Baghdad ER - An HBO Documentary Film List Price: $19.98 Our Price: $6.95 Your Save: $ 13.03 ( 65% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: HBO Home Video Starring: Jeffrey Beltran, William Berterm, Edward Dunton, James Hill, Chester Keenum Directed By: Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill Average Customer Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0026359373022 Format: Closed-captioned Label: HBO Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: HBO Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: 2006-08-29 Running Time: 64 Studio: HBO Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 2006 Related Items Combat Diary - The Marines of Lima Company The War Tapes Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq Inside Iraq: The Untold Stories DVD Last Letters Home - Voices of American Troops from the Battlefields of Iraq Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: 4515 dead 32,000 wounded...We Will Never Forget Your Sacrifice & Service Comment: The numbers in the title are for the Wars in Iraq & Afghanistan. They are as close as I could figure because various websites list various numbers. Regardless of whether they support or oppose the wars in Iraq & Afghanistan, every single adult American should watch this HBO documentary. Baghdad ER is a brief glimpse into the chaos and carnage of modern warfare. This is what is happening now. This is not the sanitized dry count given by CNN or FOX. This is behind the scenes in an Emergency Room hospital in Baghdad, Iraq in the midst of war. The servicepeople of the 86th Combat Support Hospital labor night and day every day of the year to treat wounds and save lives. Because of the excellent and passionate medical service of these selfless Americans, the death toll is much less than it could be and many of the wounds aren't as dehibilitating as they could be. They also treat civilians, Iraqi National Guardsmen, and even the wounded enemy. They believe passionately in what they are doing and serve with pride and determination. We have a volunteer military. The footage is gory and there are scenes of pools of blood, mangled and burned limbs and amputated body parts. IEDs cause indescribable body trauma and are alone responsible for thousands of deaths and injuries. During the course of the documentary servicepeople are pronounced dead and prayed over. The tragedy is palpable. These are the people who have paid the ultimate sacrifice to protect every American's freedom. The trauma suffered by the wounded and unwounded survivors of IED's is deeply touching. The trauma suffered by the doctors, nurses and staff of the ER is obvious and equally heart-wrenching. Many are serving multiple tours. These are ordinary Americans serving in extraordinary situations and making the best of it they can. In my opinion, the best way to support our servicepeople and to feel and show gratitude for them is to see and listen to them and make every effort to understand what exactly they are going through. Happy Memorial Day Customer Rating: Summary: Hard to watch Comment: This was hard to watch . I needed to see this , but it hurt to see Americans die like this and the people who tried to save them. It hurt . These were Americans getting killed in real life. It was a good movie but so hard to watch . It emotionally disturbed me . Customer Rating: Summary: Baghdad ER Comment: Excellent service. Received the DVD very quickly. I do think the postage is way too expensive though. Customer Rating: Summary: Baghdad ER Comment: Very good realistic look at the results of combat, even given the editing to make it more palatable for the average person. Customer Rating: Summary: A tough one to watch Comment: This is a very good documentary. But it is a tough one to watch. It's gory. The makers have not flinced from depicting the reality of what gunshot and explosives injuries are really like. The documentary is not vouyeristic or exploitive. It has no apparent 'agenda'. But it leaves you feeling pretty grim to know that these events are occuring every day in Iraq. Every day dozens of young Americans are being smashed up. Not to mention the hundreds of Iraqi civilians being butchered. Is it really worth it? Are the Americans 'winning' anything? George Bush should be made to watch this film. Recommended. Editorial Reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: 4515 dead 32,000 wounded...We Will Never Forget Your Sacrifice & Service Comment: The numbers in the title are for the Wars in Iraq & Afghanistan. They are as close as I could figure because various websites list various numbers. Regardless of whether they support or oppose the wars in Iraq & Afghanistan, every single adult American should watch this HBO documentary. Baghdad ER is a brief glimpse into the chaos and carnage of modern warfare. This is what is happening now. This is not the sanitized dry count given by CNN or FOX. This is behind the scenes in an Emergency Room hospital in Baghdad, Iraq in the midst of war. The servicepeople of the 86th Combat Support Hospital labor night and day every day of the year to treat wounds and save lives. Because of the excellent and passionate medical service of these selfless Americans, the death toll is much less than it could be and many of the wounds aren't as dehibilitating as they could be. They also treat civilians, Iraqi National Guardsmen, and even the wounded enemy. They believe passionately in what they are doing and serve with pride and determination. We have a volunteer military. The footage is gory and there are scenes of pools of blood, mangled and burned limbs and amputated body parts. IEDs cause indescribable body trauma and are alone responsible for thousands of deaths and injuries. During the course of the documentary servicepeople are pronounced dead and prayed over. The tragedy is palpable. These are the people who have paid the ultimate sacrifice to protect every American's freedom. The trauma suffered by the wounded and unwounded survivors of IED's is deeply touching. The trauma suffered by the doctors, nurses and staff of the ER is obvious and equally heart-wrenching. Many are serving multiple tours. These are ordinary Americans serving in extraordinary situations and making the best of it they can. In my opinion, the best way to support our servicepeople and to feel and show gratitude for them is to see and listen to them and make every effort to understand what exactly they are going through. Happy Memorial Day Customer Rating: Summary: Hard to watch Comment: This was hard to watch . I needed to see this , but it hurt to see Americans die like this and the people who tried to save them. It hurt . These were Americans getting killed in real life. It was a good movie but so hard to watch . It emotionally disturbed me . Customer Rating: Summary: Baghdad ER Comment: Excellent service. Received the DVD very quickly. I do think the postage is way too expensive though. Customer Rating: Summary: Baghdad ER Comment: Very good realistic look at the results of combat, even given the editing to make it more palatable for the average person. Customer Rating: Summary: A tough one to watch Comment: This is a very good documentary. But it is a tough one to watch. It's gory. The makers have not flinced from depicting the reality of what gunshot and explosives injuries are really like. The documentary is not vouyeristic or exploitive. It has no apparent 'agenda'. But it leaves you feeling pretty grim to know that these events are occuring every day in Iraq. Every day dozens of young Americans are being smashed up. Not to mention the hundreds of Iraqi civilians being butchered. Is it really worth it? Are the Americans 'winning' anything? George Bush should be made to watch this film. Recommended. Produced and directed by 11-time Emmy? Award-winner Jon Alpert, this 64-minute verite documentary takes an unforgettable look inside the 86th Combat Support Hospital (CSH), the U.S. Army?s premier medical facility in Iraq and former site of one of Saddam Hussein?s elite medical facilities. Shot over two months in the summer of 2005, the film puts a human face on the war?s cold casualty statistics, as doctors and nurses fight to save the lives of wounded soldiers who are Medevaced (helicoptered) in a numbingly routine basis. Ask about this healthcare product "Baghdad ER - An HBO Documentary Film" in the forum Give review on this healthcare product "Baghdad ER - An HBO Documentary Film" in the forum Search related information in the forum