Green Zone

Year:

2010

Duration:

115 min

Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller | War

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

Paul Greengrass

Awards:

5 nominations

Details

Country: France

Release Date: 2010-03-12

Filming Locations: Academia General del Aire, San Javier, Murcia, Spain

Earnings

Budget: $100,000,000

Opening Weekend: $14,309,295 (USA) (14 March 2010)

Gross: $35,024,475 (USA) (2 May 2010)

Cast

Actor

Character

Igal Naor

Al Rawi

Said Faraj

Seyyed Hamza

Faycal Attougui

Al Rawi Bodyguard

Aymen Hamdouchi

Ayad Hamza

Matt Damon

Miller

Nicoye Banks

Perry

Jerry Della Salla

Wilkins

Sean Huze

Conway

Michael J. Dwyer

Met-D

Edouard H.R. Gluck

Met-D

Brian Siefkes

Met-D

Adam Wendling

Met-D

Abdul Henderson

Met-D

Paul Karsko

Met-D

Robert Miller

Met-D

Eugene Cherry

Met-D

Alexander Drum

Met-D

Brian VanRiper

Met-D

Matthew Knott

Met-D

Nathan Lewis

Met-D

John Roberson

Infantry Sergeant

Troy Brown

Soldier at WMD Site

Raad Rawi

Ahmed Zubaidi

Bijan Daneshmand

Zubaidi's Aide

Amy Ryan

Lawrie Dayne

Greg Kinnear

Clark Poundstone

Bryan Reents

Poundstone Aide

Michael Judge

JMOC Tech

Jonah Stevenson

JMOC Soldier (as Paul Jones)

Michael O'Neill

Colonel Bethel

Patrick St. Esprit

Military Intel 2 Star

Allen Vaught

Colonel Jonathan Vaught

Paul Rieckhoff

Gonzales

Brendan Gleeson

Martin Brown

Martin McDougall

Brown's Aide

Antoni Corone

Colonel Lyons

Timothy Ahern

General at VTC

Ben Sliney

Bureaucrat at VTC

Whitley Bruner

Senior CIA Man at VTC

Khalid Abdalla

Freddy

Intishal Al Timimi

Hawkish Iraqi

Driss Roukhe

Tahir al-Malik

Muayad Ali

Qasim

Jamal Selmaoui

Hawkish Aide

Mohamed Kafi

Iraqi Officer

Kadhum Sabur

Mystery Man

Hillal Boubker

Qasim Aide

Soumaya Akaaboune

Sanaa

Thamou El Metouani

Seyyed's Housekeeper

Salah Eddine Elamari

Seyyed's Son

Naji El Jouhary

Seyyed's Son

Aroun Benchkaroun

Seyyed's Son

Hajar Machroune

Seyyed's Daughter

Jason Isaacs

Briggs

Scott Berendes

TF221

Abdelkrim Assad

TF221

Michael Diaz

TF221

Doug Scott

TF221

Tyler Christen

TF221

Adam Mackey

TF221

Ben Holland

TF221

Jeffrey John Carisalez

TF221

Jonathan Stone

TF221

James Hodges

TF221

Larry Lewis

TF221

William Oakes

Camp Cropper Tech

Ziad Adwan

Translator

Ian Bendel

Camp Cropper Guard

Venie Joshua

Camp Cropper Guard

Miguel Berroa

Camp Cropper Guard

Peter Shayhorn

Camp Cropper Guard

Miguel Palaugalarza

Camp Cropper Warden

Christopher Lilly

Camp Cropper Warden

Sabir Ed-Dayab

Iraqi Prisoner

Omar Berdouni

Righteous Ali

Alex Moore

CIA Tech

Alistair Bailey

CIA Tech

Eric Loren

CIA Tech

Paul Cloutier

Special Forces Tech

Wallace Bagwell

Alpha Leader 1

William Meredith

CPA Presser

Tommy Campbell

Chopper Comms Commander

James Wills

Chopper Comms Tech

Jered Bezemek

Convoy Commander

Johnny Nilsson

Republican Palace Reporter

Salman Hassan

Zubaidi Conference Speaker #1

Ammar Khdir

Zubaidi Conference Speaker #2

Youssif Falah-Jassem

Zubaidi Conference Speaker #3

Latif Al Anzi

Zubaidi Conference Speaker #4

Vic Blickem

American Under Escort (uncredited)

George W. Bush

Himself - US President (archive footage) (uncredited)

James Currie

TF221

Shirin Prash Monazah

House-keeper's Wife (uncredited)

Robert Harrison O'Neil

TV News Cameraman

Freshta Raper

Member of Iraqi Governing Council (uncredited)

Mark Shrimpton

TF221

Pedro Theye

C.I.A. Agent (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The sunglasses Matt Damon wears in the movie are the Oakley M Frame.

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Igal Naor, the actor playing Gen. Al Rawi (a top commander in Saddam Hussein's army), portrayed Saddam Hussein two years earlier in the TV series House of Saddam (2008). Naor is an Israeli actor of Iraqi Jewish descent.

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Ray Miller is based on U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer named Richard "Monty" Gonzales who had the real-life job of hunting for weapons of mass destruction after the fall of Baghdad. Gonzales was hired as a consultant on the film.

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Goofs

After President Bush is seen making the announcement on TV, a blonde woman in a green/blue shirt is seen stood up, clapping. In the very next shot, the same woman is seen sat down, talking excitedly to people at her table.

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Miller wears Casio G-Shock watch model number AWG-591MS-1A wristwatch (Which was later authenticated by Universal and won as a prize in a competition). This watch was first released in 2007 and clearly could not have existed in 2003-2004.

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When the white jeep with Poundstone arrives at the airport, the windshield is seen being dirty. But after the car stops and he gets out, the windshield is clear.

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Quotes

Miller: I'll keep it in mind.

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Miller: When you peddled that shit in DC, did they know it was a lie? Or did they just never bother to ask?

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Freddy: [to Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller] It is not for you to decide what happens here.

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