War Made Easy
2007 · 72 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 1,151 VOTES · DIR. Jeremy Earp, Loretta Alper
Overview
War Made Easy reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the United States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. revealing in stunning detail how the American news media have uncritically disseminated the pro-war messages of successive presidential administrations.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,009 lines
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00:00:04 Let us pray that peace
00:03:45 but to generate and maintain support and enthusiasm for war.
00:07:13 have followed a similar pattern.
00:09:42 only with great reluctance.
00:12:13 America will stand with the allies of freedom to support democratic movements
00:15:31 Biological weapons.
00:17:38 Showdown Iraq. If America goes to war, turn to MSNBC and the experts.
00:19:53 That is to say that we know there are some things we do not know.
00:22:43 in the Gulf of Tonkin have today required me to order the
00:26:13 Saddam Hussein's intentions have never changed.
00:29:03 Narrator: Despite being the highest rated program on MSNBC
00:31:57 on an occasion like this and as is often the case the best you can come up with
00:34:58 They've had their 15 minutes of fame.
00:37:36 Particularly in the early stages
00:41:02 state of the art killing technology from the present moment to the war in Vietnam.
00:45:04 limiting where reporters could go and often restricting access
00:47:50 that Americans saw on their television sets the brutality of the war as it unfolded.
00:51:20 withdrawal needs to be put forward as an unacceptable option.
00:53:33 The soldier and the statesman need and welcome the sincere
00:56:41 against repeated public attacks by a politician who cares nothing more than
00:59:57 This could be or seems to be a kind of quagmire.
01:02:50 Solomon: What has occurred with one war after another is still with us.
01:06:24 What I'm saying is under our constitution all the President is
01:09:07 Americans felt the war was wrong
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,009
Dialogue density14.0 lines / min
First line00:00:04
Final line01:09:07
Production Record
DirectorJeremy Earp, Loretta Alper
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,151