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Standard Operating Procedure

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

R In Theaters 04/25/2008 , 116min.
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Plot & Details

Filmmaker Errol Morris (Gates of Heaven, The Thin Blue Line) takes an unflinching look at the Abu Ghraib prison scandal while meditating on the frightening side effects of the War on Terror in a thought-provoking documentary from Participant Productions (An Inconvenient Truth).
  • MPAA Rating: R
  • Genre(s): Documentary
  • Run Time: 116min.
  • Theatrical Release Date: 04/25/2008
  • DVD Release Date: 10/14/2008
  • Distributor(s): Sony Classics
  • Director(s): Errol Morris
  • Themes: Rape & Sexual Abuse,Miscarriage of Justice
  • Tone: Disturbing,Forceful,Poignant,Visceral,Confrontational
  • Keywords: Iraq,human-rights violations,interrogator,scandal,terrorism,torture,war-on-terrorism
  • Country of Origin: USA - Limited (04-25-2008)
  • Language: English
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