FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE OSCAR ® -NOMINATED “MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY” THE OATH A FILM BY LAURA POITRAS PRE-BOOK 8/24/10 STREET 9/28/10 ZEITGEIST VIDEO 247 CENTRE ST • 2ND FL • NEW YORK • NY 10013 • (212) 274-1989 • FAX (212) 274-1644 • www.zeitgeistvideo.com • [email protected] ★ U.S. theatrical release, with national media coverage on and more ★ Nationwide, on-air marketing and grassroots awareness campaign timed with the DVD release and national broadcast premiere from PBS’s prestigious series “★★★★! COMPELLING! An illuminating...portrait of the War on Terror ’ s lasting effects.” –Keith Uhlich, TIME OUT NEW YORK (Critic's Pick) From the director of the Oscar ® -nominated My Country, My Country, The Oath is a spectacularly gripping documentary that unfolds like a great political thriller. It’s the crosscut tale of two men whose fateful meeting propelled them on divergent courses with Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, 9/11, Guantanamo and the U.S. Supreme Court. Winner of Best Documentary Cinematography at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, The Oath offers a rare window into a hidden realm—and into the international impact of the U.S. War on Terror. “FASCINATING! Poitras’s movie digs deep; it hints at the violently conflicting drives that an intelligent human being may be liable to.” –David Denby, THE NEW YORKER “GRADE A! Has the propulsive air of a courtroom thriller!” –Stephen Schaefer, BOSTON HERALD “OUTSTANDING! THE OATH is a film about a man who is an enigma—and about the confusion, not the clarity, that is the aftermath of 9/11 .” –Ella Taylor, THE VILLAGE VOICE COMP TITLES: Taxi to the Dark Side; My Country, My Country; No End in Sight; Ghosts of Abu Ghraib; Standard Operating Procedure CAT. NO. Z1130 • UPC 795975113038 • SRP $29.99 2010 • 96 minutes • USA • Color • In English and Arabic with English subtitles • 1.85:1 theatrical aspect ratio • Stereo NOT RATED “THE MOST REVELATORY AND ESSENTIAL DOCUMENTARY OF 2010!” –David Edelstein, NEW YORK MAGAZINE DVD SPECIAL FEATURES ★ New anamorphic transfer, created from HD elements ★ Additional footage and interviews ★ Theatrical trailers ★ Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired WINNER BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
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FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE OSCAR®-NOMINATED “MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY”
THE OATHA FILM BY LAURA POITRAS
PRE-BOOK 8/24/10 STREET 9/28/10 ZEITGEIST VIDEO
247 CENTRE ST • 2ND FL • NEW YORK • NY 10013 • (212) 274-1989 • FAX (212) 274-1644 • www.zeitgeistvideo.com • [email protected]
H U.S. theatrical release, with national media coverage on
and more
H Nationwide, on-air marketing and grassroots awarenesscampaign timed with the DVD release and nationalbroadcast premiere from PBS’s prestigious series
“HHHH! COMPELLING! An illuminating...portrait of the War on Terror’s lasting effects.”–Keith Uhlich, TIME OUT NEW YORK (Critic's Pick)
From the director of the Oscar®-nominated My Country, My Country, The Oathis a spectacularly gripping documentary that unfolds like a great political thriller. It’s the crosscut tale of two men whose fateful meeting propelled them ondivergent courses with Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, 9/11, Guantanamo and the U.S. Supreme Court. Winner of Best Documentary Cinematography at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, The Oath offers a rare window into a hidden realm—and into the international impact of the U.S. War on Terror.
“FASCINATING! Poitras’s movie digs deep; it hints at theviolently conflicting drives that an intelligent human being may beliable to.” –David Denby, THE NEW YORKER
“GRADE A! Has the propulsive air of a courtroom thriller!”–Stephen Schaefer, BOSTON HERALD
“OUTSTANDING! THE OATH is a film about a man who isan enigma—and about the confusion, not the clarity, that is theaftermath of 9/11 .” –Ella Taylor, THE VILLAGE VOICE
COMP TITLES: Taxi to the Dark Side; My Country, My Country; No End in Sight; Ghosts of Abu Ghraib; Standard Operating Procedure
CAT. NO. Z1130 • UPC 795975113038 • SRP $29.992010 • 96 minutes • USA • Color • In English and Arabic withEnglish subtitles • 1.85:1 theatrical aspect ratio • StereoNOT RATED
“THE MOST REVELATORY AND ESSENTIAL DOCUMENTARY OF 2010!”–David Edelstein, NEW YORK MAGAZINE
DVD SPECIAL FEATURESH New anamorphic transfer, created from
HD elementsH Additional footage and interviews H Theatrical trailersH Optional English subtitles for the deaf
and hearing impaired
WINNERBEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
EDINBURGHINTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
247 CENTREST • 2NDFL • NEWYORK • NY 10013
PRESORTEDFIRST-CLASSMAIL
U.S. POSTAGEPAID
NEWYORK, NYPermit No. 8306
ZEITGEISTVIDEO
“ASTONISHING AND ESSENTIAL!” –Scott Macaulay, FILMMAKER MAGAZINE
PRE-BOOK8/24/10 STREET9/28/10
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“MY COUNTRY,MY COUNTRY”
THEOATH A FILM BY LAURA POITRAS
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