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Release Date:
March 26, 2006
Original Title:
Pinochet in Suburbia
Alternate Titles:
Pinochet's Last Stand
Genres:
Drama | History | TV Movie
Production Companies:
BBC
HBO Films
Tiger Aspect
Production Countries:
United Kingdom | United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 90
In 1998 former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being tipped off, Amnesty International seize the chance to bring to justice a man they insist is guilty of multiple human rights violations. The newly-elected Labour government is initially amenable, and soon Pinochet is under house arrest (albeit in a detached house in leafy suburbia) and awaiting extradition to Spain. However, Amnesty are up against the complexities of British law, the vacillations of Home Secretary Jack Straw, Pinochet's former ally Margaret Thatcher - and the Senator's own vast reserves of cunning.
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Art Direction:
Debra Overton
Casting:
Andrea Clark
Jeremy Zimmermann
Costume Design:
Katy McPhee
Director:
Richard Curson Smith
Director of Photography:
Jeff Baynes
Editor:
Amanda Baxter
Michael Brown
Executive Producer:
Lucy Hetherington
Foz Allan
Original Music Composer:
Andrew Phillips
Jeff Beal
Producer:
Richard Curson Smith
Production Design:
Jennifer Kernke
Writer:
Richard Curson Smith
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