Our Brand Is Crisis

Our Brand Is Crisis
Directed by	Rachel Boynton
Produced by	Rachel Boynton Sanders Goodstein Robert Kravis Steven Shainberg
Written by	Rachel Boynton
Starring	see Cast
Distributed by	Koch-Lorber Films
Release date(s)	World Film Festival March 12, 2005
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Spanish English

Our Brand Is Crisis is a 2005 documentary film by Rachel Boynton on American political campaign marketing tactics by Greenberg Carville Shrum (GCS) in the 2002 Bolivian presidential election. The election saw Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada elected President of Bolivia ahead of Evo Morales.

The film is distributed by Koch-Lorber Films.

"This film is a cautionary tale which comes at a very timely moment," said Koch-Lorber Films president Richard Lorber in a statement to indieWIRE. "The parallels to the current U.S. administration's approach to selling the war in Iraq are staggering."

It was announced in 2007 that actor George Clooney will be producing a remake of Our Brand Is Crisis.^[1]

Cast

• Mauricio Balcazar as himself (Goni's Press Advisor)
• James Carville as himself (GCS Strategist)
• Tad Devine as himself (GCS Advertising Consultant)
• Stan Greenberg as himself (GCS Pollster)
• Carlos Mesa as himself (VP Candidate)
• Evo Morales as himself (Opposing Candidate)
• Jeremy Rosner as himself (GCS Pollster)
• Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada as himself (aka "Goni"; Bolivia's Presidential Candidate)
• Robert Shrum as himself
• Tal Silberstein as himself (GCS Management Consultant)
• Manfred Reyes Villa as himself (Opposing Candidate)
• Amy Webber as herself (GCS Associate)

Awards and reception

• The film won the Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award at the 2005 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival;
• Boynton was nominated for the Truer Than Fiction Award at the Independent Spirit Awards;
• The film shared the International Documentary Association's top prize for Best Feature Documentary in 2005.
• Official Selection at the 2005 South By Southwest Festival
• Official Selection at the 2005 Edinburgh International Film Festival

References

1. ^ Adam Dawtrey; Pamela McClintock (Apr 22, 2007). "Clooney, WB get in 'Crisis' mode". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117963585.html?categoryid=13&cs=1. 

External links

• Official website
• Our Brand Is Crisis at the Internet Movie Database
• Our Brand Is Crisis at AllRovi
• Our Brand Is Crisis at Box Office Mojo
• Our Brand Is Crisis at Rotten Tomatoes
• Our Brand Is Crisis at SourceWatch