Abu Ghraib Prison photo scandal exposed as "Standard Operating Procedure" (Oct 14)

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"Stunning! The film must be seen."
-Christopher Dickey, Newsweek

"An extremely powerful experience."
-Jeffrey Lyons, NBC/Reel Talk

THE WAR ON TERROR WILL BE PHOTOGRAPHED... the Scandal was a Cover-up.

Culver City, CA (Aug 4, 2008) -- Academy Award® winning director Errol Morris (2004 Best Documentary Feature: The Fog of War, also The Thin Blue Line) documents the real story behind the shocking Abu Ghraib prison photos in his latest documentary, Standard Operating Procedure.

This Sony Pictures Classics film, which won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival (and was an official selection of the Tribeca Film Festival), will be released October 14, 2008, on DVD and Blu-ray™ High-Def. Standard Operating Procedure will be available at a SRP of $38.96 for Blu-ray, and $28.96 for DVD.

The special features on the DVD and Blu-ray will include nine new additional scenes and an audio commentary by director Errol Morris. In addition are special features exclusive to Blu-ray, including nearly two hours worth of new interview footage, the Berlin panel discussion and press conference, and the Los Angeles Premiere Q&A session.

Director Errol Morris describes Standard Operating Procedure as an investigation to discover what actually happened "outside the frame" of the infamous Abu Ghraib photographs. To that end, Errol Morris compiled over a million-and-a-half words of transcript, over thirty interviews, tens of thousands of pages of documents, and over a thousand photographs. His conclusion was that "the Abu Ghraib photos serve as both an expose and a coverup."

> DVD Bonus Features:
* 9 New Additional Scenes
* Audio Commentary with director Errol Morris

> Blu-ray Bonus Features:
* 9 New Additional Scenes
* Audio Commentary with director Errol Morris
...also - BD Exclusive Features:
* Two hours of new interview footage featuring Tim Dugan, Hydrue Joyner, Steven Jordan, Jeremy Sivits and Samuel Provance
* Los Angeles Premiere Q&A session with Errol Morris
* Berlin Film Festival Press Conference with Errol Morris and producer Julie Bilson Ahlberg
* Diplomacy in the Age of Terror: The Impact of Diminished Rule of Law on International Relations (Berlin Panel Discussion)
* Additional Footage

(Rated R - for disturbing images and content involving torture and graphic nudity, and for language).

Film Synopsis:
Witness one of the worst debacles in American military history. Enter Abu Ghraib. You´ve seen the photographs on the nightly news: the naked prisoners, the pyramid of degraded captives, and the infamous thumbs-up grin of the young female corporal standing guard over them all. Now, come inside and see the true story of the men and women who crossed the thin line between interrogation and torture. Errol Morris´s award-winning documentary takes you behind the bars of the 21st century´s most infamous prison, and the acts that forced a president to apologize to the world.

Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S. forces at the Abu Ghraib prison. His award-winning documentary takes you behind the bars of the 21st century´s most infamous prison, and the acts that forced a president to apologize to the world.


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