War Stories (2003) (TV)

Director:

Robert Singer

Writer (WGA):

Peter Noah (written by)

Release Date:

31 August 2004 (Hungary)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Cast

Jeff Goldblum	...	Ben Dansmore
Lake Bell	...	Nora Stone
Louise Lombard	...	Gayle Phelan
Jeffrey Nordling	...	Ian Rhys
Noam Jenkins	...	Rainy Tamarov
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yousuf Azami	...	Guard
Ed Begley Jr.	...	Ed O'Brian
Keith Birkfeld	...	Taliban Recruit
Jason Brooks	...	Mike Skrumbis
Michael Reilly Burke	...	Coulter
Christina Chang	...	Camera Woman
Anand Chulani	...	IMU rapper
Alanna Dergan	...	Young girl
Jack Dimich
Homie Doroodian	...	Guerilla fighter
Ron Griffith	...	Taliban Guard (interviewed)
Nicholas Guilak	...	IMU Soldier
Mark Harelik
Marty Hrejsa	...	Uzbek Clerk
Ramsey Malouky	...	Uzbek Official
Patrick Roman Miller	...	Al Haddad
Navid Negahban	...	Al Qaeda Rebel at Bridge
Anthony Sears	...	French Traveler
Richard Steinmetz	...	Andrew Thorne
Eric St. John
Antonina Thompson	...	Uzbek young mother
Ines Wurth	...	Burka Woman

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence and sexuality.

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Why can't TV make better movies?

Why can't TV make better movies? No wonder the the big 4 networks lose viewers to TBS, HBO, and A&E. Their movies entertain, have originality to them, and have fresher writing. Another leftwing the US government is bad conspiracy movie where the media is the only true hero. This makes me sick, because I wonder how many times the media has destroyed careers, caused riots, ruin investigations, and caused deaths by unethical reporters. We need a media, but some of these tv movies are like a commercial for the nightly news. Conspiracy movie of the big bad gov and CIA have been around for 30 years; they need a new angle. After some of these crazy government conspiracy theories, people have become leery of these stories. The same formula, an Alan Alda type hero, a sex interested for ratings, a stupid Frank Burns right wing guy who does something stupid and gets killed, and as always CIA plot, everyone has to be good looking, idealistic, and all the world's problems simply can be blamed on the US and the government they support etc etc etc... Nothing new here, they even try to do the Vietnam flashback imagery, with that same Stones song used in everyone of these movies. War dirty, and evil nothing new there, except they get a big name b actor,Goldblum, to make you waste your time watching this crap. I think the ending left little for the viewer. 3/10