THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO is the story of four friends who set off from the Midlands in September 2001 for an innocent wedding and holiday in Pakistan. Two and a half years later, only three of them returned home. Through their epic journey we hear the story of their misunderstandings, ignorance, confusions and friendships as step .. Read more
| Director | Michael Winterbottom |
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| Genres | Documentary |
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THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO is the story of four friends who set off from the Midlands in September 2001 for an innocent wedding and holiday in Pakistan. Two and a half years later, only three of them returned home. Through their epic journey we hear the story of their misunderstandings, ignorance, confusions and friendships as step by step they go from the safety of their small-town teenage existence to the heart of the ‘war on terror’. Through a series of interviews, dramatised scenes and archive news footage, the film shows how the Tipton Three ended up in Afghanistan hiding with Taliban fighters under fire from US Fighter planes. The boys are eventually rounded up by American forces, only to be kept in horrific conditions at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba for over two years.
| Director | Michael Winterbottom |
|---|---|
| Studio | CINEMA CLUB |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 31 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Documentary |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2005 To Rent: DVD: not available |
Impossible to fault Winterbottom and Whitecrossâs motives in questioning the thinking behind and disciplinary regime... read more on Time Out
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No surprises for anyone with a brain
Well shot and the abuses suffered at the hands of the Americans will not surprise most inteligent people, but I can't feel much sympathy for the misguided ... read more »
[Highly rated reviewer]
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Road to Empathy.
It is a bit like clockwork orange. However the boiler suits are on the victims. That's right victims. Young men who have good intentions but as soon as they... read more »
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not good at all
not really good film but just rent once if you like but my opion not worth a rent but if u like then rent it
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Confused
I felt very uncomfortable from the very beginning of this...what should I call it? It's a docu-drama and we have seen so many of them lately. After 20 min ... read more »
The furore that Angelina Jolie inspired by gazumping Jennifer Aniston for the part of Mariane Pearl in A Mighty Heart probably obscured the more intriguing issue of who would play the role of the murdered journalist in the adaptation. However, film fans can rest easy now that Paramount has announced that Dan Futterman, Capote screenwriter and Judging Amy star, will play the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. And the reason for the initial secrecy? Well, cult director Michael... Read more
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