Aaron Eckhart, Anthony Swofford, Beau Bridges

Operation Homecoming is a unique documentary that explores the firsthand accounts of American troops through their own words. The film is built upon a project created by the National Endowment for the...( read more  read more... ) Arts to gather the writing of soldiers and their families who have participated in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Through interviews and dramatic readings by such actors as Robert Duvall, Josh Lucas, Beau Bridges, Blair Underwood, Justin Kirk, Aaron Eckhart, Chris Gorham and John Krasinski, the film transforms selections from this collection of writing into a deep examination of the experiences of the men and women who are serving in America’s armed forces. At the same time it provides depth and context to these experiences through a broader look at the universal themes of war literature.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 21 min.

Directed by: Richard E Robbins

Release Date: March 30, 2007

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DVD Release Date: January 15, 2008

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  • June 5, 2009
    A lot of war related documentaries make me feel really sympathetic and disgusted for a short while during and after watching them... but then I go back to hating everything about war in around two days... This film however made me feel differently. Knowing that the experiences w...( read more)ere all from real people in their own words the best way they could explain how they felt just made it seem so much more like a real thing than the sometimes over-glorified portrayal Hollywood bestows upon even the most honest documentaries. This film wasn't edge-of-your-seat entertaining, but it really put a lot of the psychological aspects of war into perspective for me, someone who has never and probably will never experience anything involving fighting and artillery. I actually really appreciate all the work these soldiers do and the orders they have to accept that can sometimes contradict their own beliefs. This film really humanized the soldiers that some people think of mindless robots. I respect this movie a lot for bringing this to the public.
  • March 17, 2008
    A documentary about the writings of soldiers during war. The stories are well written and the accompanying visuals are as equally interesting. One of the better Iraq docs of late because it has a more artistic feel.

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February 9, 2007
Kyle Smith, New York Post

The anthology format would fit better on TV, as would director Richard E. Robbins' unfortunate use of cheesy slo-mo re-enactments. When Robbins flickers through a series of photos of the fallen, the r... full review

February 6, 2007
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience is an eloquent manifestation of the notion articulated in John Fowles's The Magus that "It is not countries that go to war, but men." full review

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