Redacted (2007)

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:

Iraq | Soldier | Controversy | Bare Chested Male | News Report

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Izzy Diaz	...	Angel Salazar
Rob Devaney	...	Lawyer McCoy
Ty Jones	...	Master Sergeant Sweet
Anas Wellman	...	Soldier (as Anas 'Tipsy' Wellman)
Mike Figueroa	...	Sergeant Jim Vasquez
Yanal Kassay	...	Soldier
Dhiaa Khalil	...	Soldier
Kel O'Neill	...	Gabe Blix / al Investigation Agent #2
Daniel Stewart Sherman	...	B.B. Rush
Patrick Carroll	...	Reno Flake
Qazi Freihat	...	Hadi
Adel Odai	...	Interpreter
Helen Zamel	...	Date Girl
Hiyam Abdel Karim	...	Pregnant Woman
Issam Shamary	...	Pregnant Woman's Brother
Shukraya Maran	...	Young Screaming Woman
Sahar Alloul	...	Arab News Reporter
Happy Anderson	...	Battalion Commander / Prosecutor (as Eric 'Happy' Anderson)
Mazen Zoubi	...	Company Commander
Zahra Zubaidi	...	Farah
Sabrine Munther	...	Farah's Little Sister
Shatha Haddad	...	Embedded Journalist
Karima Attayey	...	Farah's Mother
Suhail Abdel Hussein	...	Farah's Father
Hameed Sahi	...	Farah's Grandfather
Ohad Knoller	...	Army Psychiatrist
Paul O'Brien	...	Barton's Father
Paul Hijazin	...	English Newscaster
Jafar Zoubi	...	ATV Anchorman
Nick Seeley	...	Criminal Investigation Agent #1
Abigail Savage	...	Tattooed Kid
Andrew Cullen	...	Buddy #1
Francois Caillaud	...	Buddy #2
Lara Atalla	...	Buddy #3
Julie Thiery	...	'Barrage' Narrator

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	....	third assistant director
Travis Rehwaldt	....	second third 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
Scott Delaney	....	conform editor
Keith Elliott	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paula Fairfield	....	sound designer
Paula Fairfield	....	supervising sound editor
Jamie Gould	....	sound re-recording assistant
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	....	supervising dialogue and adr 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
William Cameron	....	animator: titles
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
Louis Casado	....	color timer
Pat Duchesne	....	digital intermediate project manager
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
Courtney Andrialis	....	creative executive: HDNet Films
Reem Bandak	....	production coordinator
Phillip Barker	....	title designer
Maggie Cohn	....	assistant: Mr. De Palma
Beisan Elias	....	production assistant
Claude Forest	....	insurance broker
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
Christopher Matson	....	business affairs
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
David Welch	....	dog trainer
Virginia A. Williams	....	production executive

Thanks
Stewart Aziz	....	special thanks
Maxine Bailey	....	special thanks
George David	....	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)
• Angel Films (2008) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• Maximum Film Distribution (2008) (Canada) (theatrical)
• NonStop Entertainment (2008) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Seville Pictures (2008) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Sponge (2008) (South Korea) (theatrical)
• CP Classics (2008) (Russia) (all media) (limited)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Madman Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
• Magnolia Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Orlando Films (2007) (Israel) (all media)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2007) (Romania) (all media)
• Sandrews (2008) (Sweden) (DVD)

Other Companies

• David Kramer's Looping Group  loop group
• DeLuxe Toronto  sound services
• Deluxe Post-Production  post-production facilities
• Donna Daniels Public Relations  publicity
• Elizabeth Bardsley & Associates  script annotation
• Getty Images  montage photographs courtesy of
• Hand Prop  props supplied by
• International Traders  production services: Jordan
• Movie Armaments Group  weapons and tactical gear supplied by
• Panavision Canada  camera equipment
• Platform Studios  production equipment (as Platform Studios, Beirut)
• Postworks New York  editing facilities
• Royal Film Commission, The  special thanks
• Searchparty Music  music supervision
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility
• Tattersall Sound  editing facilities (as Tattersall Sound and Picture, Toronto)
• Tattersall Sound  post-production facilities
• Technicolor Creative Services  film recording (as Technicolor Creative Services Toronto)
• Telemax Productions  production equipment (as Telemax Productions, Amman)

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 Digital

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) | Germany:18 | New Zealand:R16 | France:-12

Filming Locations:

Amman, Jordan

Company:

Film Farm, The

Trivia:

The genesis of the film began when HDNet Films approached Brian De Palma in 2006 to make a film with only two strings attached: it had to be shot for $5 million and on HD.

Goofs:

Factual errors: At the military checkpoint scene, U.S. Army soldiers are seen with a Challenger tank. The U.S. Army does not use the Challenger tank.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-01-23)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Sarabande (Handel)

An IRAQI's Comment (Who witnessed the war)

I would give this movie 10 stars for the courage that the producers had shown to reveal the truth about was going on there in Iraq.

First of all I am an Iraqi who witnessed everything that happened since the first moment the war took place. I am not an American who is in favour of certain political wing or party. And it is really frustrating to hear those voices picking holes in De Palma's movie and accusing him of being biased or not knowing how the army operates or..or ..or ..etc. You don't need to know anything to be human!! and to stop killing, supporting, or covering for the killing of the innocents.

It is not about elections and politics!! it is about hundreds of people getting killed daily by different groups whether Al-Qaeda, the militias, death squads, or the coalition forces themselves!! The movie was so touching in every single aspect for an Iraqi who had lived there and witnessed the war. The combination of bad and good soldiers is so true. And choosing Sammara rather than any other province or city was so wise since the pressure and threat that the soldiers are under there is not the same for soldiers who are in rather safer areas like the Northern part of Iraq. Also the psychological pressure that most of those soldiers are under has been made clear in this movie; as well as, the negativity, hostility and racism of some soldiers..If you are an Iraqi who understands English, you can understand what the American soldiers mumble or yell about every time an Iraqi approaches them. You can tell from the look whether that soldier is a good or a bad one. Something that has been successfully shown and well presented in that movie.

Like most of the people who support the American army there and consider every Iraqi or Muslim a terrorist or "desert nig**r" or "rag head", most of the Iraqis and Muslims consider every troop a thief, raper, and occupier who is after money, oil and damaging or destroying Islam. But does that mean that they are right? they are both wrong!! All the movie did is that it put the reality of what is going on in Iraq in to cinema cause not all people follow the news or know which media to be trusted; moreover, it didn't say that those stories or characters are true or ever existed. And you don't need De Palma or the Fox news to tell you that!! May be it is true that they might not know a lot about Iraq, but what makes you think that you know better than them about Iraq??!!..

Another true and clever thing about the movie were the videos posted on the internet whether for the insurgents, soldiers' wives, or the people who oppose such disgraceful crimes. Also how, in the end, the innocent soldiers were the ones who pay for the crimes that their teammates commit whether physically (Salazar) or psychologically (McCoy).