Valley of the Wolves: Iraq
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| Directed by |
Serdar Akar Sadullah Sentürk |
| Produced by | Raci Şaşmaz |
| Written by |
Kral Raci Bahadır Özdener Soner Yalcin (concept creator) |
| Starring |
Necati Şaşmaz Abdikariim Tahliil Billy Zane Ghassan Massoud Gary Busey Diego Serrano Gürkan Uygun Bergüzar Korel |
| Music by | Gökhan Kırdar |
| Distributed by | Pana Film |
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122 min. |
| Country | Turkey |
| Language |
Turkish English Arabic German Kurdish |
| Budget | $14,000,000 |
| Box office | $27,900,000 |
Valley of the Wolves: Iraq (Turkish: Kurtlar Vadisi: Irak) is a 2006 Turkish action film directed by Serdar Akar and starring Necati Şaşmaz, Billy Zane and Ghassan Massoud. The story concerns a Turkish commando team which goes to Iraq to track down the US military commander responsible for the Hood event.
The film is set during the occupation of Iraq and includes references to other real events such as the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on February 3, 2006, was the highest-grossing Turkish films of 2006 and is one of the most expensive Turkish films ever made.
It is part of the Valley of the Wolves media franchise, based on the Turkish television series of the same name, and was followed by Valley of the Wolves: Gladio (2008) and Valley of the Wolves: Palestine (2010).
Filmed with a budget of $14 million, this was the most expensive Turkish film ever made at the time of its release before being surpassed by A.R.O.G.. The film grossed $27.9 million at the box office — $25.1 million in Turkey and $2.8 million in Europe.
Opinions of the film greatly varied. While the Wall Street Journal characterized it as "a cross between 'American Psycho' in uniform and the ", Turkey's parliamentary speaker Bulent Arinc described it as "absolutely magnificent".
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