As the Gulf War draws to a close, a small group of soldiers discovers a map which seems to point out where Saddam Hussein has hidden a large cache of stolen Kuwaiti gold. They decide to follow the trail and recover some of the gold for themselves, but as they delve deeper into the dessert, they discover more of the consequences of George Bush’s policies in the Middle East. As they become aware of what is actually happening around them, they are torn between the desire to leave with the fortune they came for and the demands of their conscience to help the oppressed and tortured Iraqi people they supposedly came to liberate from Saddam. Cast includes George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze and Nora Dunn.
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ACMI Identifier
313672
Language
English
Audience classification
R (18+)
Subject categories
Action & Adventure → Action films
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Iraq
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Middle East
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Anti-war works
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Persian Gulf War, 1991
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Prisoners of war
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Torture victims
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Gold
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Political satire
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Torture victims
Feature films → Feature films - United States
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)