| Description |
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; 5.1 Dolby digital surround, 2.0 Dolby digital ; anamorphic widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 2.40:1. |
| Note |
Inspired by the book "Imperial life in the emerald city" by Rajiv Chandrasekaran. |
| Cast |
Matt Damon (Miller), Greg Kinnear (Clark Poundstone), Brendan Gleeson (Martin Brown), Amy Ryan (Lawrie Dayne), Khalid Abdalla (Freddy), Jason Isaacs (Briggs), Igal Naor (Al Rawi), Raad Rawi (Ahmed Zubaidi), Said Faraj (Seyyed Hamza), Michael O'Neill (Colonel Bethel). |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Barry Ackroyd ; production designer, Dominic Watkins ; editor, Christopher Rouse ; music, John Powell ; costume designer, Sammy Sheldon ; visual effects supervisor, Peter Chiang. |
| Event |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2009. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Rated R for violence and language. |
| Summary |
During the Iraq war, U.S. Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller leads Mobile Exploitation Team-Delta (MET-D) on a fruitless search of suspected WMD sites. When he wonders out loud why the intelligence is all wrong, he's told not rock the boat. Soon Miller, working with a local Iraqi informant named Freddy, is going after a Ba'athist general named Al-Rawi. CIA agent Martin Brown and journalist Lawrie Dayne share Miller's doubts; each have some pieces to the puzzle. They try to help Miller out, but Department of Defense official Clark Poundstone treats the WMD problem like a PR kerfuffle. When a Delta Force squad is dispatched to intimidate him and shut his team down, Miller's questioning mutates into a quest: to learn the identity and motives of "Magellan," the highly protected source of this faulty information. |
| Contents |
Invasion of Iraq -- Search for WMD -- Bad intel -- Democracy is messy -- A local tip -- High-value targets -- The book -- Coming up empty -- Code name "Magellan" -- Choosing sides -- Classified information -- Straight to the source -- Hiding the truth -- Major announcement -- In enemy hands -- Jack of clubs -- It has only just begun -- Not for you to decide -- A new beginning -- End titles. |
| Note |
Special features: Feature commentary with Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass [audio feature]; Deleted scenes with audio commentary by director Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon (12 min.); Deleted scenes without audio commentary (12 min.); Matt Damon: Ready for action (10 min.); Inside the "Green Zone" (9 min.). |
| Language |
Soundtrack in English, dubbed Spanish, dubbed French, or English DVS [descriptive video service] for the visually impaired, with optional subtitles in English SDH, French, or Spanish. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Drama.
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Soldiers -- Drama.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Drama.
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Military missions -- Drama.
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Weapons of mass destruction -- Iraq -- Drama.
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War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Drama.
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Reporters and reporting -- Drama.
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Political corruption -- United States -- Drama.
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Baghdad (Iraq) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
War films.
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Historical films.
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Action and adventure films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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American fiction -- Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Greengrass, Paul. Director. Producer.
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Helgeland, Brian. Screenwriter.
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Bevan, Tim. Producer.
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Fellner, Eric. Producer.
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Levin, Lloyd. Producer.
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Damon, Matt. Actor.
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Kinnear, Greg, 1963- Actor.
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Gleeson, Brendan. Actor.
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Ryan, Amy. Actor.
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Abdalla, Khalid, 1980- Actor.
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Isaacs, Jason, 1963- Actor.
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Naor, Yigal, 1958- Actor.
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Rawi, Raad. Actor.
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Faraj, Said. Actor.
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O'Neill, Michael. Actor.
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Powell, John, 1963- Composer.
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Chandrasekaran, Rajiv.
Imperial life in the emerald city.
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Universal Pictures (Firm)
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Studio Canal.
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Relativity Media.
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Working Title Films.
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
025195040266 |
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9555275638508 |
| Music No. |
61104849 Universal |
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