The Most Dangerous Man in America

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Directed by	Judith Ehrlich; Rick Goldsmith;
Written by	Michael Chandler; Judith Ehrlich; Rick Goldsmith; Lawrence Lerew;
Produced by	Judith Ehrlich; Rick Goldsmith;
Starring	Daniel Ellsberg
Cinematography	Vicente Franco; Dan Krauss;
Edited by	Michael Chandler; Rick Goldsmith; Lawrence Lerew;
Music by	Blake Leyh
Distributed by	First Run Features
Release dates	11 September 2009 (Toronto); 5 February 2010 (United States);
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers is a 2009 documentary film directed by Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith. The film follows Daniel Ellsberg and explores the events leading up to the 1971 publication of the Pentagon Papers, which exposed the top-secret military history of the United States' involvement in Vietnam.^[1]

The film was shown on the PBS series POV in 2010, for which it earned a Peabody Award.^[2]^[3]

Reception

Critical response

The Most Dangerous Man in America has an approval rating of 96% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 56 reviews, and an average rating of 7.84/10.^[4] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 75 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[5]