Redacted

A fictional story inspired by true events, REDACTED is a unique cinematic experience that will force viewers to radically consider the filters through which we see and accept events in our world, the power of the mediated image and how presentation and composition influence our ideas and beliefs. A profound meditation on the way information is packaged, distributed and received in an era with infinite channels of communication, REDACTED utilizes a variety of created source material video diaries, produced documentary, surveillance footage, online testimonials, news pieces of comment on the extreme disconnect between the surface of an image and the reality of ideas and the truth, especially in times of strife.

Centered around a small group of American soldiers stationed at a checkpoint in Iraq, REDACTED alternates points of view, balancing the experiences of these young men under duress and members of the media with those of the local Iraqi people, illuminating how each have been deeply affected by the current conflict and their encounters with each other. The charged apotheosis of Brian De Palma's filmmaking career, REDACTED caps off a body of work which has explored the politics of image-making and reception more fully than any living filmmaker.

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Release Date: November 30, 2007
Genre: Drama and War
Running Time: 91 min.
Distributor(s): Magnolia Pictures
Tagline: Truth is the first casualty of war.
MPAA Rating: R for strong disturbing violent content including a rape, pervasive language and some sexual references/images.

Directors:
Brian De Palma - Director
Eric Schwab - 2nd Unit Director

Writer(s):
Brian De Palma - Screenplay

Producer(s):
Todd Wagner - Executive Producer
Mark Cuban - Executive Producer
Gretchen McGowan - Co-Executive Producer
Jennifer Weiss - Producer
Simone Urdl - Producer
Jason Kliot - Producer
Joana Vicente - Producer
Chris Matson - Associate Producer

Movie Casts:
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
Ohad Knoller - Army psychiatrist
Paul O'Brien - Barton's Father
Kel O'Neill - Gabe Blix
Abigail Savage - Tattooed Kid
Daniel Stewart Sherman - Specialist B.B. Rush