Powder keg
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German title | Powder keg |
Original title | Powder keg |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English , Spanish |
Publishing year | 2001 |
length | about 8 minutes |
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Director | Alejandro González Iñárritu |
script |
Guillermo Arriaga , David Carter , Alejandro González Iñárritu |
production |
Tapas Blank , Robyn Boardman , Aristides McGarry |
music | Harry Gregson-Williams |
camera | Robert Richardson |
cut |
Luis Carballar , Alejandro González Iñárritu, Gabriel Rodriguez |
occupation | |
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Powder Keg is part of the short film series The Hire , which was produced as a promotional film on behalf of BMW . Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu .
action
A Times photographer witnesses guerrillas dragging men out of a truck in a cornfield and executing them. He is discovered and wounded while trying to escape. It's up to the driver to get the man in a BMW X5 out of danger. He drives the wounded safely to the border. There, however, there is an attempt to attack and the driver has to escape the attackers and border guards. When he stops in the safe area, he realizes that his passenger is dead. The material on the photographer's films is published in the press, and he is posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize. The driver brings the blind mother of the photographer his dog tag, which is written in Braille.
production
The film was produced in 2001 by Zeta Film, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. The script was written by Alejandro González Iñárritu, Guillermo Arriaga and David Carter and the music was composed by Harry Gregson-Williams .
From June 2001, BMW Films distributed the short film worldwide on DVD.
Web links
- Powder Keg in the Internet Movie Database (English)