Path to War - Entscheidung im Weißen Haus (2003)
DramaHistorieTV-FilmKriegsfilm
Als er am 20. Januar 1965 zum Präsidenten der USA gewählt wird, blickt Lyndon B. Johnson zuversichtlich in die Zukunft. Zu seinen Unterstützern zählen Männer wie Martin Luther King Jr. und als Präsident der Menschenrechte will er Geschichte schreiben. Doch die Situation ändert sich abrupt, als ihm sein hockkarätig besetztes Beraterteam zu einem verstärkten Einsatz von amerikanischen Soldaten in dem seit Jahrzehnten unruhigen Vietnam rät. Als daraufhin der Konflikt mit Ho Chi Minh eskaliert, scheint es keinen Weg zurück zu geben. Widerstrebend lässt sich Johnson zu kriegerischen “Vergeltungsschlägen” in Nordvietnam überreden: Die “Operation Rolling Thunder” nimmt ihren Anfang. Als der verzweifelte Präsident versucht den Krieg, den er nie wollte, zu beenden, haben die Kriegsbefürworter unter seinen Beratern längst das Ruder in der Hand…
Der Regisseur: John Frankenheimer
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Michael Gambon as Lyndon Johnson |
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Donald Sutherland as Clark Clifford |
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Alec Baldwin as Robert McNamara |
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Bruce McGill as George Ball |
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James Frain as Richard Goodwin |
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Felicity Huffman as Lady Bird Johnson |
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Philip Baker Hall as Everett Dirksen |
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Frederic Forrest as Earle G. Wheeler |
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Diana Scarwid as Marny Clifford |
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Sarah Paulson as Luci Baines Johnson |
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Chris Eigeman as Bill Moyers |
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Tom Skerritt as William Westmoreland |
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John Aylward as Dean Rusk |
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Peter Jacobson as Adam Yarmolinsky |
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Gerry Becker as Walt Rostow |
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J.K. Simmons as CIA Briefer |
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Reed Diamond as Duty Officer |
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Gary Sinise as George Wallace |
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Cliff DeYoung as McGeorge Bundy |
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Francis Guinan as Nicholas Katzenbach |
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Robert Cicchini as Joseph Califano |
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Randy Oglesby as John Stennis |
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RayVeness as Lynda Bird Johnson |
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Brenda Wehle as Juanita Roberts |
| Directing | John Frankenheimer | Director |
| Crew | Mimi Lesseos | Stunts |
| Writing | Daniel Giat | Writer |
| Crew | Blaise Corrigan | Stunts |
| Crew | Lee Waddell | Stunts |
| Crew | Lynn Salvatori | Stunt Driver |
| Crew | Jacob Chambers | Stunts |
| Crew | Joey Anaya | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Rick Kain | Stunts |
| Camera | Bruce Alan Greene | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Bruce Alan Greene | Camera Operator |
| Production | Cary Brokaw | Executive Producer |
| Production | Howard Dratch | Executive Producer |
| Production | John Frankenheimer | Executive Producer |
| Production | Edgar J. Scherick | Executive Producer |
| Production | Guy Riedel | Producer |
| Production | Shirley Davis | Line Producer |
| Sound | Gary Chang | Music |
| Camera | Stephen Goldblatt | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Nancy Schreiber | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Richard Francis-Bruce | Editor |
| Production | Mindy Marin | Casting |
| Art | Waldemar Kalinowski | Production Design |
| Art | Scott Meehan | Art Direction |
| Art | Jan O'Connell | Art Direction |
| Art | Florence Fellman | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jane Aull | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tena Austin | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dennis Liddiard | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gretchen Davis | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kris Evans | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kimberly Felix | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cindy Gardner | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michael Germain | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Patricia Budz | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ora Green | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lumas Hamilton Jr. | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mark Landon | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Timothy A. Miguel | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Toni-Ann Walker | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joy Zapata | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Georgina Williams | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elaina P. Schulman | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ellen Powell | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stephen Robinette | Hairstylist |
| Production | Sanjay Bhattacharya | Production Manager |
| Production | Carol Flaisher | Production Manager |
| Crew | Tim Pedegana | Post Production Supervisor |
| Art | David Agajanian | Set Dresser |
| Art | Adam Austin | Set Dresser |
| Art | Jeff Hay | Set Dresser |
| Art | Antoinette J. Gordon | Set Designer |
| Art | William S. Maxwell III | Set Dresser |
| Art | Richard F. Mays | Set Designer |
| Art | Keith Sale | Set Dresser |
| Art | Samuel J. Tell | Set Dresser |
| Art | Chris Peterson | Set Dresser |
| Art | Dutch Merrick | Set Dresser |
| Art | Jan T. O'Connell | Art Department Coordinator |
| Art | Jeannine Stevens | Set Dresser |
| Art | Bret Ross | Set Dresser |
| Sound | Mike Le Mare | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Kathy McCart | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Matthias Schmitz | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Gary Ritchie | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Charles M. Wilborn | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Thomas Vicari | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Steve Pederson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Kevin E. Carpenter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Richard O. Helmer | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Arin Finger | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Linda Avitabile | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Andrew Hardaway | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Ian McCamey | Visual Effects Editor |
| Visual Effects | Robert W. Morgenroth | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Jonathan Rothbart | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Karl Rumpf | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Marc Sadeghi | Visual Effects Producer |
| Crew | Bud Davis | Stunt Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susanna Sandke | Costume Supervisor |
| Production | Lowell Rottenberg | Post Production Coordinator |
| Sound | P.J. Bloom | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Ray Espinola Jr. | Music Producer |
| Sound | Rick Fleishman | Music Arranger |
| Sound | Dan Savant | Music Arranger |
| Sound | Evyen Klean | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Robert Garrett | Music Editor |
| Sound | Gary Chang | Scoring Mixer |
| Directing | Maxine Bergen | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Donna Jean Coates | Researcher |
| Art | Kyle Cooper | Title Designer |
| Production | Christopher K. Grap | Production Coordinator |
| Editing | Barbara Gregson | Archival Footage Research |
| Crew | Lynn Salvatori | Stunt Double |
