Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers

2006
7.6| 1h15m| PG| en| More Info
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Official Website: http://iraqforsale.org/
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Documentary portraying the actions of U.S. corporate contractors in the U.S.-Iraq war. Interviews with employees and former employees of such companies as Halliburton, CACI, and KBR suggest that government cronyism is behind apparent "sweetheart" deals that give such contractors enormous freedom to profit from supplying support and material to American troops while providing little oversight. Survivors of employees who were killed discuss the claim that the companies cared more for profit than for the welfare of their own workers, and soldiers indicate that the quality of services provided is sub-standard and severely in contradiction to the comparatively huge profits being generated. Also depicted are the unsuccessful attempts by the filmmakers to get company spokesmen to respond to the charges made by the interviewees.

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Robert Greenwald

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Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers Audience Reviews

Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.
StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.
D. B. This documentary deals with an important subject, and is a reasonable means for a person to get up to speed on (the downsides of) military contracting in Iraq, but the presentation, the quality of this documentary as a film, is certainly nothing special and one is reminded more of a routine television program than of anything carefully crafted. This documentary also fails to present much information that is not available elsewhere, although the film wraps this information into an easily consumed package. Okay for content, but not groundbreaking. A viable documentary, but more informative than touching or artistic.
bravebeauty Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers film review by Bravebeauty I was enthralled while previewing this movie for screenings in my home for Brave New Theaters and MoveOn. I have seen parts of it many times and each time, I become more outraged.Greenwald has created a masterpiece of exposing not only the Bushwackers (Bush Administration and his and Cheney and Rumsfeld's cronies), but the mistreatment of our brave and courageous Armed Forces fighting a war that was based on lies and creating a war - which is not really a war, now is it because in "doublespeak" it is called Iraqi Freedom? The film's message packs a powerful punch and jolt of reality, the directing and images are outstanding, and the pace of the truth revealed is spot on.This film exposes the real forces profiting from the Iraq WAR. Titan, CACI, Blackwater, and Halliburton.Every single voting American must see this film BEFORE they voice their opinions on the Iraq WAR which is now a civil war and our courageous troops are in a no-win situation while corporate carpetbaggers are reporting record profts.
Jack Frizelle The content/style and political spin of this documentary should be no surprise to those that are familiar with Mr. Greenwald's prior work.One sided polemic.Although "Iraq for Sale" tries hard to impress upon its viewers the importance of curtailing war profiteering it does so in a repetitively boring way which - often resorting to documentary clichés like the cries of a grieving mother to punctuate a point, and distortions of truth all too common in political commentaries.Production values are frankly pathetic given the amount of money spent on the production.What is unfortunate is that this subject matter lends itself to a more unbiased hand - something like the recent documentary "Shadow Company" - which I was able to view on Capitol Hill alongside members of the Senate and Congress. If you want to see a more realistic primer on the world of private contracting - avoid "Iraq for Sale"
starzinurreyez Finally the country is waking up to the realization that things are not as they should be. Either here or overseas. The wrong people have the power and the money and wrong people are suffering on account of it. But what can we do? How can I be apart of making it all change or shift gears?Now there is one strategy placed at your doorsteps. In the driving cinematic film Iraq for Sale. It is a documentary that the masses should see. It is is informative, engrossing, and enraging. Giving us the low down about War Profiteering and its ugly bi product, corporate greed. Is it possible that people could be making money from this unnecessary war? Why, yes it is. I wouldn't be surprised if the very necessity of the current state of affairs stems from this corrupt connection between the companies profiting and the politicians supporting them. Iraq for Sale is a unique tool that can be used to make a difference simply by joining the grass roots movement and sharing it with the people you know. Host a screening, buy one for a friend, inform people about the movie and its website. In order to move in the direction of change you half to first take one step in the right direction. And that step has always begun with arming the people with knowledge.