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 | Soccer Football | Shot To Death | Pistol

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 / Criminal 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
Bridget Barkan	...	Judy McCoy
Ohad Knoller	...	Army Psychiatrist
Paul O'Brien	...	McCoy's Father (as Paul O'Brian)
Paul Hijazin	...	English Newscaster
Jafar Zoubi	...	ATV Anchorman
Nick Seeley	...	Criminal Investigation Agent #1
Don McKellar	...	Criminal Investigator (voice)
Abigail Savage	...	Tattooed Kid
Andrew Cullen	...	Buddy #1
Francois Caillaud	...	Buddy #2 (as François Caillaud)
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
Tamer Alsalaita	....	assistant hair stylist
Tamer Alsalaita	....	assistant makeup artist
Laurence Laufer	....	tattoo artist
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 M. Tyson	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Rime Al-Jabr	....	scenic painter
Amin Charif El Masri	....	lead set dresser
Sana'a Jaber	....	set dresser
Samy Keilani	....	construction coordinator
John Moran	....	graphic designer
Martha Sparrow	....	assistant art director
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
Jan Petrov	....	adr 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
Bart Grieb	....	lighting technician
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
Patrick Duchesne	....	digital intermediate project manager (as Pat Duchesne)
Jim Fleming	....	digital film colorist
Rob Gyorgy	....	DI editor
Matt Thompson	....	digital media coordinator
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
Zuhair Amr	....	entomologist (as Dr. Zuhair Amr)
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
Sarah Hack	....	assistant: Ms. Vicente and Mr. Kliot
Steve Holmgren	....	office manager
Sonia Hosko	....	assistant: Ms. Urdl and Ms. Weiss
Winnifred Jong	....	script supervisor
Sam Kalidi	....	adr
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
Thomas Rotenberg	....	development assistant
Dana Silverman	....	production assistant
Robert Stein	....	legal counsel
Charles Taylor	....	head armorer
Scott Tremblay	....	principal technical officer
Scott Weals	....	military advisor
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)
• Distribution Company (2010) (Argentina) (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)
• Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2007) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)
• 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
• Film Finances Canada  completion guarantor
• 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  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)

Also Known As:

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 | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Amman, Jordan

Company:

Film Farm, The

Trivia:

Magnolia Films requested that Brian De Palma blacked out the faces of dead Iraqis in the disturbing photo montage at the end of the film. It was feared that families of the dead could sue.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In one scene, PFC Angel Salazar is seen wearing his rank insignia upside down on his uniform.

Movie Connections:

References World Trade Center (2006)

Soundtrack:

Sarabande (Handel)

the thing we know for sure about de Palma....

The thing we know for sure about de Palma is that there are no accidental or unintentional images, cuts, camera angles or words in his movies. What looks rough was intended to look rough. What looks like a careless frame was there to look careless. This film, like "Hi Mom" & "Greetings" (and even "Get to Know Your Rabbit) is not part of the Hollywood so many "reviewers" leaving their drivel in IMDb (aka the un-united statesmen) are either railing against or rallying behind.

As far as I could tell, this was a look at the world through De Palma's own Snake-eyes - via a camera, and a script HE wrote. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that a view of the world from his camera will not look like anybody else's, and most surely won't be subject to anybody else's rules or political agenda.

Back in the day when Martin Scorsese made "The Last Temptation of Christ," I got cornered next to a conversation of religious conservatives who were ranting about the "Jews who control of Hollywood" being behind Scorsese's film. I had to laugh -- and did. They all turned to look at me like I was next in line for the noose -- and so I pointed out that Scorsese was New York Italian Catholic -- and had contemplated the priesthood. And that he'd made so much money and reputation points for studios that no studio, executive, or other influencing body could or would try to influence or control the content of his films.

So again, there's a laugh here if you think De Palma is the tool of any studio, influential group, or left-wing agenda. The truth is, each filmmaker has a point of view that is their own - - or at least the ones who make the films we want to see.

And -- if you think Hollywood -- that herd of cats who make the entertainment which may well be our last exportable natural resource -- is wrangled into the lock-step of an agenda other than making money and making entertainment, then you've obviously never met a writer, an actor, a musician, an artist, a computer nerd, a designer, a makeup artist, a stunt coordinator, or an agent. As a group, the only thing they have in common is lust for MAKING. Individually -- their beliefs are as varied as Tom Cruise and Tom Waits. And their personal agendas may sometimes reach the light in the projector -- or the flash of paparazzi cameras -- or the blare of a talk show microphone.

But the statements made in these point-of-view films are artworks giving voice and image to the mind of the artist. Like Guerneca, Rhapsody in Blue, or Oliver Twist -- art is not just entertainment, beauty, or cleverness -- it is the expression of a personal agenda by its very nature. Artists are meliorists. They believe they can, and that they have the right, to change the world.

so get over yourselves. It's not a plot. It's free speech. And Brian De Palma has always been enamored of not so much speaking his mind -- as filming his mind.