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  • 2007
  • Atopia
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2007
  • Atopia
  • 1 h 29 m

Summary José Antonio Gutierrez was one of the 300,000 soldiers sent by US Army to war in Iraq. A few hours after the war began, his picture was broadcast all over the world: he was the first American soldier to be killed in the war. He was there as a so-called 'green-card soldier' -- one of approximately 32,000, fighting in the ranks of the US A...

Directed By: Heidi Specogna

Written By: Erika Harzer, Heidi Specogna

  • 2007
  • Atopia
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2007
  • Atopia
  • 1 h 29 m

The Short Life of José Antonio Gutierrez

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Summary José Antonio Gutierrez was one of the 300,000 soldiers sent by US Army to war in Iraq. A few hours after the war began, his picture was broadcast all over the world: he was the first American soldier to be killed in the war. He was there as a so-called 'green-card soldier' -- one of approximately 32,000, fighting in the ranks of the US A...

Directed By: Heidi Specogna

Written By: Erika Harzer, Heidi Specogna

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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40% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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60% Positive
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40% Mixed
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Mournful and engrossing, the film traces Gutierrez's life through the people he knew and the places he lived.
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Sensitively and methodically tells the story of the first U.S. soldier killed in the 2003 Iraq invasion.
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One of those docs that takes the life of an individual and surrounds it with other people's stories that are just as absorbing.
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50
Although Ms. Specogna's film fleshes out his life to the extent that it can -- leaning heavily on still photographs and interviewing loved ones, social workers and fellow Marines -- the portrait remains frustratingly incomplete.
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With only a few letters and family photos, director Heidi Specogna never brings her subject to life.
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Production Company ARTE, PS Film Zürich, Specogna Filmproduktion, TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion, Televisione Svizzera Italiana (TSI), Télévision Suisse-Romande (TSR), Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
Release Date Apr 27, 2007
Duration 1 h 29 m
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Website https://www.tagtraum.de/node/85
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Awards

Swiss Film Prize
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Grimme Award
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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