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Path to War

Summary: In the mid 1960s, President Lyndon B. Johnson (Sir Michael Gambon) and his foreign-policy team debate the decision to withdraw from or escalate the war in Vietnam.

Release Date: May 18, 2002

Genres: Biography, Drama, War

Director: John Frankenheimer

Writer: Daniel Giat

Runtime: 2 h 45 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Avenue Pictures, Edgar J. Scherick Associates, Home Box Office (HBO)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 17,000,000

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