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	CinemaSpeak.Com - Marooned in Iraq
		While this very basic description may turn off many filmgoers due to the inference of a grim, intense, punishing movie, Ghobadi proves himself to be a deft handler of divergent tones, beginning the proceedings in a whimsical fashion that gives way to the emotional wallop of an ending (although the delivery's relatively subtle).
		Marooned in Iraq provides a rare look into a group of people most know very little about, but please don't read those words as merely a token vote for this film's novelty.
		This deeply affecting movie triumphs because of the considerable skills of the filmmaker behind it.
	www.cinemaspeak.com /Reviews/maroonediniraq.html (703 words)

	'Marooned in Iraq' - MOVIE REVIEW - Los Angeles Times - calendarlive.com
		Bahman Ghobadi's "Marooned in Iraq," a lusty affirmation of life in the face of catastrophe, opens in the wake of the Gulf War with Saddam Hussein turning his wrath on the Kurds.
		"Marooned" is set along the border between Iran and Iraq, as was Ghobadi's previous feature, "A Time for Drunken Horses." It is also rich in images of natural beauty and the warmth and passion of traditional Kurdish music and musicians.
		On the Iranian side of the border with Iraq, the elderly Mirza (Shahab Ebrahimi), a celebrated singer among his people, has received word that his fourth, much younger ex-wife, Hanareh, once a singer with Mirza's band, has been entertaining in refugee camps along the border and is in need of his help.
	www.calendarlive.com /movies/reviews/cl-et-marooned23may23,0,2093858.story (482 words)

	Marooned (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Marooned is just as good as each of them, and it was made in 1969.
		After about five months (in movie time, of course), the men begin to show fatigue, getting a bit careless with some of the non-vital equipment, and the decision is made to have them return a bit early.
		Crenna, Franciscus, and Hackman are great as the three marooned astronauts, each reacting in their own particular ways to not only the claustrophobia of the tiny capsule, but also the knowledge that they are basically dead men floating, and their time extremely limited.
	www.executive-office-desk.com /prod/6303257712/Marooned.html (1431 words)

	Amazon.com: Marooned: DVD: Gregory Peck,Richard Crenna,David Janssen,James Franciscus,Gene Hackman,Lee Grant,Nancy ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		While watching Marooned (1969), one can't help but make comparisons to Ron Howard's much more successful and popular Apollo 13 (1995), but, as the latter was based on real life events, Marooned supposes a very likely scenario, one that asks what would happen if astronauts were stranded in space, unable to return to Earth.
		Crenna, Franciscus, and Hackman are great as the three marooned astronauts, each reacting in their own particular ways to not only the claustrophobia of the tiny capsule, but also the knowledge that they are basically dead men floating, and their time extremely limited.
		The movie opens with a detailed look at the astronauts' launch into orbit aboard Ironman 1, complete with techno chatter between various NASA departments reporting they are "All Systems Go." Post-launch, we see first and second stage separations, orbital insert, and even the docking of Ironman 1 with the space station.
	www.amazon.com /Marooned-Gregory-Peck/dp/B00020JQEY (2040 words)

	Film Reviews \| Marooned in Iraq
		The geezer had three wives, but he wants to search for the first; one of the sons has six wives and has an eye out for a seventh; and the second, well, he’s never had any and who knows what he’s looking for.
		Ghobadi displays what will turn out to be a typically cheeky wit in introducing Barat, initially showing him at the steering bars of his motorcycle, then revealing that driver and bike are riding on the rear of a flatbed truck.
		As the three move westward, Hanareh continues to elude them; at the movie’s midpoint, they cross into Iraq and the devastation and human suffering begins to move towards the forefront.
	www.henrysheehan.com /reviews/mno/marooned.html (888 words)

	Marooned in Iraq (2003): Reviews
		Ghobadi infuses his movie with a humor that can almost be called Seinfeldian, and it's this mix of laughter with tears that gives Marooned in Iraq its big impact.
		A mix of war film, road movie, and romantic comedy-drama, this peripatetic yarn is less resonant than Ghobadi's beautiful "A Time for Drunken Horses," but it has enough energy to keep your eyes popping and your toes tapping.
		This lusty, heartfelt movie has a near Brueghelian visual energy and a humanist passion as contagious as its music.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/maroonediniraq (623 words)

	Monkees Marooned
		Peter translates from the man's strange lingo ("Kretch!") that he is the original Kimba Of The Jungle, but was abandoned by his movie company in 1916, while his Jane ran off with the casting director who promised her a new career.
		The author of “Monkees Marooned,” the late noted TV writer Stanley Ralph Ross, would compose one more Monkees script: the teleplay and story (with Corey Upton) of Episode No. 42, “The Wild Monkees;” sadly, he succumbed to lung cancer on Thursday, March 16, 2000.
		Aside from a string of cameos in several first-season segments, "Monkees Marooned" was the only second-season Monkees episode appearance for John London, as well as his last; his only other on-screen appearance was in the 1981 Cannon film New Year's Evil as a Floor Manager.
	monkeestv3.tripod.com /season2/marooned.html (1901 words)

	MCN Press Release: Marooned In Iraq
		Following MAROONED IN IRAQ's opening in larger centers, the film will travel to smaller Kurdish towns and refugee camps, where, in the absence of movie theaters, it will be shown by mobile video projection systems.
		MAROONED IN IRAQ is Kurdish-Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi's tribute to his people, a nation of wanderers who, despite the ravages of war, continue to embrace life and celebrate it with their music.
		Movie City Geek and MCG are trademarks of Movie City News.
	www.moviecitynews.com /notepad/2003/030513_pr.html (396 words)

	Movie-Vault.com :: Over 2000 Reviews and Counting...
		I just had to go to the movies and the only thing playing that looked even remotely interesting was in Kurdish.
		Marooned in Iraq, which couldn't possible be a direct translation of the title since it does not represent the film, is awfully slow at times.
		In closing, I can't say this is a movie you all need to run out and see.
	www.movie-vault.com /reviews/FjZLjPsWGUDnneFK (718 words)

	The Movie Chicks - Review - Marooned In Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		For a while, the subtitles were off (never saw this happen before) - the words were about 15 seconds behind the characters - it was very distracting to see a conversation happening and then wait a while before you found out what they were talking about, meanwhile the picture's moved on.
		It's not fair to blame the movie for this (and some people didn't mind), but it takes you out of the experience.
		The story eventually settles into a nice rhythm and the dramatic images take over - from the bizarre (seeing a motorbike on the back of a mule) to a haunting scene where the teacher takes his class of orphans out to see planes and explains about bombings (some field trip).
	www.themoviechicks.com /apr2003/mcrmaroonediraq.html (471 words)

	Volume 4, Issue 4, page 5
		Circling the earth, with a diminishing oxygen supply and after many attempts to get back to earth, the stranded astronauts are finally rescued.
		The movie takes place almost entirely in outer space, thus, a majority of the motion picture was shot on stage against a blue screen.
		Marooned was directed by John Sturges and produced by M. Frankovich.
	www.chapman-leonard.com /newsletters/V4iss4-5.html (605 words)

	Marooned
		"Marooned" is an often overlooked motion picture because of its poor special effects and non-existent musical sound track.
		This motion picture was made after the Apollo 1 fire at a time when the redesigned Apollo spacecraft had yet to be finalized and because of this we see a Command Module in Marooned which is a curious combination of Block I and Block II design elements.
		The Apollo was also interesting as a movie set because, like the "Proteus" submarine in "Fantastic Voyage", the interior was actually built inside the exterior as an integral unit.
	www.cloudster.com /Sets&Vehicles/Marooned/MaroonedTop.htm (971 words)

	cityonfire.com \| Marooned (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		At times, this movie can be a little predicting and towards the end just gets a little too "romantic" but for the most part it makes you want to know what is going to happen next.
		Gigi is at the top of her game as she falls victim to a whirlwind of catastrophes all revolving around a bag of cash.
		All in all, this is a pretty well rounded movie with a good cast, simple story and nice polished settings.
	www.cityonfire.com /hkfilms/mn/marooned.html (264 words)

	Marooned in Iraq - Zap2it.com - Movie Reviews, Theaters, Trailers, Times and More
		Part-road movie, part serious and comic political drama, "Marooned in Iraq" follows these three musicians, Mirza, and his two sons Audeh and Barat, as they travel through bombings and misery in search of Mirza's ex-wife Hanareh in Iraq.
		The movie's original title was "Songs of My Homeland" a more accurate translation of its original Kurdish name.
		Scripts were not necessary for the entire film as non-professional actors simply portrayed their own life experiences replicating effectively the effects of Iraqi attacks to Kurdish villages.
	movies.zap2it.com /movies/details/1,1295,35261,00.html (325 words)

	Marooned (2000)
		Marooned is an ultra-fluffy crime thriller that's so incredibly bland and inconsequential that it makes First Love Unlimited look like The English Patient.
		An all-around snoozer, this movie could have used a dose of anything: sex, violence, humanity, hope, heartbreak, or even humor.
		Probably the most uninteresting movie of the year, and an unfortunate move for Gigi Leung, who has been showing true promise of late.
	www.lovehkfilm.com /reviews/marooned.htm (178 words)

	Marooned In Iraq Movie, Review, Cast for Marooned In Iraq \| TVGuide.com
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	calendarlive.com: 'Marooned in Iraq'
		Bahman Ghobadi's "Marooned in Iraq," a lusty affirmation of life in the face of catastrophe, opens in the wake of the Gulf War with Saddam Hussein turning his wrath on the Kurds.
		"Marooned" is set along the border between Iran and Iraq, as was Ghobadi's previous feature, "A Time for Drunken Horses." It is also rich in images of natural beauty and the warmth and passion of traditional Kurdish music and musicians.
		On the Iranian side of the border with Iraq, the elderly Mirza (Shahab Ebrahimi), a celebrated singer among his people, has received word that his fourth, much younger ex-wife, Hanareh, once a singer with Mirza's band, has been entertaining in refugee camps along the border and is in need of his help.
	calendarlive.com /movies/reviews/cl-et-marooned23may23,0,2093858.story (462 words)

	USATODAY.com - 'Marooned' filmmaker knows feeling well (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Marooned, which opens April 25 in New York and tentatively for May 23 in Los Angeles, has won prizes at the Chicago and São Paolo film festivals.
		Though Marooned is a funny movie with a varied cast of lovable eccentrics, it manages to touch on deadly serious issues, including Hussein's reign of terror, chemical warfare and the isolated, nomadic lifestyle that has been forced on the Kurds.
		Ghobadi sidestepped controversy with the tough Iranian censors by avoiding scenes of kissing, hugging, sex, violence, blood and women showing their hair, all of which are banned in Iran.
	www.usatoday.com /life/movies/news/2003-04-09-marooned_x.htm (523 words)

	Mission Marooned \| TIME
		Marooned, which describes how American astronauts stranded in orbit are saved by a Russian spaceship, helped persuade the Soviets to take part in the historic joint mission.
		In the spring of 1970 the new movie Marooned was shown at a benefit in Washington.
		In Marooned, the cosmonaut had to leave his ship and take a risky "space walk" before he could deliver oxygen to the Americans.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,917254,00.html (502 words)

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		A famous Iranian singer, Mizra (Shahab Ebrahimi), and his two sons partake in an epic journey across hazardous terrain in director Bahman Ghobadi's MAROONED IN IRAQ.
		Set in the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, the ultimate aim of the journey is to search for Mizra's missing ex-wife, who fled Iran to find solace in Iraq when the war pulled a sudden halt to her singing career.
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	Marooned DVD Review
		“Marooned” is sure to remind viewers of Ron Howard’s “Apollo 13,” which itself was a dramatization based on real life events.
		“Marooned” is a bit long, but never the less quite interesting for those interested in the space program and in late 1960’s science fiction drama.
		“Marooned” is presented in an anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) aspect ratio that presents the film on DVD as close as possible to the way the film was theatrically exhibited for home video viewers.
	www.genreonline.net /Marooned_DVD.html (383 words)

	Apollo 13 Rescue Spacecraft
		The movie was showing at a local theater near the Manned Spacecraft Center, the night of Apollo 13’s explosion, Monday, April 13
		Have them compare the astronauts in each movie in regard to personality and other traits.
		Ask them to write a paper listing the similar events in the rescues as well as those which were not alike.
	www.ghg.net /woodfill/marooned_apollo13.htm (1255 words)

	Isaac Asimov FAQ
		The movie plot had practically no relation to the story, and by all accounts is truly and thoroughly awful.
		Rather than an Asimov story made into a movie, FV is a movie for which Asimov wrote a novelization of the screenplay.
		This is a made-for-cable movie first broadcast by the USA cable channel in April 1995, and advertised as being "based on a story by Isaac Asimov".
	www.asimovonline.com /asimov_FAQ.html (12119 words)

	Marooned in Iraq - Rotten Tomatoes
		Marooned in Iraq is touching, funny, riveting, devastating and rife with extraordinary images.
		The generalizations and speculations of the television anchors and commentators fade away in the face of a film like Bahman Ghobadi's Marooned in Iraq.
		Though Marooned in Iraq falls short of greatness, its timing couldn't be more brilliant.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/marooned_in_iraq (810 words)

	Marooned Review Movie Review Film Marooned: Richard Crenna, James Franciscus, Gene Hackman, Gregory Peck, David ...
		Its unwitting status as a precursor to reality aside, "Marooned" is solidly made and well-acted, but consider this: Ron Howard's "Apollo 13," made twenty-five years after the fact, was able to create suspense and tension even when the outcome was always in sight.
		For some reason, Sturges is unable to accomplish this with his film: between all the scientific hubbub and moments of emotional breakdowns and tearful exchanges, there's long, drawn-out periods where not much happens to keep things up to speed intensity-wise.
		This is quite odd, for "Marooned" could easily be called a carbon copy of "Apollo 13," and the fact that at the time of its release its final outcome was pretty much unknown, you'd think this would provide some sort of excitement.
	www.movieeye.com /reviews/read_movie_review/1798.html (416 words)

	Marooned.
		Watched this movie last Friday night with Sher and Mayj, after not wanting to watch Volver to the great disappointment and disgruntlement from a certain one.
		It could be said that this movie is extremely motivational, to make the viewers feel that as long as you want something, work hard for it and you can have a chance at making great changes for yourself and others.
		And Will Smith’s kid, who acts in the movie as his reel-life son, is absolutely adorable.
	grapejuice.wordpress.com (428 words)

	Jazz Age Chicago--Randolph Theater
		When the Randolph opened in January 1919, it was isolated from the Loop's other movie theaters, marooned it seemed at the northern end of State Street.
		In stark contrast to the lavish movie palaces that opened across the city during the 1920s, the Randolph's managers kept the theater's overhead as low as possible.
		Most Randolph movies were on their second run, having enjoyed their first showing at one of the larger Loop houses.
	chicago.urban-history.org /ven/ths/randolph.shtml (876 words)

	Marooned - Rotten Tomatoes
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	Political Film Society - Marooned in Iraq
		Marooned in Iraq (Gomgashtei dar Aragh), directed by Bahman Ghobadi, is perhaps an Iranian counterpart of Saving Private Ryan (1998).
		Mirza (played by Shahab Ebrahimi) has been summoned by his estranged fourth spouse, Hanareh, presumably from a place in Iran's Kurdistan at the border with Iraq.
		Indeed, Marooned in Iraq is the first movie to open in newly liberated Baghdad.
	www.geocities.com /~polfilms/marooned.html (585 words)

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