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A film about the war crimes of the American diplomat, Henry Kissinger.A film about the war crimes of the American diplomat, Henry Kissinger.A film about the war crimes of the American diplomat, Henry Kissinger.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Henry Kissinger
- Self
- (archive footage)
Salvador Allende
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
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- ConnectionsFeatured in The 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2003)
- SoundtracksMr. Big Stuff
(uncredited)
Performed by Jean Knight
Played during the segment discussing Kissinger's celebrity status
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Evil by any other name...
If you don't know who the 80 year old Kissinger is, you may want to pass on this film. However, if you watched his career as an intellectual, statesman, Playgirl centerfold, master of doublespeak, and perpetual bad hair day guy, then you may find this documentary compelling. The film is a credible and balanced indictment, given time constraints, which tells of Kissinger's rise to power and ultimate abuse of that power which, hindsight being 20:20, contributed substantially to the killing fields of Cambodia, the horrific war in East Timor, and an assassination in Chile which led to a brutal dictatorship in which American interests were strictly commercial. Directly or Indirectly, the renown Nobel Laureate de faux pas, may have caused the unjustifiable deaths of enough innocents to qualify him as a war criminal and yet today he has sufficient credibility to gain appointment, though short lived, as top cop in the 911 disaster investigation, still serves as CEO of his own consulting firm, and leaves the telltale odor of megaloegomania wherever he goes. An intriguing digest of Hitchens book of the same name. (B)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $516,726
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,667
- Sep 29, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $521,266
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By what name was The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002) officially released in India in English?
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