Path to War
Path to War

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A portrayal of the Lyndon B. Johnson (Sir Michael Gambon) Presidency and its spiralling descent into the Vietnam War. Acting on often conflicting advice from his Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara (Alec Baldwin) and other advisers, President Johnson 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 Robert F. Kennedy (himsel... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Path to War:

Michael Gambon
Donald Sutherland
Alec Baldwin
Bruce McGill
James Frain
Felicity Huffman

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A portrayal of the Lyndon B. Johnson (Sir Michael Gambon) Presidency and its spiralling descent into the Vietnam War. Acting on often conflicting advice from his Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara (Alec Baldwin) and other advisers, President Johnson 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 Robert F. Kennedy (himself) and Governor George Wallace (Gary Sinise). Despite support and encouragement from stalwart friends such as Clark Clifford (Donald Sutherland), 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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Los Angeles Times - 8/10 by Howard RosenbergDirected confidently by John Frankenheimer, Path to War is a powerful expression of mourning.
New York Magazine/Vulture - 8/10 by John LeonardIt's LBJ as King Lear instead of Big Bully, tendentious but absorbing, with Baldwin the pleasant surprise.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 8/10 by Dennis SchwartzThe well-produced political drama plays like the TV movie it is.
User Review - 10/10 by Jason KGreat docu-drama of the Johnson Administration and Vietnam!! Highly regarded!!
User Review - 10/10 by gary twell 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 tv/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
User Review - 8/10 by Jean-François SI love how Gary Sinise keeps popping up as George Wallace in these all these docudramas and bio movies. Too funny. Very good performances, especially by Dumbledore. This movie more far too slow for me in the first half but lucky picked up by the second half. Not all acurate but for what its worth its educational about the history of president LBJ and you do learn something, whether or not you agree with the lesson. One star taken away for too long and not crediting Gary Sinise.
User Review - 8/10 by Tim MVery good, good performances, fairly accurate with historic facts
User Review - 8/10 by Jeffrey MA thorough and effective examination of the Johnson presidency, focusing on the escalating involvement in Vietnam that would eventually undue his administration. Very well written, the film always feels realistic, often re-creating scenes with verbatim historical transcripts. Michael Gambon's Lyndon Johnson is uncanny, he captures the overbearing, homespun demeanor he was known for, while also replicating his mannerisms perfectly. Overall, I would argue the film was far too kind to Johnson, conveying him as more of a victim of circumstance, who found himself in over his head and refusing to cut his losses, and whose otherwise lofty achievements (the mythical "Great Society" programs of dubious effectiveness) go unnoticed. Still, it was very effective in showing a conflicted man, reminding me almost of Oliver Stone's Nixon. Similarly, Alec Baldwin's McNamara was surprisingly authentic, showing a brilliant, though naive, man of cool demeanor. The running time is a bit bloated, but well worth it for history/political buffs. 4/5 Stars
User Review - 8/10 by Richard DJohn Frankenheimer's 2002 Path to War couldn't have been more timely. As one brash Texan president revved the country up for a long, pointless, losing war, Frankenheimer dramatized the last time the country had been down this catastrophic path. The parallels come easily to mind. Johnson led a whole bipartisan Washington consensus that mistakenly believed Vietnam a vital Cold War front. Communist rule of Vietnam would imperil the US ... not at all, in fact. And the whole military engagement began with possibly trumped-up reports about naval conflict in the Gulf of Tonkin. When Path to War aired on HBO, another Texan president forged a mistaken Washington consensus that Iraq represented a vital front in a global War on Terrorism. Cherry-picked intelligence mistakenly suggested that members the anti-US terrorist group Al Qaeda sheltered in Iraq, that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. A myth persisted that Iraq had something to do with 9/11. In each case, the subsequent war extended beyond the president's term, was ruinously expensive and deadly, and handed territory to the very forces the US feared. Voices of warning George Ball and Clark Clifford go unheeded, like Richard Clarke, Joseph Wilson, and Valerie Plame, in 2002. Oh, but the differences are so telling: Michael Gambon's Lyndon Johnson burns to build his Great Society, to extend Civil and Voting Rights. He shines most when talking down the racist George Wallace, and when the confused president confides in his partner, Ladybird. By contrast, George W. Bush sought to be something called a "compassionate conservative", but he was a child of privilege and faith. In Path to War, the Vietnam War is driven above all by Robert McNamara's single-minded focus on the lessons of Munich. But the horror in Alec Baldwin's eyes as a war protestor immolates himself ... You will never see doubt like that in the eyes of Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, or Condaleeza Rice. At the remove of fourteen years, I have one question: why do we keep making the same mistakes over and over?
User Review - 8/10 by Pavan RWell made..was quite intense....good watch

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