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Powder Keg
2001 6.9 (80 votes) 0h 14m
Genres
Action War
Production Companies
Anonymous Content
BMW Films
Zeta Film

Powder Keg

Overview

The Driver is drafted by the UN to rescue a wounded war photographer named Harvey Jacobs from out of hostile territory. While they are leaving Jacobs tells the Driver about the horrors he saw as a photographer, but he regrets his inability to help war victims. Jacobs answers the driver curiosity about why he is a photographer by saying how his mother taught him to see. He gives the Driver the film needed for a New York Times story and also his dog tags to give to his mother. When they reach the border, they are confronted by a guard who begins to draw arms as Jacobs begins taking pictures, trying to get himself killed. The Driver drives through a hail of gunfire to the border, but finds Jacobs killed by a bullet through the seat. The Driver arrives in America to visit Jacobs' mother and share the news of him winning the Pulitzer prize and hand over the dog tags, only to discover that she is blind.

Key Crew

Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu

Director of Photography: Robert Richardson

Producer: Robyn Boardman, Aristides McGarry, Tapas Blank

Writer: Guillermo Arriaga, David Carter, Alejandro González Iñárritu

Story: David Carter

Top Cast

Clive Owen
Clive Owen

The Driver

Stellan Skarsgård
Stellan Skarsgård

Harvey Jacobs

Lois Smith
Lois Smith

Mother

Javier Zaragoza
Javier Zaragoza

Paramilitary 1

Luis Francisco Escobedo

Paramilitary 2

Gilberto Barraza
Gilberto Barraza

Paramilitary 3

Alfredo Escobar

Begging Man

Carlos Torres Torrija
Carlos Torres Torrija

Police 1

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