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2005 Certificate 15
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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 .. Read more

Director Michael Winterbottom
Genres Documentary

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The Road To Guantanamo

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 Certificate 15
Genres Documentary
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 27 Mar 2006
Production year: 2005
Format DVD

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  • 28 out of 35 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    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 fools that went to Afghanistan with the full intention 'to help' their muslim brothers, even though they apparently didn't actually get the chance to do anything before capture. Would they have taken arms against the Allies? Who knows? My feeling is that they would have run away when they realised the full horror of the reality of war, as opposed to supporting as misguided ideology

      • Stewart Jordan from Essex
      • Posted 15 Mar 2006 11:58

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  • 3 out of 4 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    hard going

    This film was a little hard going wouldnt watch again

      • A customer from liverpool
      • Posted 18 Jun 2006 11:16

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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, ...