Camp X-Ray (2014)

A soldier assigned to Guantanamo Bay befriends a man who has been imprisoned there.

Director:

Peter Sattler

Writer:

Peter Sattler

Stars:

Kristen Stewart, Peyman Moaadi, Lane Garrison

6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nawal Bengholam	...	Newscaster
Peyman Moaadi	...	Ali (as Payman Maadi)
Lane Garrison	...	Ransdell
Joseph Julian Soria	...	Rico
Mark Naji	...	Detainee #1
Anoop Simon	...	Detainee #2
Kristen Stewart	...	Cole
Cory Michael Smith	...	Bergen
Ser'Darius Blain	...	Jackson
Tara Holt	...	Mary
LaDell Preston	...	IRF #1
Daniel Leavitt	...	IRF #2
Marco Khan	...	Mahmoud
Julia Duffy	...	Cole's Mother
Robert Tarpinian	...	Detainee #3

Storyline

A young soldier escapes her suffocating small town by joining the military, only to find that she isn't going for a tour of duty in Iraq as she hoped. Instead, she's sent to Guantanamo. Met with hatred and abuse from the men in her charge, she forges an odd friendship with a young man who has been imprisoned at Gitmo for eight years.

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Plot Keywords:

guantanamo bay | female protagonist | unlikely friendship | covered in feces | reference to harry potter | 

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Taglines:

Connection takes courage.

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Genres:

Drama | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and brief nude images

Details

Official Sites:

IFC Films [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 October 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Guard

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$1,316 (USA) (17 October 2014)

Gross:

$9,837 (USA) (7 November 2014)

Company Credits

Production Co:

GNK Productions, Gotham Group, Rough House Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

117 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Peter Sattler's directorial debut.

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Goofs

At the beginning, Cole is instructed to be in charge of the detainees "right hand" but on the bus when she describes the event, she tells the others that she was in charge of his "left arm".

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Quotes

Colonel Drummond: Nobody gives you a medal when you do it right, they just demote you when you do it wrong.

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Connections

References The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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Soundtracks

Kettering
written by Peter Silberman
performed by The Antlers
courtesy of Frenchkiss Records
by arrangement with The Orchard

User Reviews

Excellent performances by Stewart and Moaadi, moving storyline

Moving and emotionally charged performances by both Stewart and Moaadi from beginning to end. I was completely surprised by the subject matter of Gitmo, expecting a political message as the underlying theme, but it turned out to be a study of humanity and relationships within extreme circumstances. Impressive directorial debut of Sattler.

Stewart plays guard Amy Cole, a young marine from a small town who joined the military to escape her life. The movie centers around the conflict of her growing relationship with a prisoner, Moaadi, who has been in Gitmo for eight years. Both actors do justice to the storyline and these complex characters without building caricatures of military and extremist personalities. I'm not one for heavy military story lines, but I was pleasantly surprised by this film's twist to the Gitmo plot with a narrow lens on the people, not the politics. It's not all heavy subject matter....Moaadi adds some appreciated humor. Bottom line: worth my time.