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# Gunner Palace
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/18942/
- Published: 2005-02-24T23:02:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:32:57.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:15

There is something about the presentation of this new film, [Gunner Palace](http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/feature/gunnerpalace.html?ref=opendemocracy.net), that disturbs me. It looks like a music video. In actuality, it's a documentary about US troops who live in the bombed and abandoned luxury mansion of Saddam's son [Uday](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3068268/site/newsweek/?ref=opendemocracy.net) in Baghdad. The filmmaker, Michael Tucker, was embedded with the "gunners" for a total of two months. The [reviews](http://www.gunnerpalace.com/content/press.php?ref=opendemocracy.net) say Tucker doesn't push any particular political point of view, but lets the soldiers tell their own story. In [interviews](http://www.gunnerpalace.com/press/2004/06/guardian%5Funlimi.html?ref=opendemocracy.net) he says he wants to challenge "the Fox news view of the world" and "just wants people to talk about the war". I haven't seent the film yet so I can't judge. But I will. Apparently the soldiers [rapping](http://www.gunnerpalace.com/press/2004/09/albuquerque%5Fjou.html?ref=opendemocracy.net) about their experiences is a highlight.

Watch the trailer [here](http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/feature/gunnerpalace.html?ref=opendemocracy.net).