Why We Fight (2005)
| Release Date | 01 January 2005 |
| US Box Office | $2,000,000 |
| Tagline | It is nowhere written that the American empire goes on forever. |
| Genre | Documentary, History, War |
| Country | USAFranceUKCanadaDenmark |
| Language | English, Arabic |
| Sound Mix | Dolby Digital |
| Color | Black and White, Color |
| Film Type | Documentary |
| Niche Genre | Culture & Society [nf] |
| Mood | Food for Thought |
| Tones | Deliberate, Cerebral, Literate, Talky, Ominous, Reflective, Confrontational, Forceful |
| Tags | Defense [military], Disillusionment, Enemy, Iraq, Military, Misguided, Political Power, Political Upheaval, War, Warmonger |
Why We Fight, directed by Eugene Jarecki, is a 2005 documentary film about the military–industrial complex. The title refers to the World War II-era eponymous propaganda movies commissioned by the U.S. Government to justify their decision to enter the war against the Axis Powers.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Ken Adelman
Himself
Robert Byrd
Himself
Joseph Cirincione
Himself
Anh Duong
Herself
John S.D. Eisenhower
Himself
Susan Eisenhower
Herself
Donna Ellington
Herself
Dennis Hastert
Himself
Chalmers Johnson
Himself
Ayatollah Khomeini
Himself
Karen Kwiatkowski
Herself
Charles Lewis
Himself
Richard Perle
Himself
James G. Roche
Himself
Wally Saeger
Himself
Wilton Sekzer
Himself
Naj Sheesan
Himself
William Solomon
Himself
Franklin Spinney
Himself
Richard Treadway
Himself
Michael Valentine
Himself
Director
Eugene Jarecki
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Writer
Eugene Jarecki
Producer
Roy Ackerman
executive producer
Prudence Arndt
archive producer
Hans Robert Eisenhauer
executive producer
Julie Fischer
line producer: post-production
Nick Fraser
executive producer
Mette Hoffman Meyer
executive producer: TV 2/Danmark
Eugene Jarecki
producer
Alessandra Meyer
associate producer
Susannah Shipman
producer
Original Music
Robert Miller
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Cinematographer
Étienne Sauret
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May Ying Welsh
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Brett Wiley
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Editor
Nancy Kennedy
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Production Manager
Nora Calkins
production manager
Samara Levenstein
post-production supervisor
Sound Department
Brian Buckley
additional sound
Scott Burnell
additional sound
Joe Caterini
supervising sound editor, sound re-recording mixer
Jim Gallup
additional sound
Matthew Haasch
dialogue editor
Sheila Louis
additional sound
Mark Mandler
additional sound
Peter Miller
sound
Tom Paul
sound re-recording mixer
Jeff Rowe
sound effects editor
Paul Rusnak
sound
Rob Silverthorne
additional sound
Robert Sullivan
additional sound
Rufus Tureen
additional sound
Max Demetrio
assistant sound
Visual Effects
Brian Scott Benson
Inferno artist
Tony Lee
graphics: Digifreak, visual effects: Digifreak
Melinda Shopsin
additional graphics
Tamara Shopsin
additional graphics
Camera and Electrical Department
António Abreu
additional camera operator
Dodge Billingsley
additional camera operator
Plinio Cabrera
additional camera operator
Sam Cullman
additional camera operator
Hayder Mousa Daffar
camera assistant
Joe di Gennaro
additional camera operator
Tom Donatelli
camera assistant
Ed Dooley
additional camera operator
Douglass Gibran
camera assistant
Dan Hersey
additional camera operator
Will Knox
additional camera operator
Joe Lawler
additional camera operator
Christopher Li
additional camera operator
Rodney Mitchell
additional camera operator
Krista Pastecchi
additional camera operator
Yana Rafailova
additional camera operator
David Sperling
additional camera operator
Rick Weber
additional camera operator
Foster Wiley
additional camera operator
Animation Department
Benjamin Murray
stills animator
Editorial Department
Joseph Borges
assistant editor: high definition
Benjamin Murray
high definition editor
Scot Olive
colorist
Music Department
Elena Barere
musician: violin
Lori Cheatle
music consultant
Lori Cotler
musician: singer, mezzo-soprano
Jonathan Dinklage
musician: violin and viola
Susan Jacobs
music supervisor
Wolfram Koessel
musician: cello
Joe Mendoza
score recordist, score mixer
Robert Miller
musician: piano
Vera Pandolfo
score production executive
Seth Rothschild
assistant music supervisor
David Weiss
musician: wood flutes
Valerie Wilson
musician: singer, soprano
Other Crew
Mohammad Al-Ami
arabic translation services
Mahmoud Baghdady
arabic translation services
Claudia Becker
key advisor
Joe Beirne
technical supervisor
Rob Berkey
macintosh services: Small Dog Electronics
Amanda Brown
production assistant
Nora Calkins
archival researcher
Cletus Dalglish-Schommer
creative advisor
Troy Kingsbury
macintosh services: Small Dog Electronics
Hermes Laoudas
production accountant: Shine & Cimpany LLP
Pearl Lieberman
research advisor
Adnan Malik
production assistant
Alessandra Meyer
archival researcher
Ibrahim Naboulsi
arabic translation services
Mary-Jane Robinson
field correspondent
Peter Schmidt-Nowara
creative advisor
Melinda Shopsin
researcher
Lora Stanbridge
production assistant: Los Angeles
Mark Steele
production angel
Robert Stein
additional legal services: Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn LLP , legal counsel
Tim Taylor
additional legal services: Withers
Tim Wells
production accountant: European Taxation Services Ltd.
May Ying Welsh
field correspondent
Thanks
Edward Eglin
special thanks
Jeremy Rabb
special thanks
Production Company
Arte
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BBC Storyville
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
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Charlotte Street Films
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TV2 Danmark
Distributor
Mongrel Media
Sony Pictures Classics
Axiom Films
LK-TEL
,
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Special Effects
Digifreak
Miscellaneous
ABC News Video Source
archival footage courtesy of
BBC Motion Gallery
archival footage courtesy of
Bono Film & Video
offline services
C-SPAN Archives
archive films
Cable News Network (CNN)
archive films
Cinetic Media
sales
Corbis
archive films
European Taxation Services
production accountants
Footage Farm
archive films
Getty Images
archive films
Goldcrest Post Production London
audio mixing, on-line editing
ISIS Films
offline services
ITN ArchiveReuters
archive films
Jeremy Walker + Associates
publicity
Magno Sound and Video
offline services
NBC News Archives
archive films
Post Josh
offline services
Postworks New York
digital intermediate, post-production services
Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn
additional legal services
Shine & Company
production accountants
Small Dog Electronics
Macintosh services
The Law Firm of Rosalind Lichter
legal counsel
Transcript Associates
transcription services
Withers
additional legal services
Worldwide Photos
archival footage courtesy of
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