Uncovered: The War on Iraq (2004) Online
- Original Title :
- Uncovered: The War on Iraq
- Genre :
- Movie / Documentary / History / War
- Year :
- 2004
- Directror :
- Robert Greenwald
- Cast :
- David Albright,Robert Baer,Milton Bearden
- Type :
- Movie
- Time :
- 1h 23min
- Rating :
- 7.5/10
In this documentary feature, filmmaker Robert Greenwald chronicles the Bush Administration's case to invade Iraq following the events of Sept. 11, 2001. The film examines the administration's argument for war through interviews with U.S intelligence and defense officials, foreign service experts and U.N. weapons inspectors -- including a former CIA director, a former ambassador to Saudi Arabia and even President Bush's Secretary of the Army.
Credited cast: | |||
David Albright | - | Himself - Physicist and former weapons inspector with the IAEA Action team | |
Robert Baer | - | Himself - Former CIA operative who served in Iraq and Lebanon; awarded the Career Intelligence Medal | |
Milton Bearden | - | Himself - Former head of the CIA's Societ / Eastern European Division and Station Chief in Pakistan | |
Rand Beers | - | Himself - Former Special Assistant to the President and National Security Council Senior Director for Combating Terrorism | |
Hans Blix | - | Himself (archive footage) (as Dr. Hans Blix) | |
Jeff Bornstein | - | Guest | |
George W. Bush | - | Himself (archive footage) | |
Dick Cheney | - | Himself (archive footage) | |
Bill Christison | - | Himself - Former CIA Director of the Office of Regional and Political Analysis | |
David Corn | - | Himself - Washington Editor of the Nation Magazine | |
Philip Coyle | - | Himself - Former Assistant Security of Defense and Director of Operational Test and Evaluation at the Pentagon | |
John Dean | - | Himself - Former White House Counsel to President Nixon | |
Patrick Eddington | - | Himself - Former CIA Analyst during the 1991 Iraq War | |
Ari Fleischer | - | Himself (archive footage) (as Ari Fleisher) | |
Chas Freeman | - | Himself - Former Assistant Secretary of Defense and Ambassador to Saudi Arabia |
This film is an extended version of Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War (2004), a 56-minute video documentary that became a grassroots hit in 2003. Because of its popularity, producer/director Robert Greenwald expanded and updated the film for the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and it was subsequently picked up for theatrical distribution by Cinema Libre Studio.
This film is a completely re-edited longer version of Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War (2004), released in late 2003 on VHS and DVD.
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