Overview
A personal exploration into the life of America's controversial former CIA Director told through the eyes of his wife and filmmaker son, Carl. Through extraordinary events in twentieth century history, this consummate soldier/spy stood at the center of the Agency's most clandestine activities and operations. The film reveals the 'cover life' of this CIA operative, who followed orders and took on the dirtiest assignments until the Nixon Administration ordered him to 'stonewall' Congress about the CIA's past abuses, but he refused. This film reveals why, for the first time, he could not obey.
Fantastic documentary about a guy I didn’t know. I think I knew something about him at the end… still not sure.
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Movie title: The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
Movie description: A personal exploration into the life of America's controversial former CIA Director told through the eyes of his wife and filmmaker son, Carl. Through extraordinary events in twentieth century history, this consummate soldier/spy stood at the center of the Agency's most clandestine activities and operations. The film reveals the 'cover life' of this CIA operative, who followed orders and took on the dirtiest assignments until the Nixon Administration ordered him to 'stonewall' Congress about the CIA's past abuses, but he refused. This film reveals why, for the first time, he could not obey.
Date published: 2017-03-22
Director(s): Carl Colby
Actor(s): William Colby, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Seymour Hersh, Donald Rumsfeld, George H. W. Bush, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Henry Kissinger, Henry Cabot Lodge, Robert McNamara, Pius XII., Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Nelson Rockefeller, Dean Rusk, Bella Abzug, James R. Schlesinger, Frank Church, Bob Kerrey
Genre: Drama, Documentary, History
My Review
Fantastic documentary about a guy I didn’t know. I think I knew something about him at the end… still not sure.
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