SummaryJosé 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 Army for a... Read More
Directed By:Heidi Specogna
Written By:Erika Harzer, Heidi Specogna
The Short Life of José Antonio Gutierrez
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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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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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Awards
Swiss Film Prize
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Grimme Award
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
