Movie·2005·1h 38m
Why We Fight
It Is Nowhere Written That The American Empire Goes On Forever
Country
Canada
Language
German
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The Story
Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.
Producer
Eugene Jarecki, Roy Ackerman
Cinematography
May Ying Welsh
Music
Robert Miller
Editor
Nancy Kennedy
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
123 votes
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// cast
Cast
Chalmers Johnson
Self - CIA, 1967-1973
Joseph Cirincione
Self - Carnegie Endowment for Peace
Gore Vidal
Self - Author, "Imperial America"
Charles Lewis
Self - Center for Public Integrity
Richard Perle
Self - Advisor, U.S. Dept. of Defense
William Kristol
Self - Project for the New American Century
John McCain
Self - Senator (R/AZ)
Ken Adelman
Self
John Ashcroft
Self (archive footage)
Osama bin Laden
Self (archive footage)
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
George H. W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
Robert Byrd
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra
Self (archive footage)
Dick Cheney
Self (archive footage)
// crew
Crew
Eugene Jarecki
Director, Producer, Writer
Nancy Kennedy
Editor
Roy Ackerman
Executive Producer
Prudence Arndt
Producer
Hans Robert Eisenhauer
Executive Producer
Nick Fraser
Executive Producer
Mette Hoffman Meyer
Executive Producer
Alessandra Meyer
Producer
Susannah Shipman
Producer
May Ying Welsh
Director of Photography
Étienne Sauret
Director of Photography
Brett Wiley
Director of Photography
Robert Miller
Original Music Composer
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