The War at Home

December. 01,1979      
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Documentary film about the anti-war movement in the Madison, Wisconsin area during the time of the Vietnam War. It combines archival footage and interviews with participants that explore the events of the period on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.

Spiro Agnew as  Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower as  Self (archive footage)
Hubert H. Humphrey as  Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson as  Self (archive footage)
Gerald Ford as  Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy as  Self (archive footage)
Ted Kennedy as  Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr. as  Self (archive footage)
Henry Kissinger as  Self (archive footage)
Robert McNamara as  Self (archive footage)

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Reviews

Cathardincu
1979/12/01

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

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Lawbolisted
1979/12/02

Powerful

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ThrillMessage
1979/12/03

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

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Calum Hutton
1979/12/04

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

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