RUNNING TIME: 1:55
RELEASE DATE: March 11, 2010
STARRING: Matt Damon, Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Antoni Corone, Nicoye Banks
DIRECTOR: Paul Greengrass
PRODUCER(S): Lloyd Levin, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
WRITER(S): Brian Helgeland, Rajiv Chandrasekaran
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: United 93 director Paul Greengrass explores the aftermath of the Iraq invasion in this feature adaptation of author Rajiv Chandrasekaran's literary exposé of the same name. A one-time Baghdad bureau chief of the Washington Post, Chandrasekaran was present as American forces attempted to set up a provisional government on the grounds surrounding former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's opulent palace. The resulting governing body, according to critics, existed in a bubble so far removed from the grim realities of the Iraq War that it failed to properly assess the needs of the people. In this fictional thriller set during the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad, director Greengrass and screenwriter Brian Helgeland use Chandrasekaran's novel as the foundation for the story of an officer who joins forces with a senior CIA officer to unearth evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.