Fires of Kuwait
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Directed by | David Douglas |
Produced by | Sally Dundas André Picard Diane Roberts |
Narrated by | Rip Torn |
Cinematography | David Douglas |
Edited by | Barbara Kerr |
Music by | Michael Brook |
Distributed by | IMAX Corporation |
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Running time | 36 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Fires of Kuwait is a 1992 American documentary film on the Kuwaiti oil fires directed by David Douglas. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[1]. The film was the winner of the 2005 Hall of Fame Award from Giant Screen Cinema Association.[2]
The documentary focuses on the international effort to extinguish Kuwait's burning oilfields in the aftermath of the Gulf War.
References
- ^ "NY Times: Fires of Kuwait". NY Times. Retrieved November 19, 2008.
- ^ "Giant Screen Cinema Association 2005 Awards".
External links
Categories:
- 1992 films
- 1990s short documentary films
- American films
- American short documentary films
- Documentary films about disasters
- Documentary films about Kuwait
- Documentary films about petroleum
- Documentary films about war
- English-language films
- Films scored by Michael Brook
- Films directed by David Douglas (director)
- Films shot in Kuwait
- Fires in Kuwait
- Gulf War films
- IMAX documentary films
- IMAX short films
- Historical documentary film stubs