Made for HBO, John Frankenheimer's final film shows how the US stumbled into the Vietnam war. Alternating choppy chaos with slow control, it considers the view from the White House during Lyndon B Johnson's troubled administration. An ambitious three hours in length, with Michael Gambon's LBJ backed by an incredible cast including Donald Sutherland, Alec Baldwin and Philip Baker Hall.
Made for HBO, John Frankenheimer’s final film shows how the US stumbled into the Vietnam war. Alternating choppy chaos with slow control, it considers the view from the White House during Lyndon B Johnson’s troubled administration. An ambitious three hours in length, with Michael Gambon’s LBJ backed by an incredible cast including Donald Sutherland, Alec Baldwin and Philip Baker Hall.
