The Trials of Henry Kissinger

The Trials of Henry Kissinger
DVD cover
Directed byEugene Jarecki
Written by
Based onThe Trial of Henry Kissinger
by Christopher Hitchens
Produced by
Narrated byBrian Cox
Cinematography
  • Greg Andracke
  • Mark Benjamin
  • Gary Grieg
  • Christopher Li
  • Brett Wiley
Edited bySimon Barker
Music byPeter Nashel
Production
company
Distributed byFirst Run Features
Release date
  • June 14, 2002 (2002-06-14) (New York City)
Running time
80 minutes
LanguageEnglish
Box office$515,678 (US)

The Trials of Henry Kissinger is a 2002 documentary film directed by Eugene Jarecki and narrated by Brian Cox. Inspired by Christopher Hitchens' 2001 book The Trial of Henry Kissinger, the film examines war crimes alleged to have been perpetrated by Henry Kissinger, the National Security Advisor and later Secretary of State under Presidents Nixon and Ford.

Reception

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes collected 58 reviews, of which 95% were positive.[1] Metacritic gave the film a score of 72/100 based on 23 critics.[2]

References

  1. ^ "The Trials of Henry Kissinger". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  2. ^ "The Trials of Henry Kissinger". Metacritic. Retrieved May 24, 2017.


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