The 3rd of 5 Oscar documentaries from this years Oscar nominees. Hard to compete with The Cove and Food, Inc., two excellent documentaries that stole the entire spotlight.Earlier in the decade a documentary called Fog of War won the Oscar. It was a film about an interview with Robert McNamera, the Secretary of Defense that served the country during World War II and Vietnam. The "Seven Lessons" he spoke of were interesting, and a good lesson for future leaders.
This film is about Daniel Ellsberg, a man that worked for McNamera and was responsible for leaking the Pentagon Papers. The historic implications of him releasing the papers are that 1) It gave the press the room to criticize the government, 2) triggered Watergate. Both of these things were not directly Ellsberg's doings. He wasn't the strongest character and the film was quite boring. It took me over a week to work my way through this dry rehashing of the events. I felt like I was sitting in an old folks home listening to some old man babbling. Don't waste your time, you can read a wikipedia entry on this guy in 5 minutes and save yourself the hassle of finding this film.
Vote: 5/10
IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1319726/
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