Battle for Haditha (film)
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| Battle for Haditha | |
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| Directed by | Nick Broomfield |
| Produced by | Nick Broomfield |
| Written by | Nick Broomfield Marc Hoeferlin Anna Telford |
| Starring | Elliot Ruiz Yasmine Hanani Andrew McLaren Matthew Knoll |
| Music by | Nick Laird-Clowes |
| Cinematography | Mark Wolf |
| Editing by | Stuart Gazzard Ash Jenkins |
| Distributed by | HanWay Films |
| Release date(s) |  December 14, 2007 February 6, 2008 February 4, 2008 |
| Running time | 93 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English Arabic |
| Official website | |
| Allmovie profile | |
| IMDb profile | |
Battle for Haditha is a 2007 drama film directed by Nick Broomfield based on the Haditha killings. Dramatising real events using a documentary style, Battle for Haditha is Broomfield's follow up to Ghosts.
Nick's son, Barney Broomfield produced the documentary 'On That Day', the documentary behind the 'Battle For Haditha'.
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[edit] Synopsis
The film focuses on an incident that occurred three months after the Battle of Haditha in the Iraq War. On November 19, 2005, twenty-four Iraqi men, women and children were killed in Haditha, a city in the western Iraq province of Al Anbar. At least fifteen of those killed were noncombatant civilians. All are alleged to have been killed by a group of United States Marines. The names of the involved parties have been changed in the film.[1]
[edit] Filming location
Shot on location in Jerash, Jordan, the film uses former U.S. military personnel and Iraqi citizens to play many of the roles.[2]
[edit] Cast
- Elliot Ruiz as Cpl. Ramirez
- Yasmine Hanani as Hiba
- Andrew McLaren as Capt. Sampson
- Matthew Knoll as Cpl. Matthews
- Thomas Hennessy as Doc
- Vernon Gaines as LCpl. Sosa
- Danny Martinez as LCpl. Santos
- Joe Chacon as LCpl. Lopez
- Eric Mehalacopoulos as Sgt. Ross
- Jase Willette as Pfc. Cuthbert
- Antonio Tostado as LCpl. Jimenez
- Tony Spencer as Pfc. Roberts
- Nick Shakoour as Pfc. Hanoon
- Alysha Westlake as CNN News Anchor
- Oliver Bytrus as Jafar
- Falah Abraheem Flayeh as Ahmad
- Duraid A. Ghaieb as Rashied
- Ali Adill Al-kaanan Desher as Shrek
- Nathan DelaCruz as Cpl. Dela Cruz
[edit] Film festivals
Battle for Haditha was presented at the Toronto Film Festival on September 11, 2007.[3] Director Nick Bloomfield won the Silver Shell award for Best Director at the San Sebastian Film Festival on September 29, 2007.[4] It was also presented at the London Film Festival on October 30, 2007.[5]
[edit] Critical reception
As of May 9, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 50% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 20 reviews.[6] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 62 out of 100, based on 10 reviews.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Time Out London interview with Nick Bloomfield (HTML). Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
- ^ Variety review of Battle for Haditha (HTML). Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
- ^ Toronto International Film Festival schedule (HTML). Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
- ^ San Sebastian Film Festival official awards (HTML). Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
- ^ London Film Festival schedule (PDF). Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
- ^ Battle for Haditha Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on 2008-05-09.
- ^ Battle for Haditha (2008): Reviews. Metacritic. Retrieved on 2008-05-09.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Battle for Haditha at the Internet Movie Database
- Battle for Haditha at Rotten Tomatoes
- Battle for Haditha at Metacritic
- Battle for Haditha at Allmovie
- Defend Our Marines interview with Elliot Ruiz
