Powder Keg

Powder Keg (2001)


  • Genre: Action, War
  • Release Date: 2001-06-01
  • User Rating: 6.9/10 from 78 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 14min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Anonymous Content
  • Production Country: Germany, Mexico, United States of America
  • Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
star 6.9/10
From 78 Ratings

Summary

The Driver is drafted by the UN to rescue a wounded war photographer named Harvey Jacobs from out of hostile territory. While they are leaving Jacobs tells the Driver about the horrors he saw as a photographer, but he regrets his inability to help war victims. Jacobs answers the driver curiosity about why he is a photographer by saying how his mother taught him to see. He gives the Driver the film needed for a New York Times story and also his dog tags to give to his mother. When they reach the border, they are confronted by a guard who begins to draw arms as Jacobs begins taking pictures, trying to get himself killed. The Driver drives through a hail of gunfire to the border, but finds Jacobs killed by a bullet through the seat. The Driver arrives in America to visit Jacobs' mother and share the news of him winning the Pulitzer prize and hand over the dog tags, only to discover that she is blind.

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  • Clive Owen

    as The Driver
  • Stellan Skarsgård

    as Harvey Jacobs
  • Lois Smith

    as Mother
  • Javier Zaragoza

    as Paramilitary 1
  • Luis Francisco Escobedo

    as Paramilitary 2
  • Gilberto Barraza

    as Paramilitary 3
  • Alfredo Escobar

    as Begging Man
  • Carlos Torres Torrija

    as Police 1
  • Arturo Godínez

    as Police 2
  • Dagoberto Gama

    as Police 3
  • Daniel Lee

    as Police 4
  • Carlos Álvarez

    as Police 5
  • Marco Aurelio Contreras

    as Police playing Dominoes
  • Hector Tavares

    as Police in Pursuit
  • Marco Pérez

    as Contra 1
  • Arturo Amaro

    as Contra 2
  • Socorro Avelar

    as Contra Grandmother
  • Ibet Reyna

    as Contra Woman
  • Ivan Rafael Gonzalez

    as Contra Boy
  • Gustavo Sánchez Parra

    as Soldier with Radio
  • Juan Arteaga

    as Border Guard 1
  • Mauricio Martínez

    as Border Guard 2
  • Ignacio Cabrera

    as Border Guard 3
Directing Alejandro González Iñárritu Director
Production Edith Sánchez Post Producer
Production David Fincher Executive Producer
Production Angelica De Leon Line Producer
Camera Robert Richardson Director of Photography
Production Tapas Blank Producer
Writing David Carter Story
Production Aristides McGarry Producer
Editing Alejandro González Iñárritu Editor
Editing Luis Carballar Editor
Writing Alejandro González Iñárritu Writer
Production Robyn Boardman Producer
Production Dave Morrison Executive Producer
Writing Guillermo Arriaga Writer
Production Pelayo Gutiérrez Executive Producer
Sound Harry Gregson-Williams Original Music Composer
Writing David Carter Writer
Editing Gabriel Rodríguez de la Mora Editor
Art Brigitte Broch Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Gabriela Diaque Costume Design
Production Manuel Teil Casting
Art María José Pizzaro Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Regina Reyes Makeup & Hair

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