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Features: DVD
Editor's Note
Slowly, methodically, and convincingly, Robert Greenwald (OUTFOXED: RUPERT MURDOCH'S WAR ON JOURNALISM) presents proof that George W. Bush's administration lied to the American Public, the United Nations, and the world, about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and links to terrorism. A number of respected talking heads are interviewed, including former officials of the CIA, military, and White House, and--most damagingly--Bush-appointed weapons inspector David Kay. Their conclusions reveal that the neoconservative Bush team ignored the carefully assembled reports of their intelligence agencies, while untrustworthy Iraqi "defectors" were taken at their word by both the press and the Pentagon. Unlike Michael Moore's FAHRENHEIT 911, Greenwald relies less on emotion to make his points. Rather, he lets his experts expose each lie, one by one, via crosscutting with footage of press conferences and speeches given by President Bush, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice. Whatever one's political leanings, the evidence presented here is hard to ignore, as is the awful toll the war has taken on civilians, soldiers, and the reputation of America throughout the world. This is one of a slew of political documentaries released in 2004; showing how cinema can be a powerful forum for political and social change.
| Features | Region [unknown] | | Keep Case | | Full Frame - 1.33 | | Additional Release Material:
| Trailers | | Interviews:
| 1. David Kay - Former U.S. Weapons Inspector | | 2. Robert Greenwald - Director, Tom Hayden - Civil Rights Activist, Mike Farrell - Activist, Ray McGovern - CIA Analyst (Q & A Session, Video) | | 3. Robert Greenwald - Director (Bonus Interview, Video) |
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Facets Multimedia |
| Release Date: 4/22/2008 |
| Running Time: 83 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2004 | | Catalog ID: 50012 | | UPC: 00881394500129 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew | George W. Bush - Featured | | Donald H. Rumsfeld - Featured | | Robert Greenwald - Producer | | Dick Cheney - Featured | | Brad Chiet - Composer | | Jim Ervin - Composer | | Mars Lasar - Composer | | Robert Greenwald - Director |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"[A] smashingly effective documentary..." 09/03/2004 p.58New York Times
"Mr. Greenwald's film is sober and meticulous." 08/20/2004 p.E6 Los Angeles Times
"Although UNCOVERED is adamant in its opposition to the war, perhaps the most significant, most upsetting point it makes is distinctly nonpolitical." 08/27/2004 p.E4 Uncut
"This film reeks of respectability, is absolutely unspun and is all the more convincing for that. For here, laid out plainly, logically and soberly, is the truth about the Iraq war." 12/01/2004 p.179 |
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