For decades, Dan Rather delivered the news with authenticity, integrity and courage. RATHER chronicles his rise to prominence, sudden and dramatic public downfall, and redemption and re-emergence as a voice of reason to a new generation.
Direction
Frank Marshall keeps it tight, no documentary bloat
Production
Incredible archival footage, peak Cronkite-era CBS
Director
Frank Marshall
Dan Rather
Self - Journalist
Margaret Sullivan
Self - Media Critic & Author
Jim Murphy
Self - Former Executive Producer, CBS Evening News
Douglas Brinkley
Self - Historian & Author
Tom Bettag
Self - Former Executive Producer, CBS Evening News
Robin Rather
Self - Daughter
Andrew Young
Self - Civil Rights Activist & Politician
Howard Stringer
Self - Former CBS President
Martin Rather
Self - Grandson
Susan Zirinsky
Self - Former CBS News President
Rick Perlstein
Self - Historian & Journalist
Ronan Farrow
Self - Investigative Reporter
Dana Roberson
Self - Former CBS News Producer
Larry Doyle
Self - Former CBS News Bureau Chief
David Buksbaum
Self - Former CBS Executive
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Frank Marshall has produced everything from Raiders of the Lost Ark to the Bourne films—this is his rare documentary dip into real-world stakes.
Rather's 1986 wall live-hurricane broadcast invented the 'reporter in danger' trope that became cable news' entire personality.
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