CinemaOSMovie · 2008 · 1h 32m

Operation Filmmaker

65%(4)IMDbDocumentaryComedy

Soon after the fall of Baghdad in 2003, a young and charismatic film student, Muthana Mohmed, stands in the rubble of the city's film school and explains to an American television audience that his dream of becoming a filmmaker has been destroyed - first by Saddam Hussein, then by American bombs. This brief, fortuitous appearance on MTV changes Muthana's life forever. Watching in the United States, actor/director Liev Schreiber stops channel surfing, utterly captivated. Feeling guilty about a war he opposed, Schreiber decides to extend to the unknown Iraqi the opportunity of a lifetime - to come to Prague to work on an American movie, Everything Is Illuminated. On set, frustrated expectations complicate the relationship between Muthana and his American benefactors in what becomes a cross-cultural endeavor gone awry. Filmmaker Nina Davenport becomes increasingly entangled in the young Iraqi's life as his visa is about to expire and the threat of returning to Baghdad looms...

Directed byNina Davenport

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 32m
Language
EN
Released
February 20, 2008

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INDEPENDENT LENS | Operation Filmmaker | Trailer | PBS

INDEPENDENT LENS | Operation Filmmaker | Trailer | PBS

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Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Alberto Bonilla

Alberto Bonilla

Self

Steven Chinni

Self

Nina Davenport

Self

Hedwig Herzog

Self

Eugene Hutz

Eugene Hutz

Self

Doug Jones

Doug Jones

Self

Muthana Mohmed

Self

Peter Saraf

Self

Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber

Self

Elijah Wood

Elijah Wood

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Nina Davenport
Written by
Nina Davenport
Produced by
Kristine Pregot
David Schisgall

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