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. In OPERATION FILMMAKER Directo... (read more) |
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The winner of the best input on the new poster is Julian Rubinstein who entered his comments on the Director, Nina Davenport's post on her page. His input read: "i think the new one is way better for marketing.
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