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Redacted - Zahra Zubaidi, Ty Jones, Mike Figueroa, Brian De Palma

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Truth is the first casualty of war.

A fictional story inspired by true events, Redacted is a cinematic rallying cry from one of film greatest provocateurs, Brian De Palma. Redacted radically engages viewers in the way images and information is disseminated in a time of war. A profound meditation on the way information is packaged, distributed and received in an era with infinite channels of communication, Redacted exposes the extreme disconnect between the manipulation of images and information and the truth, especially timely as opposition to the Iraq War continues to mount. Centred around a small group of American soldiers stationed at a checkpoint in Iraq Redacted utilizes multiple points of view, balancing the experiences of these young men under duress and the media with those of the local Iraqi people caught in between illuminating how each have been deeply affected by the Iraq war and the implications of redacting or editing on all of us. A passionate anti-war film, Brian De Palma Redacted is a thrilling return to form the filmmaker and an urgent call to put an end to the current conflict in Iraq.

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Film drama war Iraq USA Army soldier video camera media grunts Iraqi crime rape

Persons of interest

Sahar Alloul .... Arab News Reporter
Happy Anderson .... Battalion Commander
Karima Attayeh .... Farah's Mother
Patrick Carroll .... Reno Flake
Rob Devaney .... Lawyer McCoy
Izzy Diaz .... Angel Salazar
Mike Figueroa .... Sergeant Jim Vazques
Qazi Freihat .... Hadi
Shatha Haddad .... Embedded Journalist
Paul Hijazin .... English Newscaster
Suhail Abdel Hussein .... Farah's Father
Ty Jones .... Master Sergeant Sweet
Dhiaa Kahlil .... Soldier
Hiyam Abdel Karim .... Pregnant Woman
Yanal Kassay .... Soldier
Ohad Knoller .... Army Psychiatrist
Shukraya Maran .... Young Screaming Woman
Sabrine Munther .... Farah's Little Sister
Paul O'Brien .... Barton's Father
Adel Odai .... Interpreter
Kel O'Neill .... Private Gabe Blix
Hameed Sahi .... Farah's Grandfather
Daniel Stewart Sherman .... BB Rush
Julie Thiery .... 'Barrage' Narrator
Mazen Zoubi .... Company Commander
Zahra Zubaidi .... Farah
Brian De Palma .... Screenwriter
Brian De Palma .... Director

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Awards and film festivals:

Amnesty International Film Festival 2008: Won: Youth Jury Award (Brian De Palma)
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA 2008: Nominated: Golden Reel Award: Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue & ADR in a Foreign Feature Film (Paula Fairfield, Carla Murray, Jill Purdy, Steve Baine, Peter Persaud, Keith Elliott, Todd Beckett, Mark Zsifkovits)
Venice Film Festival 2008: Won: Future Film Festival Digital Award (Brian De Palma), Silver Lion Best Director (Brian De Palma); Nominated: Golden Lion (Brian De Palma)

Studios and distributors:

Madman Entertainment

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Theatrical report

Redacted is a fun film about a bunch of good American boys fighting for truth and freedom and the right to kill towelheads. It's a light-hearted comedy about the hilarious goings-on in a Marine squad when they stay in the combat zone too long and start getting into wacky antics to relieve the stress. There's music and laughter and good-natured joshing and even moments of heart-warming tenderness as our gentle warriors bond with friendly local street urchins.

See also Improvised Explosive Device, insurgent, roadside bomb, revenge, reprisal, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, shell shock, murder, Brothers in Arms, invasion, criminal behaviour, rape.

The drama, war movie Redacted is directed by Brian De Palma and stars Zahra Zubaidi, Ty Jones, Mike Figueroa.