September 8, 2006 (2006-09-08) (Toronto International Film Festival)
March 23, 2007 (2007-03-23) (United States)
Running time
72 minutes
Language
English
The film depicts Yunis Khatayer Abbas, an Iraqi journalist who was detained by US troops in 2003 and later imprisoned at Abu Ghraib prison for nine months. Although innocent, he was accused by American military officials of plotting to assassinate then British Prime Minister Tony Blair, along with his two brothers.
Director Tucker was shooting his film Gunner Palace, when he first encountered Abbas.[1]
Abbas and his brothers were suspected of being a bomb-making cell planning to kill British prime minister Tony Blair during a planned visit to Iraq. In September 2003, 2/3 Field Artillery raided his home and Abbas and his brothers were detained while Tucker filmed Abbas proclaiming his innocence.
prisoner, planned, kill, tony, blair, 2006, documentary, film, american, documentary, filmmaker, michael, tucker, directed, bymichael, tuckerpetra, epperleinwritten, bymichael, tuckerpetra, epperleinproduced, bypetra, epperleindistributed, bytruly, indiereleas. The Prisoner or How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair is a 2006 documentary film by American documentary filmmaker Michael Tucker The Prisoner or How I Planned to Kill Tony BlairDirected byMichael TuckerPetra EpperleinWritten byMichael TuckerPetra EpperleinProduced byPetra EpperleinDistributed byTruly IndieRelease datesSeptember 8 2006 2006 09 08 Toronto International Film Festival March 23 2007 2007 03 23 United States Running time72 minutesLanguageEnglishThe film depicts Yunis Khatayer Abbas an Iraqi journalist who was detained by US troops in 2003 and later imprisoned at Abu Ghraib prison for nine months Although innocent he was accused by American military officials of plotting to assassinate then British Prime Minister Tony Blair along with his two brothers Contents 1 Production notes 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksProduction notes editDirector Tucker was shooting his film Gunner Palace when he first encountered Abbas 1 Abbas and his brothers were suspected of being a bomb making cell planning to kill British prime minister Tony Blair during a planned visit to Iraq In September 2003 2 3 Field Artillery raided his home and Abbas and his brothers were detained while Tucker filmed Abbas proclaiming his innocence See also edit nbsp Film portal nbsp Law portalAbu Ghraib Prison Human rights in post Saddam Iraq Iraq War Human rights violations in IraqReferences edit Magnolia DVD Los Angeles 2007 External links editThe Prisoner or How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair at IMDb nbsp A review of the film by the Wild River Review Filmmaker website nbsp This article about a political documentary film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a documentary film on the Iraq War 2003 2011 is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Prisoner or How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair amp oldid 1107650120, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
