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The Power of Nightmares

The Phantom Victory (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 59 min | Documentary, History

Director
Writer
Adam Curtis (written by)
Producer
Adam Curtis (produced by)
Cinematographer
Lucy Kelsall (camera)
Status
Edit Released
Updated Dec 31, 2004

Release date
2004 (United Kingdom)
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Cast

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37 cast members
Name Known for
Saif Al Banna
Self - Senior Member - Muslim Brotherhood Egypt (archive footage) Self - Senior Member - Muslim Brotherhood Egypt (archive footage)   See fewer
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Self (archive footage) (as Ayman Zawahiri) Self (archive footage) (as Ayman Zawahiri)   See fewer
Abdullah Anas
Self - General Commander Afghan Arabs - Northern Afghanistan 1984-89 Self - General Commander Afghan Arabs - Northern Afghanistan 1984-89   See fewer
Abdullah Azzam
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Milton Bearden
Self - CIA Field Officer - Afghanistan 1985-89 Self - CIA Field Officer - Afghanistan 1985-89   See fewer
Osama bin Laden
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Diane Blair
Self - Clinton Campaign (archive footage) Self - Clinton Campaign (archive footage)   See fewer
Robert Bork
Self - Senior Member Federalist Society (as Judge Robert Bork) Self - Senior Member Federalist Society (as Judge Robert Bork)   See fewer
George Bush
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
William Casey
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Joe Conason
Self - Author 'The Hunting of the President' Self - Author 'The Hunting of the President'   See fewer
Essam El Erian
Self - Senior Member of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt Self - Senior Member of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt   See fewer
Melvin Goodman
Self - Head of Office of Soviet Affairs CIA 1976-87 Self - Head of Office of Soviet Affairs CIA 1976-87   See fewer
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self - General Secretary Soviet Communist Party Self - General Secretary Soviet Communist Party   See fewer
Ali Haroun
Self - Algerian Minister for Human Rights 1991-92 Self - Algerian Minister for Human Rights 1991-92   See fewer
Stephen Holmes
Self - Political Philosopher (as Professor Stephen Holmes) Self - Political Philosopher (as Professor Stephen Holmes)   See fewer
Saddam Hussein
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Gilles Kepel
Self - Historian of Islamist Movement Self - Historian of Islamist Movement   See fewer
Monica Lewinsky
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Michael Lind
Self - Journalist and Former Neoconservative Self - Journalist and Former Neoconservative   See fewer
Bob Matera
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Richard Perle
Self - Assistant Secretary of Defense 1981-87 Self - Assistant Secretary of Defense 1981-87   See fewer
Vladimir Pozner
Self - Soviet Spokesman in the United States 1987 (archive footage) Self - Soviet Spokesman in the United States 1987 (archive footage)   See fewer
Sayyid Qutb
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Pat Robertson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Brent Scowcroft
Self - National Security Adviser to President George Bush Snr (archive footage) Self - National Security Adviser to President George Bush Snr (archive footage)   See fewer
Ken Starr
Self - Former Whitewater Independent Counsel (archive footage) (as Kenneth Starr) Self - Former Whitewater Independent Counsel (archive footage) (as Kenneth Starr)   See fewer
Azzam Tamimi
Self - Institute of Islamic Political Thought (as Dr Azzam Tamimi) Self - Institute of Islamic Political Thought (as Dr Azzam Tamimi)   See fewer
Bill Weld
Self - Republican Governor of Massachusetts (archive footage) (as William Weld) Self - Republican Governor of Massachusetts (archive footage) (as William Weld)   See fewer
Jack Wheeler
Self - Adviser to the Reagan White House 1981-84 Self - Adviser to the Reagan White House 1981-84   See fewer
Hillary Clinton
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Colin Powell
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
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