Anyone going to see "Gunner Palace" (Iraq War Movie?)

Salon.Com writes: "In the new documentary "Gunner Palace," soldiers of the First Armored Division's 2/3 Field Artillery do what most soldiers do in war films. They conduct security patrols, gather intelligence, and worry about incoming mortar fire on their home base -- a Baghdad citadel that once belonged to playboy sadist Uday Hussein. But they also chow down on Burger King Whoppers, play warrior video games on laptop computers, and break into freestyle raps about the horrors of watching their buddies get torn apart by shrapnel from a roadside bomb. Says Spc. Kenneth Simpson, standing in a bombed-out section of the palace, "Just another day in Baghdad."

Most Americans have been exposed to the Iraq war only through Pentagon strategy-speak and sound bites on CNN and Fox News. But "Gunner Palace" presents the real war through which soldiers are actually living. Based in the guerrilla war zone of Baghdad's Adhamiya district, the documentary captures the young soldiers' patriotism and dedication. It also reveals their hours of numbing boredom and moments of stark terror, and gives voice to their deep frustration with the slow progress of security and reconstruction, the Iraqis' antipathy toward them, and the lack of support they feel from some Americans back home. "

http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2005/03/04/gunner/print.html

trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/gunner_palace.html

Has anyone seen it or plan to see it? It looks good!

I imagine it'll be shown in only select theaters though. I guess the only chance I have here is if it's shown at our local Indy film theater.
I'd love to see it, but I bet the freeps are puking blood about this "propaganda" movie. They don't want anyone seeing the realities of war. It has to be all nice and neatly packaged so Americans won't know what's really going on over there. I imagine they'll "protest" the theaters it's shown in. Porta Potties included. All 3 of them (not porta potties, freepers, there will be 6 porta potties).

Went to the web site. Huge amount of praise from critics. Might just be the new republican nightmare, vis-à-vis Blawk Hawk Down in Iraq.


Download the free PDF letter size art here:
http://www.ediablo.com

I can't wait to see it.

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That is great news. The maker lives (or used to - I actually don't know) just around the corner from my place.