Battle for Haditha (Original title)
Dates: 2007 (Copyright), 01 February 2008 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Nick Broomfield
Synopsis: Selected as drama by Nick Broomfield on Iraq War and also part of afternoon and early evening recording sample. War drama. Vérité-like fictional rendering of an incident that took place in the village of Haditha, a hotbed in the middle of the Sunni Triangle where much of the insurgency in Iraq is based. In November 2005, a roadside IED (Improvised Explosive Device) kills one US Marine and wounds two others. Enraged fellow Marines take revenge by killing twenty-four Iraqis: men, women and children.
Genre: War
Releases
Date: 29 February 2008Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: High-Definition Video - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 93 mins Subtitles: English
Dates: 2007 (Copyright), 01 February 2008 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Nick Broomfield
Synopsis: Selected as drama by Nick Broomfield on Iraq War and also part of afternoon and early evening recording sample. War drama. Vérité-like fictional rendering of an incident that took place in the village of Haditha, a hotbed in the middle of the Sunni Triangle where much of the insurgency in Iraq is based. In November 2005, a roadside IED (Improvised Explosive Device) kills one US Marine and wounds two others. Enraged fellow Marines take revenge by killing twenty-four Iraqis: men, women and children.
Genre: War
Releases
Date: 29 February 2008Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: High-Definition Video - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 93 mins Subtitles: English
Credits
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©/Production Company: Lafayette Films, For: Channel Four, Presented by: Film4, Presented in association with: HanWay Films Ltd, [International Sales]: HanWay Films Ltd, Executive Producer for Channel 4: Peter Dale, Executive Producer: Charles Finch, Produced by: Nick Broomfield, Co-producer: Anna Telford, Line Producer: Donall McCusker, Associate Producer: Shani Hinton, Associate Producer: Marc Hoeferlin, Associate Producer: Barney Broomfield, For HanWay Films: Tim Haslam, For HanWay Films: Peter Watson, For HanWay Films: Jonathan Lynch-Staunton, For HanWay Films: Thorsten Schumacher, Richard Mansell, Production Co-ordinator: Wafa E. Ramahi, Production Co-ordinator: Samantha Brookman, Production Co-ordinator: Bianca Gavin, Production Accountant: Nigel Wood, Production Accountant (Jordan): Pierre Kamel Al Marji, Accountant for Lafayette Film: Kay Cundall, Location Manager: Adnan Mjalli, Location Manager: Bader Helal, Post-production Supervisor: Shuna Frood, Post-production Manager: Michael Reuter, Rebekka Garrido, Jordanian Production Consultant: Fuad Khalil, Researcher: Meitham Jamaa, Emile Dineen, Assistant Director (1st): Hayley Williams, Assistant Director (2nd): Sharif Al Majali, Assistant Director (3rd): Mohammed Fahmawi, Assistant Director (3rd): Mohammed Ghassan, Assistant Director (3rd): Amer Sha'arawi, Anas Khinio, Casting (USA): Deedra Watts, Casting (Jordan): Lara Atalla, Casting (UK): Dan Hubbard, Written by: Nick Broomfield, Written by: Marc Hoeferlin, Anna Telford, Director of Photography: Mark Wolf, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Barney Broomfield, Additional Camera Operator: Joan Churchill, Marc Hoeferlin, Gaffer: Mark French, Gaffer: Osama (Adiga) Namrouka, Stills Photography: Laurie Sparham, Phil Fisk, Visual Effects: Baseblack, BBVE (Visual Effects Producer): Stephen Elson, Additional Visual Effects: Passion Pictures, Passion Pictures (Add'l Visual Effects): Edward Salkeld, Passion Pictures (Add'l Visual Effects): Debbie Crosscup, Passion Pictures (Add'l Visual Effects): Lottie Hope, Jason Nicholas, Special Effects Supervisor: David Harris, Special Effects Technician: Graham Hills, Editor: Ash Jenkins, Editor: Stuart Gazzard, Assistant Editor: E. Gabriel Edvy, Assistant Editor: Leanne Welham, Assistant Editor: Rafid Kully, Production Designer: David Bryan, Props Master: Mike Malik, Production Buyer: Fran Cooper, Construction Manager: Sami Kilani, Costume Designer: Rosie Hackett, Costume Supervisor: Karma Hijawi, Stand-by Costume: Fadi Emaish, Prosthetics Make-up: Ian Morse, Prosthetics Design: Cliff Wallace, End Credit Design: Richard Cradick, Digital Negative/Laboratory Services: Technicolor Creative Services UK, Original Music Score: Nick Laird-Clowes, Additional Music by: Daniel Pemberton, Additional Programming: Chad Hobson, Scott Shields, [Musician] Percussion: Hossam Ramzy, [Musician] Electric Violin: Ben Coleman, Original Music Produced by: Steve Mclaughlin, Nick Laird-Clowes, Sound Designer: Rainer Heesch, Sound [Recordist]: Malcolm Hirst, Sound Post-production: The Sonic Factory, Re-recording Mixer: Tobias Fleig, Dialogue Editor: Adrian Baumeister, ADR Editor: Adrian Baumeister, Foley Artist: Carsten Richter, Foley Recordist: Marcus Sujata, Foley Editor: Heike Ast, Foley Editor: Marcus Sujata, Military Liaison: Ehab Al Saheb, Marwan Abadi, Translation: Rafid Kully, On-set Translator: Karma Hijawi, Armourer: Wil Wright, Weapons Supplied by: Bapty & Co.
Cast
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Elliot Ruiz (Corporal Ramirez), Falah Flayeh (Ahmad), Yasmine Hanani (Hiba), Andrew Mclaren (Captain Sampson), Eric Mehalacopoulos (Sergeant Ross), Duraid A. Ghaieb (Rashied), Oliver Bytrus (Jafar), Aya Abbas (Safa), Matthew R. Knoll (Corporal Matthews), Nathan de La Cruz (Corporal Marcus), Jase Willette (Pfc Cuthbert), Thomas Hennessey Jr (Doc), Tony Spencer (Pfc Roberts), Vernon Gaines (Lance Corporal Sosa), Antonio Tostado (Lance Corporal Jimenez), Ali Adill Aj-Kaa (Iraqi translator), Shiham Rashid (Asma), Ibrahim Fuad (Abdullah), Majd Hijjawi (woman shot in street), Juliet Koshaba (Saba), Jeffrey Nabil (Ahmad's son), Rita Nabile (Ahmad's daughter), Murtada Namir, Ali Salem, Fahed Borhan, Ahmad Ali, Adnan Ahmad, Nabil Emmanuel, Shala'a Ghali, Muna Jaseb, Huda Jaseb, Doa'a Jaseb (foreign fighter), Nick Shakoor (Pfc Hanoon), Danny Martinez (Lance Corporal Santos), Joe Chacon (Lance Corporal Lopez), Fuad Ismail (Walied), Ilham Talib (Ilham), Yehyea Fuad (Abdul Rahman), Adra'a Fuad (daughter), Hakim Fuad (son), Hikmat Fuad (daughter), Hussain Fuad (son), Raheem Majid (Uncle Jehad), Abbas Ghanim (Mr Yunis), Iman Razza (Um Mahmood), Hanneen Abbas (Huda), Ibitsam Shamarie (grandmother), Hameed Sahy (Uncle Fleyih), Shukrieh Hameed (Fleyih's wife), Bahram Sahy (Fleyih's son), Munther Jabbar, Sundus Munther, Rafl Munther, Revan Munther, Rania Munther, Rozan Munther, Ali Majid Alhashmy, Suad Hatas Ali, Noor Ali, Aram Ali, Saidar Ali, Zamil Lafta, Sabeeha Flefel, Mokhlis Zamil, Soa'ad Mokhlis, Mazen Zamil, Helen Zamil, Maher Zamil, Marzan Mokhlis, Hamzeh Zedan, Aseel Zedan, Laith Zedan, Hanan Sami, Huthaifa Albnna, Ayham Baha'a, Hussam Karim, Sam Yehya, Naseem Baha'a, Nazar Khalid (singer), Ali Odebat (olive tree man), Yasser Yehya (taxi driver), Jibril Hambel (Division Comm Maj Gen Richard Kipper), Wil Wright, 'Emad Eddin' M.F. Abdallan, Guss K.H. Abu Khurmah, Omar M.S. Suleiman, Abdullah A.N. Irshaid, Yazeed H.M. Abdul Hakmeh, Hassan M. Al Amiri, Mohammed Abdul Qader, Adnan Alaker, Rafeq Asfour, Amma Theyab, Ahmad Ala'a, Sabah Abed, Salah Abd Al Amir, Saqar Soudi, Nabeel Koniy (sheikh), Adel Odebat (Jafar's uncle), Ali Kathim, Ban Amjad, Hanan Sami, Salamih Oudih, Salah Fozi, Rafa'at Raed, Falah Mahdi, Maher Zamil, Fatima Najm, Raja'a Jabbar, Majd Kareem, Muhnnad Salim, Azez Ourieb, Mazen Zamil, Norhan Ali, Ghassan Amjad, Abdullah Yaser, Sam Hameed, Jabbar Saleh, Zuher Alessa, Deyana Adill, Tayebeh Amjad, Fatimah Saeb, Adeeb Jameel, Majid Hameed, Zamil Ouef, Wijdan Taha, Forat Reda, Nadeer Ali, Mokhlis Zamil, Madeeha Hassan, Raji Salih, Esra Ali, Laith Sobne, Marie Ali, Ala'a Tahseen, Wesal Kamil, Abdulsallam Oulwan, Sabiha Abdullah, Hellen Zamil, Yasin Hasim, Ahmad Alshamiri, Manar Abdallateef, Moyad Sa'ad, Samir Al Khaldi, Ali Gies, Yousef Hasim, Safa'a Hussein, Ghazwan Nayem, Ali Thahb, Mayas Issa, Mana Mohammed, Rami Rfi, Idair Khoshaba, Samir Salah, Waed Salim, Sandi Thaer, Sezar A. Mahammed, Daweh Amer, Oday Kathem, Aws Asaad, Yousef Shamshoon, Dhia'a Khalil