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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Terry George |
| Stars: |
Joaquin Phoenix |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Canadian; UA/AFI O-Ring |
| UPC: |
883904103608 |
| Release Date: |
2004 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 2min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Canadian; UA/AFI O-Ring, 2hr 1min
Release Company: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (April 22, 2008)
UPC: 883904103608 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 2hr 2min
Release Company: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (September 27, 2005)
UPC: 027616925114 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Keir Pearson |
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Professional Reviews
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(01/01/2006, p.82-83, Uncut Staff): Ranked #25 in Uncut's Best Films Of 2005 -- "George's film repeatedly asks why the world community failed to intervene. Powerful emotive filmmaking." |
| More Information |
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Don Cheadle gives a riveting performance as Paul Rusesabagina, the manager of a European-owned hotel in Rwanda, who created a secret refugee camp for the Tutsi people during the brutal genocide committed against them by the Hutu people in 1994. His efforts helped to save 1200 lives out of close to a million who were killed. HOTEL RWANDA shows this man's courage, while also capturing the political events that occurred between April and September '94. First, United Nations soldiers are restricted from fighting back against Hutu guerillas, even after the Rwandan president is assassinated and the country is thrown into chaos. But as the fighting worsens, all non-Rwandans including UN peacekeepers, Europeans, and Americans are evacuated. This leaves the Tutsi people defenseless against aggressive Hutus who are armed with machine guns and machetes. While working the system with strategic phone calls to powerful international contacts of the hotel, Rusesabagina also uses smart lies and power plays to hold off t... |
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