| Standard Operating Procedure | |
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| Directed by | Errol Morris |
| Written by | Errol Morris |
| Produced by | Julie Ahlberg |
| Cinematography | Robert Chappell Robert Richardson |
| Edited by | Andy Grieve Steven Hathaway Dan Mooney |
| Music by | Danny Elfman |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $321,820 |
Standard Operating Procedure is a 2008 American documentary film written and directed by Errol Morris that explores the meaning of the photographs taken by U.S. military police at the Abu Ghraib prison in late 2003, the content of which revealed the torture and abuse of its prisoners by U.S. soldiers and subsequently resulted in a public scandal.
Commenting on the relationship of his film to the notorious photographs, Morris has said his intent was "…not to say that these 'bad apples' were blameless… but… to say that they were scapegoats. It was easy to blame them because, after all, they were in the photographs… Photographs don’t tell us who the real culprits might be… They can also serve as a coverup, they can misdirect us… Photographs reveal and conceal, serve as [both] exposé and coverup".[1]
- ^ Errol Morris (2008), Standard Operating Procedure DVD: Director’s commentary track.