The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
2009. USA. Directed by Rick Goldsmith, Judith Ehrlich. Goldsmith and Ehrlich carefully trace the story of Daniel Ellsberg, a Pentagon analyst in the 1960s under Robert McNamara, and how he came to leak the Defense Department”s Pentagon Papers, a classified study on America’s 25-year involvement in Vietnam that revealed critical truths withheld from the public through several presidencies. This engrossing film, made up of archival broadcast footage and interviews with Ellsberg and others, reveals why Ellsberg made the decisions he did and how the Nixon Administration sowed the seeds of its own destruction by going after both Ellsberg and the nation’s press. The film, which was nominated for a 2009 Academy Award, has become freshly relevant amid the ongoing Julian Assange/WikiLeaks saga and renewed debates about government secrecy and the conflict between “national security” and the public’s right to know. New Day Films. 94 min.
Interviewers, sportscasters, and vice presidents alike break into song to report important news. The players include my homey Sarah Fullen Gregory (she married my brother). You can find her music here: www.myspace.com www.facebook.com Newt Gingrich (on nuclear disarmament) Robert Gates (on cutting the Pentagon budget) Jim Nantz (on March Madness) Joe Biden (on the economic situation) Wayne Ellington (on how it feels to win) Lyrics: MG: Mr. Gingrich, what do you think about Obama wanting to cut down on nuclear weapons? In the key of C. And…go! NG: Uh, I just think that it’s very dangerous to have a fantasy foreign policy And it can get you in enormous trouble MG: What’s wrong with fantasy? I like fantasy and I live in the sea RG: We must rebalance this department’s programs In order to institutionalize and finance our capabilities SG: Yeah, forget about the jets; Use our super soakers, get al quaeda wet JN: Tar Heels: rolling on to Monday night Another convincing Carolina victory SG: Ooh, that’s cool, but it ain’t time to pop the hennessy JN: Michigan State: heading to the national championship game Your team responded late here, coach, how did you do it? MG: Three words: Vi ag ra. JB: There will continue to be job losses The remainder of this year The question is will they continually go down Before they begin to rebound Before they begin to rebound Will they go do-do-do-down Before they begin to rebound And now it’s my pleasure to present the 2009 National Championship …
From Grace Lyrics Looking out the door I see the rain fall upon the funeral mourners Parading in a wake of sad relations as their shoes fill up with water And maybe i’m too young to keep good love from going wrong But tonight you’re on my mind so you never know Broken down and hungry for your love but no way to feed it Where are you tonight, child you know how much i need it Too young to hold on and too old to just break free and run Sometimes a man gets carried away, when he feels like he should be having his fun And much too blind to see the damage he’s done Sometimes a man must awake to find that really, he has no-one So I’ll wait for you….. and I’ll burn Will i ever see your sweet return Oh will I ever learn Oh lover, you should’ve come over ’cause it’s not too late Lonely is the room, the bed is made, the open window lets the rain in Burning in the corner is the only one who dreams he had you with him My body turns and yearns for a sleep that won’t ever come It’s never over, my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder It’s never over, all my riches for her smiles when i slept so soft against her It’s never over, all my blood for the sweetness of her laughter It’s never over, she’s the tear that hangs inside my song forever Well maybe I’m just too young To keep good love from going wrong Oh…. lover, you should’ve come over ’cause it’s not too late Well I feel too young to hold on And I’m much too old to break free and run Too deaf, dumb, and blind to see the damage I …
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