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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2008: #11 Standard Operating Procedure

Published on February 1, 2008

#11. Standard Operating Procedure

Director: Errol Morris
Producers: Julie Ahlberg (The Fog of War) and Morris
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics

The Gist: This will examine the infamous abuse and torture of inmates held as suspected terrorists in the Iraqi prison (Abu Ghraib) located 20 miles west of Baghdad. The scandal was revealed in 2004 when photos of inmates being tortured were published around the world.

Fact: A companion book, co-written with Philip Gourevitch, will also appear in 2008.

See It: This is an Errol Morris film. The best documnetary filmmaker in the business.

Release Date/Status?: Will be premiering at the Berlin film festival this month selection and SPC will release this on April 18th..

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).