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  • Standard Operating Procedure
  • Opened April 25, 2008 | Runtime:1 hr. 58 min.
  • R
    disturbing images and content involving torture and graphic nudity, and for language.
  • "Standard Operating Procedure" provides an examination of the unintended consequences of the Iraqi war with a focus on events at Abu Ghraib prison which began to appear in global media in 2004. The prison quickly became notorious for the shocking Read More
  • Director: Errol Morris
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Documentary

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  • 100
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Disturbing, analytical and morose. This is not a "political" film nor yet...

  • 91
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Morris, using a welter of photographs (many of which we haven't seen),...

  • 88
    Boston Globe | Ty Burr

    In Standard Operating Procedure, Errol Morris does something inconceivable and,...

  • 88
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    It may be the most disturbing film you'll see in a long time.

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