We hear countless stories about the war in Iraq, but what do we really know about the lives of the American soldiers who are there? Gunner Palace is an intimate portrait of the fragmented, chaotic, and stress-filled existence of American soldiers in Iraq. Filmmakers Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein, captured the lives of the members of the 2/3 Field Artillery, known as the "Gunners", who are housed in Uday Hussein's Azimiya Palace, situated in the middle of the most volatile area in Baghdad. Three soldiers from this Gunner Unit were featured on the cover of Time Magazine's 2004 Person of the Year issue. (Dec 21. 2004) Senator John Kerry invited his colleagues to a screening of Gunner Palace in the Senate Office Building in mid February. U.S. Representative Jim McDermott (D-Washington) also screened the film.
GUNNER PALACE opens Friday, March 4 in Los Angeles and other select cities. It opens nationally on March 11.