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It is a drama based on the Mahmudiyah killings, the rape, murder, and burning of Abeer Qasim Hamza al-Janabi, a 14-year-old Iraqi girl in March 2006 by U.S. soldiers who also killed her parents and younger sister.^[4][5] For other uses, see Drama (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Abeer Qassim Hamza murder. ... Abeer’s national ID card, made when she was 2, shows her date of birth as August 19, 1991. ...

In addition to appearing at the Venice Film Festival, the film was also shown at the Toronto Film Festival and the New York Film Festival. The film opened in Spain and opened in limited release in the United States on November 16, 2007. It is scheduled to open in the United Kingdom on March 21, 2008.^[6] The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is generally considered to be one of the five top film festivals in the world. ... The New York Film Festival is the one of the United Statess most prestigious film festivals, first held in 1962 in New York. ... Limited release is a term in the American motion picture industry for a motion picture that is playing in a select few theaters across the country (typically in cities such as New York and Los Angeles). ...

Cast

• Francois Caillaud — McCoy's buddy in bar
• Patrick Carroll — Reno Flake
• Rob Devaney — Lawyer McCoy
• Izzy Diaz — Angel Salazar
• Mike Figueroa — Sgt. Vazques
• Ty Jones — Msgt. Jim Sweet
• Paul O'Brien — Barton's Father
• Kel O'Neill — Gabe Blix
• Abigail Savage — Ranting Teen
• Daniel Stewart Sherman — Specialist B.B. Rush

Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews from critics. As of November 17, 2007 on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 49% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 59 reviews.^[7] On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 52 out of 100, based on 24 reviews.^[8] This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Metacritic is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and books. ...

Controversy

During a New York Film Festival press conference for the film, De Palma mentioned that Redacted is itself redacted, due to Magnolia Pictures owner Mark Cuban "being disturbed" by the ending montage's imagery. A voice from the audience called out "That's not true"; with the speaker identifying himself as Eamonn Bowles, president of Magnolia Pictures. The producer of the film later appeared on stage to explain that the images were taken out not because they were disturbing, but because of concerns about the possibility that relatives of the dead persons appearing on the photographs might bring lawsuits for emotional distress and the like. Magnolia, he said, had been put in "an untenable legal position" making the movie uninsurable. The New York Film Festival is the one of the United Statess most prestigious film festivals, first held in 1962 in New York. ... Mark Cuban (born July 31, 1958 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)[1] is an American billionaire entrepreneur. ...

In an interview conducted the day after the uproar at the press conference, Cuban said, "There is no way I am going to include images of people who have been severely wounded or maimed and killed when the possibility exists that their families could unknowingly see the images and recognize a loved one." He also said that Magnolia had offered DePalma the option of buying the film back from the distributor in order to release it himself and "absorb 100 percent of the risk." DePalma did not accept. ^[9]

De Palma has stated the film provided a realistic portrait of U.S. troops and how "the presentation of our troops has been whitewashed" by mainstream media. He expected the images in Redacted to stir U.S. public debate about the conduct of American soldiers.^[10] Commentator Bill O'Reilly has called for protests of Redacted and Mark Cuban. O'Reilly claims that the film demeans American soldiers and may incite violence against the troops, and he calls on ticketholders to bring signs to Dallas Mavericks games and all theaters showing the movie, stating 'Support the Troops'. ^[11] Two notable people are named Bill OReilly: For the anchor of The OReilly Factor, see: Bill OReilly (commentator) For the Australian cricketer, see: Bill OReilly (cricketer) This is a disambiguation page—a list of articles associated with the same title. ... The Dallas Mavericks (also known as the Mavs) are an NBA basketball team based in Dallas, Texas. ...

References

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External links

• Redacted at the Internet Movie Database
• Redacted at Rotten Tomatoes
• Redacted at Metacritic

• Redacted at Box Office Mojo
• Redacted at All Movie Guide
• Redacted reviewed at Twitch
• Redacted reviewed at The Swan Archives
• Review

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Listening

• Interview with Brian De Palma, from Fresh Air program, November 14, 2007