2003 Movies : War

With Russell Crowe • Paul Bettany • David Threlfall • Billy Boyd • John Collee • John DeSantis • Peter Weir • Ian Mercer • Patrick Gallagher • Richard McCabe • Robert Pugh • Samuel Goldwyn • Duncan Henderson

Russell Crowe is Lucky Jack Aubrey, the Navy's greatest fighting captain and Paul Bettany is ship's doctor Stephen Maturin. The ship, the Surprise, is suddenly attacked by a superior enemy. With the Surprise badly damaged and much of his crew injured, Aubrey – the "Master" of the Surprise and "Commander" of his men – is torn between duty and friendship as he sets sail in a high-stakes chase across two oceans, to the far side of the world, to intercept and capture their foe. It's a mission that can decide the fate of a nation – or destroy Lucky Jack and his crew. The film is based on the narrative outline of the tenth book in Patrick O'Brian's legendary "Aubrey/Maturin" series of high seas novels about the British navy during the Napoleonic Wars.

With Errol Morris • Robert McNamara • John F. Kennedy • Fidel Castro • Barry Goldwater • Lyndon Johnson • Julie Ahlberg • Michael Williams

Robert McNamara, former Secretary of Defense during the JFK and LBJ administrations, was one of the key figures in the Vietnam War. This documentary is built around 20 hours of interviews and additional archival footage of Mr. Namara, who later became president of the World Bank and broadened his global influence.