Our Brand Is Crisis (2005 film)

Our Brand Is Crisis
Directed byRachel Boynton
Written byRachel Boynton
Produced byRachel Boynton
Sanders Goodstein
Robert Kravis
Steven Shainberg
Music byMarcelo Zarvos
Distributed byKoch-Lorber Films
Release date
  • March 12, 2005 (2005-03-12) (World Film Festival)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSpanish
English

Our Brand Is Crisis is a 2005 American documentary film by Rachel Boynton on American political campaign marketing tactics by Greenberg Carville Shrum (GCS) in the 2002 Bolivian presidential election. The election saw Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada elected President of Bolivia, ahead of Evo Morales.

The film is distributed by Koch-Lorber Films.

"This film is a cautionary tale which comes at a very timely moment," said Koch-Lorber Films president Richard Lorber in a statement to indieWIRE. "The parallels to the current U.S. administration's approach to selling the war in Iraq are staggering."

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Awards

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Reception

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The film has a 92% approval rating with a score of 7.29/10 on Rotten tomatoes.

Remake

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Actor George Clooney produced a 2015 fictionalization of Our Brand Is Crisis, starring Sandra Bullock.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Adam Dawtrey; Pamela McClintock (April 22, 2007). "Clooney, WB get in 'Crisis' mode". Variety. Archived from the original on April 25, 2007.
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