The Trials of Henry Kissinger

2002 film

The Trials of Henry Kissinger

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Directed by| Eugene Jarecki
Written by|

* Alex Gibney
* Christopher Hitchens

Based on| The Trial of Henry Kissinger
by Christopher Hitchens
Produced by|

* Roy Ackerman
* Jennie Amias
* Alex Gibney
* David Holbrooke
* Eugene Jarecki
* Susan Motamed

Narrated by| Brian Cox
Cinematography|

* Greg Andracke
* Mark Benjamin
* Gary Grieg
* Christopher Li
* Brett Wiley

Edited by| Simon Barker
Music by| Peter Nashel

Production
company

Arte France Cinéma

Distributed by| First Run Features

Release date

* June 14, 2002 (2002-06-14) (New York City)

Running time

| 80 minutes
Language| English
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

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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

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

## External links

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* The Trials of Henry Kissinger at Internet Movie Database
* The Trials of Henry Kissinger at Rotten Tomatoes
* The Trials of Henry Kissinger at FreeDocumentaries.org

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Eugene Jarecki

Films|

* Season of the Lifterbees (1993)
* Quest of the Carib Canoe (2000)
* The Opponent (2000)
* The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002)
* Why We Fight (2006)
* Addiction (segment) (2007)
* Freakonomics (segment) (2010)
* Reagan (2011)
* The House I Live In (2012)
* The King (2017)

Related articles|

* Henry Jarecki (father)
* Andrew Jarecki (brother)
* Nicholas Jarecki (half-brother)

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Christopher Hitchens

* Bibliography
* Political views

Works written|

* Imperial Spoils
* Blood, Class, and Nostalgia
* The Missionary Position
* Prepared for the Worst
* No One Left to Lie To
* Unacknowledged Legislation
* Letters to a Young Contrarian
* The Trial of Henry Kissinger
* Why Orwell Matters
* A Long Short War
* Love, Poverty, and War
* Thomas Jefferson: Author of America
* Thomas Paine's "Rights of Man": A Biography
* God Is Not Great
* Hitch-22
* Arguably
* Mortality

Works edited|

* Blaming the Victims
* The Portable Atheist

Other|

* 57901 Hitchens
* Hell's Angel
* The Trials of Henry Kissinger
* Peter Hitchens
* Hitchens's razor

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