The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear

Adam Curtis

Adam Curtis

[Cast Group]
Actor: Gilles Kepel | Character: Self - Historian of Islamist Movement
Actor: William Kristol | Character: Self
Actor: Richard Perle | Character: Self, Self - Assistant Secretary of Defense 1981-87
Actor: Melvin Goodman | Character: Self - Head of Office of Soviet Affairs CIA 1976-87
Actor: Michael Ledeen | Character: Self, Self - Special Adviser to the US Secretary of State 1981-82
Actor: Azzam Tamimi | Character: Self - Institute of Islamic Political Thought
Actor: Stephen Holmes | Character: Self - Political Philosopher
Actor: Mikhail Gorbachev | Character: Self - General Secretary Soviet Communist Party
Actor: David Brock | Character: Self
Actor: Milton Bearden | Character: Self - CIA Field Officer - Afghanistan 1985-89
Actor: Jack Wheeler | Character: Self - Adviser to the Reagan White House 1981-84
Actor: Robert Bork | Character: Self - Senior Member Federalist Society
Actor: Paul Wolfowitz | Character: Self
Actor: Joe Conason | Character: Self - Author 'The Hunting of the President'
Actor: Paul Weyrich | Character: Self - Religious Activist - Republican Party
Actor: Vincent Cannistraro | Character: Self - Head of Counter-terrorism CIA 1988-90
Actor: Richard Pipes | Character: Self
Actor: John Prados | Character: Self - National Security Archive - Washington
Actor: Abdullah Anas | Character: Self - General Commander Afghan Arabs - Northern Afghanistan 1984-89
Actor: Essam El Erian | Character: Self - Senior Member of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt
Actor: David Cole | Character: Self - Professor of Law - Georgetown University
Actor: Fouad Allam | Character: Self - Interrogator Interior Ministry 1958-87
Actor: John Molloy | Character: Self - Defence Lawyer Lackawanna Trial
Actor: Michael Lind | Character: Self - Journalist and Former Neoconservative
Actor: Omar Azzam | Character: Self - Cousin of Ayman Zawahiri
Actor: Jason Burke | Character: Self - Author 'Al Qaeda'
Actor: Harvey Mansfield | Character: Self - Straussian Philosopher - Harvard University
Actor: Ali Haroun | Character: Self - Algerian Minister for Human Rights 1991-92
Actor: Sam Schmidt | Character: Self - Defence Lawyer Embassy Bombings Trial
Actor: Theodore Rockwell | Character: Self - Nuclear Scientist and Radiation Risk Expert
Actor: Irving Kristol | Character: Self
Actor: Stanley Rosen | Character: Self - Pupil of Leo Strauss 1949
Actor: David Johnston | Character: Self - Intelligence Specialist - New York Times
Actor: Roxanne Euben | Character: Self - Political Scientist
Actor: Bill Durodie | Character: Self - Director International Centre for Security Analysis - Kings College
Actor: Anne Cahn | Character: Self - Arms Control and Disarmament Agency 1977-80
Actor: John Calvert | Character: Self - Islamist Historian
Actor: Kamal Habib | Character: Self - Founder Member of Islamic Jihad
Actor: Lewis Z. Koch | Character: Self - Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
Actor: William Swor | Character: Self - Defence Lawyer Detroit Sleeper Cell Trial
Actor: Ron Hansen | Character: Self - Reporter - The Detroit News
Actor: Leo Strauss | Character: Self
Actor: Vladimir Pozner | Character: Self - Soviet Spokesman in the United States 1987
Actor: John Kerry | Character: Self
Actor: Adam Curtis | Character: Narrator
Actor: Paula Jones | Character: Self
Actor: John Ashcroft | Character: Self

[Directors Group]
Name: Adam Curtis | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Adam Curtis | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Adam Curtis | Role: Producer
Name: Peter Horrocks | Role: Producer
Name: Lucy Kelsall | Role: Producer
Name: Stephen Lambert | Role: Producer
Name: Emanuele Pasquale | Role: Producer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Lucy Kelsall | Role: Cinematographer

[Production Management]
Name: Claire Askew | Role: Production Manager

[Sound Department]
Name: Bob Jackson | Role: Sound Department
Name: Niall Podson | Role: Sound Department

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Lucy Kelsall | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Editorial Department]
Name: Tamer Osman | Role: Editorial Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Hossam Al-Hamalawy | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Satiyesh Manoharajah | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Colin Peters | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Stuart Robertson | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Neil Stevenson | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Emanuele Pasquale | Role: Additional Crew

[Thanks]
Name: Tessa Hunkin | Role: Thanks

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430484/videogallery/

United Kingdom: October 20, 2004
United States: February 26, 2005 (True/False Film Festival)
France: May 14, 2005 (Cannes Film Festival)
Australia: December 6, 2005
United States: December 9, 2005 (New York City, New York)
Hong Kong: April 9, 2006 (Hong Kong International Film Festival)

Winner | 2005 | Directors Guild of Great Britain | DGGB Award | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television Documentary | Adam Curtis, The Power of Nightmares | For episode "Baby It's Cold Outside".
Winner | 2005 | BAFTA Awards | BAFTA TV Award | Best Factual Series or Strand | The Power of Nightmares
Winner | 2005 | Royal Television Society, UK | RTS Television Award | Best Documentary Series - General | The Power of Nightmares
Nominee | 2005 | Village Voice Film Poll | VVFP Award | Best Documentary | The Power of Nightmares | 3rd place.
Winner | 2005 | Santa Barbara International Film Festival | Special Jury Award | International Film | Adam Curtis, The Power of Nightmares | For its handling of vital contemporary issues
Winner | 2005 | Royal Television Society, UK | RTS Television Award | Documentary Series - General | The Power of Nightmares

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