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Starring: Robert S. McNamara
Directed by: Errol Morris
Screenplay by: Errol Morris
Release Date: November 26, 2003
Running Time: 106 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for images and thematic issues of war and destruction.
Box Office: $4,198,566 (US total)
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
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  The Fog of War Production NotesThe Fog of War, a new film by Errol Morris, is the story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara. One of the most controversial and influential figures in world politics, he takes us on a insider's journey through many of the seminal events of the 20th Century. Why was the this past Century the most destructive and deadly in all of human history? Are we doomed to repeat our mistakes? Are we free to make choices, or are we at the mercy of inexorable historical forces and ideologies?
 The Fog of War is a 20th century fable, a story of an American dreamer who rose from humble origins to the heights of political power. Robert S. McNamara was both witness to and participant in many of the crucial events of the 20th century: the crippling Depression of the 1930s; the industrialization of the war years; the development of a different kind of warfare based on air power and the creation of a new American meritocracy. He was also an idealist who saw his dreams and ideals challenged by the role he played in history.
Although strictly speaking, neither a work of biography nor a work of history, The Fog of War has produced important, new biographical and historical material. First, although there have been several book-length biographies of Robert S. McNamara and many books in which he is a principal figure, none have discussed the pivotal relationship between McNamara and General Curtis LeMay, the infamous U.S. General, and their involvement in the firebombing of 67 Japanese cities in 1945.
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