Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? (2008)

Director:

Morgan Spurlock

Writers:

Jeremy Chilnick (screenplay) &
Morgan Spurlock (screenplay)

Release Date:

9 May 2008 (Ireland)

Genre:

Documentary | Comedy | War

Plot:

Morgan Spurlock tours the Middle East to discuss the war on terror with Arabic people.

Plot Keywords:

Osama Bin Laden | Middle East | Question In Title | Al Qaeda | Islam

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Morgan Spurlock	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
George Bush	...	Himself (archive footage)
Dick Cheney	...	Himself (archive footage)
Daryl Isaacs	...	Himself (as Daryl M. Isaacs)
Alexandra Jamieson	...	Herself
Donald Rumsfeld	...	Himself (archive footage)
Laken James Spurlock	...	Himself

Directed by
Morgan Spurlock

Writing credits
Jeremy Chilnick		(screenplay) &
Morgan Spurlock		(screenplay)

Produced by
James Brabazon	....	co-producer
Jeremy Chilnick	....	producer
Adam Dell	....	executive producer
Steven Dell	....	executive producer
Meri Haitkin	....	field producer
Matt Landon	....	executive producer (as Matthew Landon)
Joy Le Li	....	field producer
Julie Bob Lombardi	....	co-producer
Stuart Macphee	....	co-producer
Vincent Maraval	....	executive producer
Korelan Matteson	....	field producer (as Korelan Cone)
Agnès Mentre	....	executive producer
Stacey Offman	....	producer
Karen Pelland	....	associate producer
John Sloss	....	executive producer
Morgan Spurlock	....	producer

Cinematography by
Daniel Marracino

Film Editing by
Gavin Coleman
Sean Frechette		(co-editor)
Julie Bob Lombardi

Production Management
Stuart Macphee	....	post-production supervisor
Daniel Mattig	....	unit manager: Berlin, Germany
Carla Mori	....	unit manager: Rome, Italy
Johanna Vanderspool	....	production manager

Art Department
Jim Manocchio	....	background key designer

Sound Department
Jassim Alsaady	....	boom operator
Shaun Brennan	....	foley artist
David Briggs	....	supervising dialogue adr editor
Rachel Chancey	....	foley engineer
Rusty Dunn	....	additional sound designer
Mark Filip	....	sound designer
Mark Filip	....	sound effects editor
Brian Fish	....	sound mixer
Suzanne Goldish	....	adr recordist
Lewis Goldstein	....	sound re-recording mixer
Lewis Goldstein	....	supervising sound editor
Andrew Kris	....	sound re-recording mixer
Allen Lau	....	assistant sound editor
Guillaume Le Bras	....	production sound mixer
Nathan Lindsey	....	sound intern
Mike Poppleton	....	assistant sound editor
Michael Suarez	....	adr recordist

Visual Effects by
Christopher Ryan Clark	....	production artist (as Chris Clark)
Zach Graber	....	visual effects
Jonah Tobias	....	visual effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Jassim Alsaady	....	camera operator
Jon Sajetowski	....	camera operator
Carla Wennermark	....	camera operator

Animation Department
Joao G. Amorim	....	animator
Joshua D. Greer	....	animator
Marci Ichimura	....	texture artist: compositor
Lewis Kofsky	....	animation producer
Alan D. Michaels	....	animator
Steven Muniz	....	technical director
Mark Rubbo	....	animator

Editorial Department
Jennifer Kardiak	....	assistant editor
Katrina Mann	....	assistant editor
Brian Reali	....	digital intermediate producer
John W. Wayland	....	additional editor

Music Department
Jim Black	....	music supervisor
Barry Cole	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Barry Boen	....	production assistant
Rebecca Garland	....	production accountant
Marie-Claude Hamel	....	researcher
Pete Hayes	....	production accountant
David Magdael	....	publicist
Daniel Mattig	....	international field producer: Germany
Jamin Mendelsohn	....	production coordinator
Michael T. Miller	....	production assistant
Alicia A. Murphy	....	transcriber
Dana Palmer	....	production office manager
Rasha Refaie	....	transcriber
Jonathan Reich	....	location manager: Washington, DC
Ramy Romany	....	location manager: Egypt
Daniel Schloss	....	intern
Julia Parrott	....	transcriber (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Weinstein Company, The (presents)
• Wild Bunch (presents)
• Warrior Poets
• Where in the World

Distributors

• Weinstein Company, The (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Optimum Releasing (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
• Cinéart (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Festive Films (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Frenetic Films (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Kinowelt Filmverleih (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Kmax Brothers (2010) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2009) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)
• Optimum Home Entertainment (2008) (UK) (DVD)
• Sony Music Entertainment (2009) (Japan) (TV)
• Twin Pics (200?) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Studio 1Q

Other Companies

• Cinetic Media  domestic sales

Also Known As:

"Che fine ha fatto Osama Bin Laden?" - Italy
"Hol az ördögben van Oszama bin Laden?" - Hungary (imdb display title)
"Missä luuraa Osama Bin Laden?" - Finland
"Nerede bu Usama Bin Ladin?" - Turkey (Turkish title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some strong language

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

France | USA

Language:

English | Arabic | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Ireland:PG | UK:12A | Finland:K-7 | Australia:M | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:M18 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Mexico:A

Filming Locations:

Afghanistan

Company:

Weinstein Company, The

Quotes:

Morgan Spurlock:Why do they hate him?
Palestinian:Because he likes the blood.

Movie Connections:

References The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Soundtrack:

Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden

Pretty moderate docu comparing to Moore's movie although it doesn't tell you much things

The movie tells the very actual life (even its not 100% but close enough to than any U.S public media from the past 10 years)of the people who live in the regions where we were told evils came from and the image of U.S and terrorists in their eyes.

The docu itself is moderate on its opinions about U.S foreign policy in the regions as well as the anti-terrorist campaign. You don't expect it tells you what is good or what is bad, but the differences as well as similarities that wildly exist in these cultures.

The movie seems to be one of those kind that try to wake up the ignorants or to introduce the concept of co-existence with differences. Unfortunately, those who would take time to watch the movie or those are able to understand it are not what the movie intended to. Many of them already known the message and the film doesn't go any further than that. And those whom the movie intended for are very likely not able to understand it and feel offended.