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How David O. Russell’s Iraq Docu Hit Quicksand

greg allen tracks, in snarky fashion, how the fate of writer/director David O. Russell's new special edition DVD of Three Kings, meant to include a scathing documentary on U.S. treatment of Iraqi people, went the way of the Iraq war.

Sometime before Aug. 26:

Warner Bros. executives see the film. Turns out it's "political," which is something they never expected from an Iraq War film coming out weeks before an election.

Aug. 26:

Studio tells O. Russell the DVD/Theater thing's not happening, certainly not before November.

Sept. 2:

LAT reports the release is scrapped. The reasons:

"Warner Bros. does not think it's appropriate to attach this polemic to an entertainment piece." - studio spokeswoman

"[the film's] strong political content may place the studio in violation of federal election laws." - said studio lawyers

"It's far from a polemic...It's not Michael Moore." - the director.

Sounds like Warners doesn't ? Huckabees. Read greg's full post about the quagmire.

[Via GreenCine Daily]

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