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Operation Filmmaker (2007)
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92 min | Documentary

Operation Filmmaker (2007)

Not Rated

92 min | Documentary

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 ...See moreSoon 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. Operation Filmmaker, revealing on several levels, addresses the power dynamics between the American filmmaker and her Iraqi subject, unfolding as an engaging parable about the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Written by anonymous See less

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Alberto Bonilla Self Self See fewer	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)
Steven Chinni Self Self See fewer	Operation Filmmaker (2007)
Nina Davenport Self Self See fewer	Pi (1998)
Hedwig Herzog Self Self See fewer	The Magic Flute (2006)
Eugene Hutz Self Self See fewer	Everything Is Illuminated (2005)
Dwayne Johnson Self (as Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson) Self (as Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson) See fewer	Black Adam (2022)
Doug Jones Self Self See fewer	Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
Muthana Mohmed Self Self See fewer	Seer: Death Sight (2016)
Peter Saraf Self Self See fewer	The Farewell (I) (2019)
Liev Schreiber Self Self See fewer	Spotlight (I) (2015)
Elijah Wood Self Self See fewer	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)