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This dramatic true-life account follows Daniel Ellsberg (James Spader), the Harvard graduate and ex-Marine who disclosed information from the Pentagon Papers in 1971, exposing secrets about the U.S. involvement in Vietnam that contributed to Richard Nixon's resignation from the presidency. The made-for-cable film is based on Ellsberg's biography, tracking his actions from his early days as a soldier to his position as military analyst for the Pentagon, where he discovers a top-secret document chronicling the government's deliberate misinformation about the Gulf of Tonkin incident that led to the Vietnam War. Ellsberg suffers through a crisis of conscience as he comes to grips with the importance of the papers and debates whether or not to leak them to the New York Times--a move that could be punishable as treason. Directed by Rod Holcomb, THE PENTAGON PAPERS is a thrilling recreation of a pivotal moment in American history when citizens were forced to confront the idea that their own government had deceived them.Product Identifiers
UPC0097368012448
eBay Product ID (ePID)6480984
Product Key Features
DirectorAlan Smithee, Rod Holcomb
RatingR
FormatDVD
Movie/TV TitlePentagon Papers
Additional Product Features
Film CountryUSA
Region CodeRegion 1
Number of Discs1
Leading RoleJames Spader, Paul Giamatti, Claire Forlani, Alan Arkin