Jodie Foster Narrator (voice) Albert Brooks Self Ellen Burstyn Self Frank Rich Self Martin Scorsese Self Josh Brolin Self Oliver Stone Self Bill Gates Self Joan Tewkesbury Self Kurt Andersen Self Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs Self Seth Rogen Self Wesley Morris Self Patton Oswalt Self Peter Bart Self Rick Perlstein Self Robert Altman Self - Director, M*A*S*H & Nashville (archive footage) David Brinkley Self - Co-Host, NBC Nightly News (archive footage) Johnny Carson Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage) John Chancellor Self - Host, NBC Nightly News (archive footage) Gerald Ford Self - 38th President of the United States (archive footage) Richard Nixon Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage) Ronald Reagan Self - Former Governor of California (archive footage) Geraldo Rivera Self - Host, Good Night America (archive footage) Mario Van Peebles Self - Director, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (archive footage) Sylvester Stallone Self/Rocky/Machine Gun Joe Viterbo (archive footage) Richard Pryor Self (archive footage) Al Pacino Sonny Wortzik (archive footage) Robert De Niro Travis Bickle (archive footage) Gene Hackman (archive footage) Jodie Foster Narrator (voice) Albert Brooks Self Ellen Burstyn Self Frank Rich Self Martin Scorsese Self Josh Brolin Self Oliver Stone Self Bill Gates Self Joan Tewkesbury Self Kurt Andersen Self Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs Self Seth Rogen Self Wesley Morris Self Patton Oswalt Self Peter Bart Self Rick Perlstein Self Robert Altman Self - Director, M*A*S*H & Nashville (archive footage) David Brinkley Self - Co-Host, NBC Nightly News (archive footage) Johnny Carson Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage) John Chancellor Self - Host, NBC Nightly News (archive footage) Frank Church Self - Chairman, Senate Select Committee (archive footage) Gerald Ford Self - 38th President of the United States (archive footage) Lynette Fromme Self - Attempted Assassin of President Gerald Ford (archive footage) Bob Hope Self - Co-Host, 47th Academy Awards (archive footage) Ted Kennedy Self - Pro-Busing Senator (archive footage) Richard Nixon Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage) Dan Rather Self - Host, CBS Evening News (archive footage) Ronald Reagan Self - Former Governor of California (archive footage) Geraldo Rivera Self - Host, Good Night America (archive footage) Bert Schneider Self - Producer, Hearts and Minds (archive footage) Mario Van Peebles Self - Director, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (archive footage) Sylvester Stallone Self/Rocky/Machine Gun Joe Viterbo (archive footage) Steven Spielberg Self - Director of JAWS (archive footage) Jack Nicholson Self (archive footage) Roman Polanski Self - Director of Chinatown (archive footage) Sidney Lumet Self - Director of Dog day afternoon (archive footage) Charles Bronson Self - Actor in Death Wish (archive footage) Richard Pryor Self (archive footage) Al Pacino Sonny Wortzik (archive footage) Robert De Niro Travis Bickle (archive footage) Gene Hackman (archive footage) Betty Ford Self (archive footage) Jodie Foster Narrator (voice) Albert Brooks Self Ellen Burstyn Self Frank Rich Self Martin Scorsese Self Josh Brolin Self Oliver Stone Self Bill Gates Self Joan Tewkesbury Self Kurt Andersen Self Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs Self Seth Rogen Self Wesley Morris Self Patton Oswalt Self Peter Bart Self Rick Perlstein Self Robert Altman Self - Director, M*A*S*H & Nashville (archive footage) David Brinkley Self - Co-Host, NBC Nightly News (archive footage) Johnny Carson Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage) John Chancellor Self - Host, NBC Nightly News (archive footage) Frank Church Self - Chairman, Senate Select Committee (archive footage) Gerald Ford Self - 38th President of the United States (archive footage) Lynette Fromme Self - Attempted Assassin of President Gerald Ford (archive footage) Bob Hope Self - Co-Host, 47th Academy Awards (archive footage) Ted Kennedy Self - Pro-Busing Senator (archive footage) Richard Nixon Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage) Dan Rather Self - Host, CBS Evening News (archive footage) Ronald Reagan Self - Former Governor of California (archive footage) Geraldo Rivera Self - Host, Good Night America (archive footage) Bert Schneider Self - Producer, Hearts and Minds (archive footage) Mario Van Peebles Self - Director, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (archive footage) Sylvester Stallone Self/Rocky/Machine Gun Joe Viterbo (archive footage) Steven Spielberg Self - Director of JAWS (archive footage) Jack Nicholson Self (archive footage) Roman Polanski Self - Director of Chinatown (archive footage) Sidney Lumet Self - Director of Dog day afternoon (archive footage) Charles Bronson Self - Actor in Death Wish (archive footage) Richard Pryor Self (archive footage) Al Pacino Sonny Wortzik (archive footage) Robert De Niro Travis Bickle (archive footage) Gene Hackman (archive footage) Betty Ford Self (archive footage)