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The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror (2004)

Director: Audrey Brohy, Gerard Ungerman

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From Time Out New York

If this documentary is to be believed, all of the conspiracy theories about the current Iraq War are right on target. Narrated by a stoic Ed Asner, the movie is a crash course in modern Middle East–U.S. politics, from Iran's 1979 revolution to the present. Unfortunately, most of the movie's "revelations" won't surprise anyone: Who doesn't know that life sucks in Guantanamo Bay's prisons, or that Halliburton is making a killing (pun intended) reconstructing the country it helped destroy?

Author: RS 2005-07-20 16:15:36

Time Out New York website

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Director: Audrey Brohy, Gerard Ungerman

Duration: 93 mins


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