The Panama Deception
- 1992
- 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
1.2K
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A film about the true reasons for the 1989 US invasion of Panama and big media complicity in these activities.A film about the true reasons for the 1989 US invasion of Panama and big media complicity in these activities.A film about the true reasons for the 1989 US invasion of Panama and big media complicity in these activities.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
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Carlos Cantú
- English Voice-over
- (voice)
- (as Carlos Cantu)
Eugene Carroll
- Self - Center for Defense Information
- (as Rear Admiral Eugene Carroll)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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- Quotes
Charles Rangel: You would think from the video clips that we have seen, that this whole thing was just a Mardi Gras, that the people in Panama were just jumping up and down with glee.
- SoundtracksBomba de Navidad
Written by Louie Ramirez
Performed by Ismael Rivera
Courtesy of VEV Publishing-Sonido, Inc.
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1s and 10s Are Both Unrealistic
It seems people are letting their politics decide their ratings. As a documentary, it's good but not outstanding. It's a fairly straight forward PBS or Frontline type documentary. It won an academy award because it was against not very strong competition. One was downright bland, about using music in films.
The first third of the doc is completely uncontroversial. It's a straight forward history of Panama, the canal, and how Noriega got into power.
The ones hating this doc, calling it paranoid, were themselves paranoid and downright hysterical, and bashing the film on flimsy pretexts. The film actually gives plenty of voices from the Bush administration. This includes a Pentagon spokesman and several generals.
And sometimes their outrage leads them to spout falsehoods. They claim the film says "The US Army used lasers to kill people." No, it says some weapons were laser guided, being tested in the field for the new time.
Claiming "There were mass graves" and "thousands dead." That's not even controversial. Every estimate is several thousand killed.
Claiming some of the experts should be better labeled. That might be the only criticism with any validity. Perhaps for a few, who are shown as authors or journalists. I went to the trouble of looking them up. Two were in academia, one a TV reporter, another a national radio reporter.
The first third of the doc is completely uncontroversial. It's a straight forward history of Panama, the canal, and how Noriega got into power.
The ones hating this doc, calling it paranoid, were themselves paranoid and downright hysterical, and bashing the film on flimsy pretexts. The film actually gives plenty of voices from the Bush administration. This includes a Pentagon spokesman and several generals.
And sometimes their outrage leads them to spout falsehoods. They claim the film says "The US Army used lasers to kill people." No, it says some weapons were laser guided, being tested in the field for the new time.
Claiming "There were mass graves" and "thousands dead." That's not even controversial. Every estimate is several thousand killed.
Claiming some of the experts should be better labeled. That might be the only criticism with any validity. Perhaps for a few, who are shown as authors or journalists. I went to the trouble of looking them up. Two were in academia, one a TV reporter, another a national radio reporter.
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- Also known as
- The Panama Deception: Exposing the Cover Up!
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $309,596
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,563
- Aug 2, 1992
- Gross worldwide
- $309,596
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