The Most Dangerous Man in America
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| Starring | Daniel Ellsberg |
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| Music by | Blake Leyh |
| Distributed by | First Run Features |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers is a 2009 documentary film directed by Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith. The film follows Daniel Ellsberg and explores the events leading up to the 1971 publication of the Pentagon Papers, which exposed the top-secret military history of the United States' involvement in Vietnam.[1]
The film was shown on the PBS series POV in 2010, for which it earned a Peabody Award.[2][3]
Reception[]
Critical response[]
The Most Dangerous Man in America has an approval rating of 96% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 56 reviews, and an average rating of 7.84/10.[4] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 75 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[5]
Awards and nominations[]
Nominated[]
Won[]
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
- Special Jury Award
Palm Springs International Film Festival
- Audience Award Best Documentary
- Freedom of Expression Award
Mill Valley Film Festival, USA
- Audience Award Best Documentary
San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, USA
- Best In Fest
Boulder International Film Festival, USA
- Best Feature Documentary
, Brazil
- Audience Award Best Documentary
, USA
- Audience Award Best Documentary
Sydney Film Festival, Australia
- Best Documentary
, USA
- Audience Choice Award Co-Winner
Docaviv Film Festival, Israel
- Special Jury Mention
Traverse City Film Festival, USA
- Audience Award Best Documentary
American Historical Association, USA
- John O'Connor Film Award
, USA
- Best History Production
Organization of American Historians, USA
See also[]
- The Pentagon Papers (2003 film)
- The Post (2017 film)
References[]
- ^ Hale, Mike (16 September 2009). "Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, The Untold Story of a War, and the Story of the Man Who Told It". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
- ^ "The Most Dangerous Man in America | POV | PBS".
- ^ 70th Annual Peabody Awards, May 2011.
- ^ "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009)".
- ^ "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers".
External links[]
- 2009 films
- English-language films
- American films
- 2009 documentary films
- American documentary films
- Documentary films about American politics
- Documentary films about the Vietnam War
- Pentagon Papers
- Films about whistleblowing
- Films about freedom of expression
- Films about activists
- Peabody Award-winning broadcasts
- First Run Features films