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IMDB Rating 7
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Status: Released

Average Rating: 7

Release Date: Feb 20, 2008

Rating: 2008-02-20

Run Time: 1h 32m

Original Language: English

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Production Countries: United States of America

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Synopsis

Soon after the fall of Baghdad in 2003, a young and charismatic film student, Muthana Mohmed, stands in the rubble of the city's film school and explains to an American television audience that his dream of becoming a filmmaker has been destroyed - first by Saddam Hussein, then by American bombs. This brief, fortuitous appearance on MTV changes Muthana's life forever. Watching in the United States, actor/director Liev Schreiber stops channel surfing, utterly captivated. Feeling guilty about a war he opposed, Schreiber decides to extend to the unknown Iraqi the opportunity of a lifetime - to come to Prague to work on an American movie, Everything Is Illuminated. On set, frustrated expectations complicate the relationship between Muthana and his American benefactors in what becomes a cross-cultural endeavor gone awry. Filmmaker Nina Davenport becomes increasingly entangled in the young Iraqi's life as his visa is about to expire and the threat of returning to Baghdad looms...


Main Cast

Alberto Bonilla

Alberto Bonilla

Himself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Steven Chinni

Steven Chinni

Himself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Nina Davenport

Nina Davenport

Herself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Hedwig Herzog

Hedwig Herzog

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Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Eugene Hutz

Eugene Hutz

Himself

Age : 51 | Popularity : 3%

Doug Jones

Doug Jones

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Age : 63 | Popularity : 11%

Muthana Mohmed

Muthana Mohmed

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Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Peter Saraf

Peter Saraf

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Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%


Crew

Department Role Name
Directing Director
Nina Davenport
Nina Davenport
Production Producer
Nina Davenport
Nina Davenport
Kristine Pregot
Kristine Pregot
David Schisgall
David Schisgall
Writing Writer
Nina Davenport
Nina Davenport
Sound Music
Sheldon Mirowitz
Sheldon Mirowitz
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