The Pentagon Papers

The Pentagon Papers

Movie

  • Duration: 1h 32min
  • Award(s): Paul Selvin Honorary 2004 (Won)
    ASC 2004 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Nuremberg, Amsterdam
  • Story:
    This compelling political drama is based on the true story of high-ranking Pentagon official Daniel Ellsberg, who, during the Nixon era, strove to preserve American democracy by leaking top-secret documents to the New York Times and Washington Post. The documents in question would eventually become famous as the Pentagon Papers, which revealed the true reasons for U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
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STORY

Story
This compelling political drama is based on the true story of high-ranking Pentagon official Daniel Ellsberg, who, during the Nixon era, strove to preserve American democracy by leaking top-secret documents to the New York Times and Washington Post. The documents in question would eventually become famous as the Pentagon Papers, which revealed the true reasons for U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

AWARDS

Won
Nominations
ASC Award

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the WeekPilot Basic or Pay | 2004 | Michael

DGA Award

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television | 2004 | Rod

PGA Award

Outstanding Producer of LongForm Television | 2004 | Joshua

Primetime Emmy Award

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | 2003 | Alan

TRIVIA

Trivia

The Anti War website says of this tele-feature: "The movie is not based on 'Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers,' (the script was written before 'Secrets' came out), and oddly, FX never contacted Dan ['Daniel Ellesberg'] about the film or consulted him in any way. (The only contact, an impersonal one, was to send Ellsberg.Net - along with hundreds of other websites - a mass email after the film was made, asking that we place their banner ad on the site, in exchange for a link from theirs, which we did). Someone with access to the film, who thought Dan should be able to see the film that portrays him before it airs, 'leaked' an an advance copy of the film (FX never gave it to him and was dismayed he had seen it before . . .".

The name of the book that Daniel Ellsberg (James Spader) was reading was "The Life of Gandhi" about Mohandas K. Gandhi (aka "Mahatma Gandhi").

The official title of "The Pentagon Papers" in real life is: "United States - Vietnam Relations, 1945-1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense".

This tele-movie was made and first broadcast about thirty-two years after "The Pentagon Papers" were first published in 1971.

This tele-movie's opening titles formed a pentagon symbol (a five-sided polygon) out of the letter "o" in the word pentagon in this tele-feature's "The Pentagon Papers" title logo seen during the starting credits roll.

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