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Path to War

Year:

2002

Duration:

165 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

7.5

Director:

John Frankenheimer

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 25 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2002-05-18

Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

J.K. Simmons

Christian Peppard

Michael Gambon

Lyndon Johnson

Donald Sutherland

Clark Clifford

Alec Baldwin

Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense

Bruce McGill

George Ball, Undersecretary of State

James Frain

Richard Goodwin

Felicity Huffman

Lady Bird Johnson

Frederic Forrest

General Earle G. Wheeler

John Aylward

Dean Rusk, Secretary of State

Philip Baker Hall

Everett Dirksen

Tom Skerritt

General William Westmoreland

Diana Scarwid

Marny Clifford

Sarah Paulson

Luci Baines Johnson

Gerry Becker

Walt Rostow

Peter Jacobson

Adam Yarmolinsky

Cliff De Young

McGeorge Bundy, National Security Advisor

John Valenti

Jack Valenti

Chris Eigeman

Bill Moyers

Francis Guinan

Nicholas Katzenbach

Robert Cicchini

Joseph Califano (as Robert Ciccini)

Randy Oglesby

John Stennis

Victor Slezak

Norman Morrison

Curtis McClarin

Martin Luther King Jr.

Scott Atkinson

Officer

Andrew Borba

NSC Officer #1

Sarah Brooke

Mrs. George Ball

Channing Chase

Virginia Foisie Rusk

Kevin Cooney

First Journalist

Gordon Davis

General John P. McConnell

Reed Diamond

Duty Officer

Wayne Grace

Marine Corps Chief of Staff

Albert Hall

Roy Wilkins

Davis Henry

Corporal McCafferey

Clancy Imislund

Brother Fabian Butler - O.P. (as Clancy Imisland)

Jan Johannes

Navy Chief of Staff (as Jan Kurt Johannes)

Franklin Dennis Jones

General Harold K. Johnson (as Franklin Jones)

Patricia Kalember

Margaret Craig McNamara

Lennie Loftin

NSC Officer #2

Madison Mason

John McCone

Bruce Nozick

Journalist

Blaine Pate

LBJ Aide

Ron Perkins

Air Force Colonel

Gina-Raye Carter

Lynda Bird Johnson

Peter Weireter

Secret Service Man

Brenda Wehle

Juanita Roberts

Kirk B.R. Woller

Officer (as Kirk Woller)

Ivy

Little Beagle Johnson

Andreas Beckett

Reporter

Jonathan Coder

Cameraman

David Schroeder

Hubert Humphrey

Brad Abrell

News Announcer (uncredited)

Christian Barnes

Ballroom Attendant (uncredited)

Donald Black

Congressman (uncredited)

Kelly Connell

Reporter (uncredited)

Walter Cronkite

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Julian Forbes

Reporter (uncredited)

John Funk

Reporter #2 (uncredited)

Joseph Hickok

Aide De Camp (uncredited)

Bob Joles

News Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Charlotte Kyle

Protester (uncredited)

Veronica Milagros

Reporter (uncredited)

Michael Reinero

McNamara Aide (uncredited)

Gary Sinise

George Wallace

Stone Van Gorder

LT Jameson (uncredited)

Steven Paul Zsenyuk

Maj. Gen. Stewart (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The extensive historical research for this film resulted in a script with a five-page, single-spaced bibliography.

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Gary Sinise: Gov. George Wallace. He previously played Wallace in George Wallace (1997), also directed by John Frankenheimer. The footage of Wallace on television is from Sinise's performance in that film. In the scene right after he is also showed taking a publicly shot with LBJ, then talking to LBJ then ending with a press conference.

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The part of Special Assistant to the President Jack Valenti was played by his son, John Valenti, in the latter's first acting role. Jack Valenti later headed the Motion Picture Association of America for 38 years.

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Quotes

Dean Rusk, Secretary of State: [Looking at the fighter jet escort next to Air Force One] Are they ours? Dean, Dean!

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Lyndon Baines Johnson: How many planes will we lose?

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Lyndon Baines Johnson: Pack your suitcase, we're goin' to Vietnam.

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