. It was good and I'd recommend it, if you like presidential movies.
  • December 16, 2007
    This was a slow movie but was very educational about the history of president LBJ! I did learn something.

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  • WrellikW
    August 11, 2008
    It was actually pretty good. I am not much for presidential movies, but this one was pretty good.

    Take care all,
    William
    Zzzzzoooooommmmm!

    "It is easy to be brave, from a distance." -American Indian Proverb-

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