Redacted (2007)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Brian De Palma

Writer:

Brian De Palma (written by)

Release Date:

16 November 2007 (Spain)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | War

Tagline:

Truth is the first casualty of war.

Plot:

A montage of stories about U.S. soldiers fighting in the Iraq conflict, focusing on the modern forms of media covering the war.

Plot Keywords:

Controversial | Post September 11 2001 | Broken Back | Army | Obscene Finger Gesture

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Sahar Alloul	...	Arab News Reporter
Happy Anderson	...	Battalion Commander (as Eric 'Happy' Anderson)
Lara Atalla	...	Buddy #3
Karima Attayeh	...	Farah's Mother
Francois Caillaud	...	Buddy #2
Patrick Carroll	...	Reno Flake
Andrew Cullen	...	Buddy #1
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
Abigail Savage	...	Tattooed Kid
Nick Seeley	...	Criminal Investigation Agent #1
Issam Shamary	...	Pregnant Woman's Brother
Daniel Stewart Sherman	...	B.B. Rush
Julie Thiery	...	'Barrage' Narrator
Helen Zamel	...	Date Girl
Jafar Zoubi	...	ATV Anchorman
Mazen Zoubi	...	Company Commander
Zahra Zubaidi	...	Farah

Directed by
Brian De Palma

Writing credits
Brian De Palma		(written by)

Produced by
Laird Adamson	....	co-executive producer
Mark Cuban	....	executive producer
Jason Kliot	....	producer
Christopher Matson	....	associate producer
Gretchen McGowan	....	co-executive producer
Eric Schwab	....	co-producer
Stephen Traynor	....	line producer
Simone Urdl	....	producer
Joana Vicente	....	producer
Todd Wagner	....	executive producer
Jennifer Weiss	....	producer

Cinematography by
Jonathon Cliff		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Bill Pankow

Casting by
Billy Hopkins
Paul Schnee

Production Design by
Phillip Barker

Art Direction by
Michael Diner

Set Decoration by
Rana Abboot

Costume Design by
Jamila Aladdin

Makeup Department
Adrien Morot	....	special makeup effects artist
Orly Ronen	....	key hair stylist
Orly Ronen	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Andrew Cullen	....	assistant production manager
Mike Harrop	....	post-production supervisor
Gretchen McGowan	....	executive in charge of production
Stephen Traynor	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Francois Caillaud	....	key second assistant director
Tamir Naber	....	second second assistant director
Eric Schwab	....	second unit director
John Tyson	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Rime Al-Jabr	....	scenic painter
Amin Charif El Masri	....	lead set dresser
Sana'a Jaber	....	set dresser
John Moran	....	graphic designer
Lana Tettlock	....	key scenic painter
Paul Vernon	....	property master
Samir Zaidan	....	scenic painter
Nasser Zoubi	....	assistant property master

Sound Department
Steve Baine	....	foley artist
Todd Beckett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Keith Elliott	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paula Fairfield	....	sound designer
Paula Fairfield	....	supervising sound editor
Gina Gyles	....	foley assistant
Colin McLellan	....	adr recordist
Carla Murray	....	sound effects designer
Carla Murray	....	sound effects editor
Jason Perreira	....	sound re-recording assistant
Peter Persaud	....	foley recordist
Jill Purdy	....	dialogue editor
John J. Thomson	....	sound mixer
Alan Zielonko	....	boom operator
Mark Zsifkovits	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
David Harris	....	special effects supervisor
Graham Hills	....	senior special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Rob Gyorgy	....	digital effects artist

Stunts
Steve Griffin	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Bailey	....	second assistant camera
Alex Gomez	....	first assistant camera
Duraid Munajim	....	camera operator: second unit
Osama Namrouqa	....	gaffer
Kit Pennebaker	....	assistant camera

Animation Department
Timothy Peel	....	playback animator

Casting Department
Lara Atalla	....	casting: Jordan
David H. Kramer	....	adr voice casting
George Naouri	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Fikreyeh Abu Kheit	....	assistant costume designer
Phaedra Dahdaleh	....	costumer
Abd Elfattah Rayyan	....	wardrobe assistant
Nooredin Abedrabboh Sufian	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Jim Fleming	....	digital film colorist
Rob Gyorgy	....	DI editor
Alex Yalakidis	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Kevin Banks	....	music editor
Stephanie Diaz-Matos	....	music supervisor
Jim Dunbar	....	music supervisor
Randall Poster	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Adel Adawi	....	transportation captain
Omar Ayesh	....	transportation co-captain

Other crew
Phillip Barker	....	title designer
Maggie Cohn	....	assistant: Mr. De Palma
Beisan Elias	....	production assistant
Alice Wickwire Foster	....	production coordinator
Doug Gillespie	....	production accountant
Steve Holmgren	....	office manager
Sonia Hosko	....	assistant to producers
Winnifred Jong	....	script supervisor
Fuad Khalil	....	location manager
Quentin Little	....	development executive
Mohammad Majali	....	production assistant
Karen S. Neasi	....	product placement
Travis Rehwaldt	....	key set production assistant
Dana Silverman	....	production assistant
Robert Stein	....	legal counsel
Charles Taylor	....	head armorer
Scott Tremblay	....	principal technical officer
Scott Wealing	....	key military consultant
Virginia A. Williams	....	production executive

Thanks
Stewart Aziz	....	special thanks
Maxine Bailey	....	special thanks
John DeBoer	....	special thanks
Atom Egoyan	....	special thanks
Luc Montpellier	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Film Farm, The
• HDNet Films

Distributors

• On Pictures (2007) (Spain) (all media)
• Magnolia Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Albatros Film (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• CP Classics (2008) (Russia) (all media) (limited)
• Madman Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
• Magnolia Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Maximum Film Distribution (2008) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Orlando Films (2007) (Israel) (all media)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2007) (Romania) (all media)
• Seville Pictures (2008) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Sponge (2008) (South Korea) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Elizabeth Bardsley & Associates  script annotation
• Hand Prop  props supplied by
• Movie Armaments Group  weapons and tactical gear supplied by

MPAA:

Rated R for strong disturbing violent content including a rape, pervasive language and some sexual references/images.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English | French | Arabic | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:R | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Portugal:M/16 | Ireland:16 | Sweden:15 | Ireland:15 (video rating) | UK:15 | Netherlands:16 | Japan:R-15 | Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA (2008)

Filming Locations:

Jordan

Company:

Film Farm, The

Trivia:

Financed by Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Angel Salazar's video camera, as shown in the opening scene, is a small, cheap camcorder. However, during the scene where Master Sergeant Sweet is introduced, the camera's shadow suggests a much larger high-end HD camera with wide lens and external microphone is being used.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-01-31)" (2008)

Not a film for pop-corn lovers

I've read all the reviews above...... The American ones are thumbing down the film; and the rest of the world giving thumbs up... I join the latter group.... A courageous film (not a movie!); says what it wants to say in an understandable, simple way and yet becomes very moving.... This is not a film for people from NYC or Texas (see the very first reviews above); let them go to see the Transformers or Jumper; who'd rather sit back with a half a gallon soda in one hand and bucket of popcorn in the other and enjoy mindless flicks.. Finally an American filmmaker came up with a thinking-man's film and he is to be congratulated.. This film should be prized and shown to every war-blind and ignorant American who still blindly support the invasion of Iraq. Of course it is not a perfect film (one can never make a perfect film over such a horrible story) but yet very moving and pushing one to think over the empty definitions of NeoCons over democracy, freedom; liberty and humanity... A companion piece to In the Valley of Elah, I should say, and very well done Mr DaPalma...