The moment of truth

Movie
German title	The moment of truth
Original title	Truth
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2015
length	126 minutes
Age rating	FSK 0
Rod
Director	James Vanderbilt
script	James Vanderbilt
production	James Vanderbilt, ; Bradley J. Fischer , ; Doug Mankoff ; Brett Ratner , ; William Sherak , ; Andrew Spaulding
music	Brian Tyler
camera	Mandy Walker
cut	Richard Francis-Bruce
occupation
	Cate Blanchett : Mary Mapes; Robert Redford : Dan Rather ; Topher Grace : Mike Smith; Dennis Quaid : Colonel Roger Charles; Elisabeth Moss : Lucy Scott; Bruce Greenwood : Andrew Heyward; Stacy Keach : Bill Burkett; John Benjamin Hickey : Mark Wrolstad; David Lyons : Josh Howard; Dermot Mulroney : Lawrence Lanpher; Rachael Blake : Betsy West; Andrew McFarlane : Dick Hibey;

The moment of truth (Original title: Truth ) is an American film biography by the director James Vanderbilt about the producer Mary Mapes and the presenter Dan Rather .

action

Mary Mapes hired a lawyer in 2004 because of problems with her employer, the US broadcaster CBS . She and her team had researched how the future US President George W. Bush was accepted into the National Guard , but could not be judged there by his superiors because he had not served for over a year. An informant had given Mary two letters that Dan Rather had presented on the CBS program 60 Minutes as evidence of Bush's misconduct. Upon investigation by a law firm, it was found that these two letters may have been forged. Mary Mapes and Dan Rather were fired with their team and supervisors. Mapes' career on US television ends abruptly.

The film tells the story from Mary Mapes' point of view largely as a flashback.

reception

The film received mostly mixed to positive reviews. At Metacritic , the film received a Metascore of 66/100 based on 35 reviews, while at Rotten Tomatoes 62 percent of the 147 reviews were positive.

The film service believes that the moment of truth is "an excitingly staged mock documentary of the event, which has unmistakable features of manipulation, not least because the main roles are cast with prominent stars".

Web links

The moment of truth in the Internet Movie Database (English)
The moment of truth at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
The moment of truth at Metacritic (English)

Individual evidence

[FSK-1] Certificate of Release for The Moment of Truth . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).

[2] The Moment of Truth - Short Review . In: Filmdienst.de . Retrieved June 13, 2016.