The Road to Guantanamo (2006)
- Directed by
- Mat Whitecross, Michael Winterbottom
- Genre
- documentary film, drama film, docudrama
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 129 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Three British men are captured in Afghanistan after 9/11 and held by the U.S. military at Guantanamo Bay. The film follows their journey from capture to detention and the legal fight for their release.
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What happens
The Road to Guantánamo, alternatively The Road to Guantanamo, is a 2006 British docudrama film written and directed by Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross about the incarceration of three British citizens (the 'Tipton Three'), who were captured in 2001 in Afghanistan and detained by the United States there and for more than two years at the detainment camp in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. It premiered at the Berlinale on 14 February 2006, and was first shown in the UK on Channel 4 on 9 March 2006. The following day it was the first film to be released simultaneously in cinemas, on DVD, and on the Internet. The film was generally well received: Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival, and the film won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature at the Sundance Film Festival. The Times criticised Winterbottom for accepting the men's stated reasons for going to Afghanistan at a time of danger after the 9/11 attacks in the United States, as it was known as al-Qaeda and Taliban territory. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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