''Baghdad or Bust'' is a budget documentary filmed in Canada, Turkey,

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, Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and

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During the US-led

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, ''Baghdad or Bust'' was an official selection at several Film Festivals including

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and the Bergen Film Festival in Norway. It received the top award for Best Documentary at the 2003 Whistler Film Festival. ''Baghdad or Bust'' was described as a funny, poignant take on the war in Iraq, chronicling the misadventures of Gordon and two fellow Yellowknifers as they meander through the Middle East during the U.S. invasion, interviewing such stranger-than-fictional characters as a piratical

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and a

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rug-monger with a cat named Bush. Armed with a microphone, director Matt Frame's self-effacing and sardonic wit wins the day with his parody of

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's filmmaking style. "Jewish Film Archive
Jewishfilm.com. Retrieved on December 2, 2011.

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* * 2004 films Documentary films about the Iraq War Canadian documentary films 2004 documentary films 2000s English-language films 2000s Canadian films {{Iraq-War-documentary-film-stub

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