Operation Filmmaker
Release Date:
June 4, 2008
Genre:
Documentary
Studio:
Icarus Films

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Starring:
Muthana Mohmed, Liev Schreiber, Elijah Wood, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Directed By:
Nina Davenport
Produced By:
Nina Davenport and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Awards:
Grand Jury Prize for "Best Documentary," 2007 AFI Fest Los Angeles
Special Jury Prize, 2007 Chicago International FIlm Festival
Dutch Film Critics Award, 2007 Rotterdam Film Festival
Plot Outline:
In the wake of "Operation Iraqi Freedom," American actor Liev Schreiber had a notion: to rescue an Iraqi film student from the rubble of Baghdad and bring him to intern on a Hollywood movie ("Everything is Illuminated").

It promised to be a heartwarming tale, a small victory out of the troubled mission of the U.S. war in Iraq. But as in the war itself, "good" intentions often yielded unintended consequences, and even this operation doesn't go according to plan.

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