Gunner Palace
Posted on:: January 26th, 2005
Gunner Palace looks like it might be good. It’s a non-political documentary about the life of our soldiers in Baghdad. (Yeah yeah, I know everything is political.) The trailer maybe has a couple too many ironic shots, and the rock ‘n’ roll soundtrack of the second trailer is too expected, but those seem like trailer artifacts. They’re sending me a “screener” – I feel so Hollywood! – so I’ll let you know…
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Hi. The link seems to go to the article and not to whatever the Gunner Palace ref is…
that was lazy of me, should’ve googled the url for others reading the comments: http://www.gunnerpalace.com/
I fixed the url. Thanks, Dan!
“Gunner Palace” has been assigned an “R” rating by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). The MPAA assigned this rating on the basis of “language”, and no other reason was given. The subjects of this film (US soldiers assigned to a combat zone), speak their minds. But the words they use are hardly unheard of in a PG13 film. Please take a moment to review this petition asking the MPAA to change the rating:
http://www.petitiononline.com/palace/petition.html
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i cant wait to see gunners palace only a couple more weeks till its out in theaters… i starting talking with tom (the guy on the movie poster) while he was still deployed to the sand box…and cant wait to see him on the big screen…haven’t heard from him in a while though…hope he’s doing alright…
My brother was a Captain in the unit that Gunner Palace is about. I recommend anyone with family or love one’s to go out and see this movie, whether you are for or against the war. It’s important to not let it become second page news!!!
It’s an amazing film.
I got to see it, it was great. You guys will love it. I got to see the screener also! Sweet stuff good guys for letting the little guys in on it. It’s going to be huge. I loved it so much I plan to buy tickets and go again!
I had the privilege of seeing the premier of Gunner Palace this past weekend at the Angelica Theater in New York City. This is one of the most truthful documentaries of the war on Iraq! As an American who has a brother that served 14 months in Iraq, I can attest that every day I looked for an email, or waited for a phone call. Everyday I watched CNN or Fox News to see if anything bad, or good, had happened in his sector of Baghdad. I watched my mother and father cry out of joy when my brother returned home, safe and sound. I also read the paper when attackers killed 150 Iraqi soldiers, men who are trying to work to stabilize their own country so that they may have it back, and it wasn’t even worth front-page news. Bring this war back to the front pages, where it belongs. According to him, and his friends who served in Iraq, this movie hits the nail on the head as far as the American Soldier’s opinion and feelings about this conflict. That is according to a soldier, not according to a critic, or according to a journalist.
It is important for American’s to see this movie. Some argue that the movie contradicts what they see on CNN or Fox News, well perhaps that’s because this war is slowly becoming second page news. Things aren’t fine and dandy in Iraq, the war isn’t over like people seem to believe. People are still dying in Iraq, we’re already over 1,500 US service men and women who gave their lives for freedom, freedom not only in the US, but freedom in Iraq. These soldiers who are risking their lives every day deserve a chance to exercise their freedom of speech.
Every American, whether you are for or against the war, owes this to these soldiers. It’s because of these soldiers that we can so freely argue our own opinions on matters like war, politics, religion, or anything else for that matter. It’s because of these troops that we can say if we like or dislike a political figure and not have our hands chopped off, or mysteriously disappear. The director doesn’t have a political agenda here. People may watch this and say, “Oh it’s anti-war.” I frankly don’t see how you can go to war and come out thinking it’s a good thing. People are dying! How is that good? It doesn’t mean that it isn’t necessary in some cases.
If this movie if pro or anti anything, it is Pro-Soldier, and Anti-Silence. It’s anti-silence meaning that the talk of this war is becoming silence. It’s slowly slipping into 7th page news, behind Michael Jackson, Martha Stewart and Social Security. Some people may be tired of talking about the war, well guess what, these soldier’s are probably tired of dying in that war, and tired of watching their friends die. The families of soldiers are tired of waiting for weekly emails or phone calls so that they know their husband, brother, mother, sister, son or daughter are still alive!
Don’t watch this movie because you’re for or against this war, watch it because the war is till important to our nation! Most American’s don’t have a direct connection to the war, not every person on your block has a family member in the service like in the past wars (The World Wars, Korean Conflict, Vietnam). This movie gives every American that connection. It puts names and people to the numbers you hear on the news.
I also loved Gunner Palace; I have seen it twice and saw different takes each time.I like the voice over; it make me feel like I was close to the soldiers. To me the story is about tension, boredom, terror and kick butt humor. I loved Wilf and the rappers. Intense music and poetry right from the source not interpreted by some third party “artiste”. The soldiers are irreverant and brave; young and very world weary.I felt my heart go out to the soldiers’ families and loved ones. I could only imagine the grief and rage at losing
one of these remarkable people. People need to see the film, carry the story with them on their daily rounds, and hope we have a plan to get these troops home.We definitely need more than a yellow ribbon to prove our support for them.They need better medical care and some job transition assistance when they do get home.Also see the new book: “Purple Hearts”.