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Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997)

136 min  -  Documentary | History  -   19 September 1997 (USA)
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William Gazecki
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Waco: The Rules of Engagement -- Using interviews, news footage, testimony before Congress, and infrared photographic analysis, ‘Waco: The Rules of Engagement’ chips away at the government's story that David Koresh and his followers were a dangerous cult involved in strange sex and drug practices who were preparing to slaughter their neighbors and that they immolated themselves a la Jonestown, rather than give themselves up peacefully. Nearly every element of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms' and the FBI's cover-up is exposed as fraudulent and the viewer is left wondering when, if ever, justice will finally be served. Waco: The Rules of Engagement -- This video is a commentary by the director of Waco: The Rules of Engagement, William Gazecki, talking on the making of the movie. WACO was theatrically released in 1997 and has aired on television. It is also available on DVD.
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Cast

Credited cast:
Dan Gifford Dan Gifford ...
Narrator (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Clive Doyle Clive Doyle ...
Himself - Branch Davidian (also archive footage)
Jack Harwell Jack Harwell ...
Himself - Sheriff
Dick J. Reavis Dick J. Reavis ...
Himself - Author (also archive footage)
James D. Tabor James D. Tabor ...
Himself - Biblical Scholar
David Thibodeau David Thibodeau ...
Himself - Branch Davidian
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This controversial documentary about the stand-off between an unorthodox Christian group - the Branch Davidians, under the leadership of the young, charismatic David Koresh - and the FBI and ATF in Waco, Texas, from February to April 1993 presents a different spin on the events from that of the United States government, which held that the Branch Davidians set the fire that destroyed their compound, and killed the vast majority of them, on April 19, 1993. Using footage from the 51 day siege, from the congressional hearings afterwards, from people involved in all aspects of the siege, and from experts technical, psychological, and religious, the movie suggests that the Branch Davidians were not a cult, but a valid religious group practicing under First Amendment freedoms who fell victim to first the ineptitude of an ATF raid designed to garner the agency positive attention and later the cruel... Written by Gary Dickerson <slug@mail.utexas.edu>  

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English

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Waco, Texas, USA See more »

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