Hidden Wars of Desert Storm
by Gerard Ungerman, Audrey Brohy
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Actor: General Norman Schwarzkopf, John Hurt, Ramsey Clark, Scott RitterDirector: Audrey Brohy, Gerard Ungerman
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 64 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-02-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Afd
DVD Reviews of Hidden Wars of Desert Storm
DVD Review: A must see for everyone!
Summary: 5 Stars
For history buffs, those interested in politics or simply the curious, this documentary will fascinate viewers alike with its jaw dropping footage of damages inflicted on Iraq and to its innocent civilians during Desert Storm and provides the determing factors that lead up to it. Included is a shocking explanation on the cause of Gulf War Syndrome which afflicted many of the soldiers who fought and who had been left in the dark as to the dangerous content of the weapons they were fighting with. I highly recommend you view this documentary! It is a must.DVD Review: a good primer on 90's-era Iraq
Summary: 4 Stars
I was quite pleased with the content of this film. Generally it is factually accurate as far as I can tell (and I've read enough on the subject to make me think I can make that judgement). The biggest drawback is the price. To buy this film new is a pretty big purchase, even for someone who studies Iraq extensively.
The film spends time initially going over basic history of the region, which was generally accurate (although I felt they overstated Washington's relationship with the Shah of Iran...i.e. the oil crisis. That couldn't have happened without Iran, would/could a puppet of the U.S. take steps that hurt the U.S. as much as the oil crisis did? I doubt it.) Moving on...
This film covers many important aspects of what was happening in Iraq during the 90's but it does not go in-depth enough in my opinion. Perhaps the film could have been extended another 30 to 60 minutes in order to dig a bit deeper. Overall this is a good film, but you need to do some reading in addition to watching the film to get a complete picture of Iraq in the 90's.
My only problem with the film now (and the filmakers can't be faulted for this since it happened after the film was made) is the inclusion of Ramsey Clark. He's an anti-war activist that worked in the LBJ administration. There's nothing wrong with that on the surface, but he's taken his criticism of the U.S. and its actions to a new extreme as he is now an advisor to Saddam Hussein's legal team. That crosses the line...big time. But again, not the filmakers fault.
DVD Review: FOUR AND A HALF STARS!!!!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
A MUST SEE FILM - BUT I WANT TO SAY THIS ABOUT A FORMER REVIEWER:
THE FOLLOWING IS A REVIEW THAT MADE ME CRINGE IN DISBELIEF... Pass the Kool-Aid and the ammunition -- BEGIN THE FORMER REVIEW HERE:
Misleading and Sophomoric (sic)--NO STARS, July 2, 2003
Reviewer: A viewer
Mostly for college kids...Yes, it is. Should work well for inspiring new bumpersticker (also sic) designs and t-shirt slogans.
Now, although I am not the Amazing Kreskin, the reviewer wouldn't leave his name but he does leave a heck of a URL trail.
I did some research on the NO NAME person - Turns out he is Jason P. Williams of Sacramento CA.
He hated this film but he also hated anything by Michael Moore and anything slightly anti the current administration ... He does however think that anything performed by Madonna is a FIVE Star "film." Love Angel by Gwen Stephani gets a 5 STAR rating too. You will be surprised to note that Jason loved the poorly received movie STEALTH, Hated the Last Samurai (Which i didn't see so I haven't got a clue here.) He reviews it at least 4 times... Why? I don't know. Hated Bowling for Columbine but loved T-3 Rise of The Machines. Loved CNN's fantasy film "The War In Iraq - Road To Baghdad" The list of A+ FIVE STAR rated films and games, is, to quote jason "SOPHOMORIC" Just spelled different... Don't believe me... Hell, I wouldn't believe anything here after reading Jason's "list." Just go to his reviews and make some sort of sense out of it... I would bet money that Jason does not own nor has he seen any film by Michael Moore or the film here, "Hidden Wars of Desert Storm" He insists that since it is a film distributed by an Arab company it has no merit. HA!
My personal thoughts on the film after actually watching it are:
Watch this film if you want to know how deeply entrenched the USA and Western Europe is with Middle Eastern Oil concerns - Mainly the House of Saud -- Ya' know, those guys who Bush blithely walks around in Texas, holding hands with and then after 9/11 flies them all out of the country without a single question... Those are the ones.
Watch this film if you want to know what the effects of depleted uranium are on people who ingest it... It is pretty darned ugly but heck, there's oil there and we want it.
Watch this film if you think that we are being led down the primrose path by a bunch of knuckle-draggers who are in bed with:
Religious fundamentalists, money grubbing oil executives, narcissistic idiots AKA the CIA who placed evil overlords in power in the Middle East so we can profit for ever from raping the indigenous people of that region and would like to see that you may be onto something.
Yes, the film drags in places and there could have been a bit edited out just to get to the point a bit quicker.
BUT -- the excellent archival footage was interesting and well placed.
Do not watch this movie if you have a weak stomach. Do not watch this film if you think that GW Bush is really talking to God or just plain want to remain in the confines of your own inner space.
In other words; Jason from Sacramento needs to actually watch or read some of the stuff he reviews with an open mind before going by what he interprets from the Drudge Report or the secret memo's he gets from Scott McClellan every morning.
DVD Review: A PAST WHICH MUST BE CLAIMED BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL OF HISTORY AND HUMANITY
Summary: 5 Stars
A little known fact it is that begins this vital documentary which should be seen by everyone: many Iraqis actually welcomed the American invasion of their country in March 2002, not because it meant possible termination to the vicious reign of Saddam Hussein (although that too), but rather because an invasion would definitely have meant a shift in U.S. promulgated policy of sanctions which, from the end of Gulf War I, had been responsible for the death of over 600,000 Iraqi children. These were the most brutal sanctions ever imposed on a civilian population in modern history and held in place for the longest duration, and, as the film makes abundantly clear in words and pictures, in the minds of the material witnesses, not directly employed by the United States government, amounted to an act of flagrant genocide. Why?
The film examines U.S. involvement in Iraq from before World War II until the period leading up the second invasion. The film was actually released in late 2000. Shown in black and white and living color is the history of the West's involvement with Mid-East oil and how Iraq fits into that picture over and 80 year period; the long and serpent-winding love/hate relationship between the U.S. and Sadaam Hussein, who, in the words of one of the films commentators, still a key figure in U.S./Iraq relations, "rode to power on a U.S. train"; the full history of Gulf War I, including Bush the Elder's mysterious policy which kept Saddam in power at the close of the war, when General Schwarzkopf, who provides commentary in the film, was sweeping toward total victory; details of the extensive use of depleted uranium warheads (uranium 238), better known as DU warheads, the deadly link between radioactive DU dust and "Gulf War Syndrome" and its impact on U.S. troops who served in Iraq, suppressed by the U.S. military; details of the aftermath of Gulf War I: how genocidal sanctions imposed by the U.N. under pressure from the U.S. served to strengthen Sadaam and keep the Bath Party in power; how the illegal `no-fly' zones kept in place during the Clinton Administration terrorized the civilian population as they were butchered in random bombings over a decade long `truce'; how the Iraqi civilian population was denied basic medical supplies under the sanctions and the effects of this combined with nuclear radiation from DU munitions scattered throughout the country; and many other sorry, sordid details leading up to the current invasion and occupation.
Still proud to be an American? Please, I beg you, see this film.
DVD Review: what your history book didn't tell you
Summary: 5 Stars
friends- this is a must see. activists who haven't seen it and those who are curious; the truth about desert storm is in this video, and it's disturbing. it's good to know a little about desert storm before watching the video, but other than that, you should see it soon! sheds light on our involvement in the middle east and america's true intentions... (for free trade and globialization)
Description of Hidden Wars of Desert Storm
Winner: Cine Eco International Film Festival* Grand Prize *On August 2nd, 1990, Saddam Hussein launched his troops against Kuwait, triggering the first major international crisis of the post-Soviet Union era. But was this invasion a surprise in the first place? Were all diplomatic means really utilized to try to resolve the issue peacefully? Was there any threat from the part of Iraq against Saudi Arabia or against any of the other Gulf states? Why wasn't Washington's rhetoric against Saddam ever matched by any real support to the Iraqi opposition groups? What purpose can the embargo over Iraq serve if it is not to weaken Saddam Hussein, a result it has evidently failed to achieve to this day? What is true behind this mysterious "Gulf War Syndrome" that goes on affecting hundreds of thousands of Gulf War veterans and local populations and more and more of them every day?
A two-year investigation, "Hidden Wars of Desert Storm" brings answers to all of these questions, basing itself on documents never seen before on television and backed by interviews of such prominent personalities as Desert Storm Commander, General Norman Schwarzkopf, former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, former UN Iraq Program Director Denis Halliday, former UNSCOM team-leader Scott Ritter and many others. A large selection of archival footage, moving images recently brought back from Iraq, an original soundtrack scored by acclaimed composer Fritz Heede and the narration by two-time British Academy Award-winner, actor John Hurt, all contribute to making "Hidden Wars of Desert Storm" a fast-paced, informative documentary while resolutely accessible to a general audience.
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