Path to war [videorecording] / HBO Films presents an Avenue Pictures/Edgar J. Scherick Associates, Inc. production, a John Frankenheimer film ; producer, Guy Riedel ; writer, Daniel Giat ; director, John Frankenheimer.
Michael Gambon, Donald Sutherland, Bruce McGill, James Frain, Felicity Huffman, Frederic Forrest, John Aylward, Philip Baker Hall, Tom Skerritt, Alec Baldwin. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2002. Special features: featurette plus cast and director interviews; TIME magazine special features, including LBJ slideschow; DVD-ROM features including timeline and strategy simulator; extensive historical background articles; text interviews with director & cast.
Summary:
Beginning after his election to the Presidency, Lyndon Johnson's dreams for "The Great Society" and his vision for civil rights in America were overshadowed by the Vietnam War. Johnson watches the nation react to the deaths of young Americans overseas.
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