| Control Room (2003)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Sameer Khader |
[Participant]
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| Lt. Josh Rushing |
[Participant]
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| Hassan Ibrahim |
[Participant]
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| Tom Mintier |
[Participant]
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| Deema Khatib |
[Participant]
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| David Shuster |
[Participant]
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| Joshua Rushing |
Himself
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| Samir Khader |
Himself
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| George W. Bush |
Himself (archive footage)
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| Donald Rumsfeld |
Himself (archive footage)
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| Plot |
| Egyptian-American filmmaker Jehane Noujaim (Startup.com) directs Control Room, a documentary investigating the ethics of media-managed wars. This film particularly focuses on the U.S.-led war in Iraq. Noujaim and her film crew travel to the headquarters of Al-Jazeera, the media leader in the Arab world, to find out what the news looks like in Iraq. She interviews several journalists and producers involved in war reporting for Al-Jazeera, including senior producer Sameer Khader, journalist Hassan Ibrahim, and producer Deema Khatib. Noujaim also interviews American correspondents David Shuster from NBC and Tom Mintier from CNN. Control Room premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004 as part of the American Spectrum program. — Andrea LeVasseur |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Documentary; Foreign |
| Director |
Jehane Noujaim |
| Producer |
Hani Salama; Rosadel Varela |
| Writer |
Julia Bacha; Jehane Noujaim |
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| Studio |
Artisan Entertainment |
| Country |
USA
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| Language |
Arabic |
| Audience Rating |
PG-13 |
| Running Time |
83 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
1/17/2003 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
No |
| Index |
348 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
10/29/2004 |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 Widescreen 1.85:1 Color |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
031398169321 |
| Release Date |
10/26/2004 |
| Subtitles |
Arabic; English; French; Spanish |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 ARABIC: Dolby Digital Stereo
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo [CC] |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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Audio Commentary with Director Jehane Noujaim and Producer/Cinematographer Hani Salama
Audio Commentary with Captain Josh Rushing, Central Command Press Officer
Audio Commentary with Al Jazeera Senior Producers Hassan Ibrahim and Samir Khader
Extensive Deleted Scenes!
Theatrical Trailer
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