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HBO’s “Generation Kill”

Monday, July 14, 2008

“Generation Kill” is a new seven-part HBO minseries created by David Simon and Ed Burns, the team behind “The Wire,” and adapted from the prizewinning book by Evan Wright. It looks at the experiences of an elite U.S. Marine company as they lead the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Susanna White directed four episodes of the series, which premieres July 13 at 9pm.


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  • [1] deniz from Switzerland July 14, 2008 - 09:40AM

    There have been a lot of documentaries and feature films made about the war in Iraq. Have the filmmakers been inspired or impressed by any of them?

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