A while back we ran a pair of articles detailing the controversy around big budget Turkish blockbuster Valley of the Wolves: Iraq. Seems for the big screen incarnation of a popular Turkish TV show the producers opted to create a virulently anti-US film set during the current Iraqi war.
This, to me, is fair game, really, and only to be expected. And, to be fair, the film takes as its starting point a well documented actual event involving US and Turkish soldiers - allies, it's worth noting - while directly referencing several other actual events. Where things got weird is that the film stars Billy Zane as an ultra-religious Christian fanatic and Gary Busey as a Jewish doctor harvesting Arab organs for sale on the black market. I kid you not. Several people were unimpressed.
But, for those who want to judge for themselves, the Turkish DVD of the film is due to release any day now and it includes English subtitles.
Valley of the Wolves DVD Available Here.
Incidentally, that site is also taking pre-orders on an English subtitled DVD of Turkish horror film D@bbe which we've written about a bit. Thanks to Ecranvl for the pointer.