Editing September Tapes

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{{Infobox film
| name           = September Tapes
| image          = 
| director       = Christian Johnston
| producer       = [[Matthew Rhodes]]<br/>[[Wali Razaqi]]<br/>Christian Johnston<br/>[[George Calil]]<br/>[[Judd Payne]]<br/>{{small|([[executive producer]])}}<br/>[[Brent Henry]]<br/>[[Shawn Henry]]<br/>[[Kevin Loughery Jr.]]<br/>[[Don Sallee (producer)|Don Sallee]]
| writer         = Christian Van Gregg <br/>[[Christian Johnston]]
| narrator       = George Calil
| starring       = George Calil<br/>Wali Razaqi<br/>[[Sunil Sadarangani]]
| music          = [[Gunnard Doboze]]
| cinematography = Christian Johnston
| editing        = [[Darren Mann]]<br/>[[Jeffro Brunk]]<br/>[[Peter Finestone]]
| studio         = 
| distributor    = [[First Look Studios|First Look Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|2004|09|24}}
| runtime        = 95 min.
| country        = United States
| language       = English<br/>Persian
| budget         = 
}}
'''''September Tapes''''' is a [[Mockumentary|faux-documentary]] [[feature film]] co-written and directed by Christian Johnston in his feature debut. An early review of the film's promotional trailer noted that the footage looked "more real than network news footage".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiescene.net/archives/indie_film_september.html |title=Movie Marketing Blog - Movie Marketing Update: Indie Film 'September Tapes' upstages Recent Hollywood Efforts at Viral Marketing |publisher=Indiescene.net |date=2004-06-05 |accessdate=2014-02-02 |archive-date=2012-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222191125/http://www.indiescene.net/archives/indie_film_september.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Distribution==
The film was first presented at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] in January 2004, where First Look Media acquired worldwide distribution rights.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reeldv.com/Sundance2004/SEPT_TAPES.html |title=September Tapes Acquired At Sundance |publisher=Reeldv.com |date=2004-01-22 |accessdate=2014-02-02}}</ref> In May of the same year, it was featured at the [[Cannes Film Festival]].

The film screened at many other film festivals, including: the [[Deauville American Film Festival]], France; the [[Copenhagen International Documentary Festival]], [[Denmark]]; the Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival, [[Netherlands]]; and others.

The film is translated to "Septiembre Negro" ("Black September") for [[Spanish-language]] audiences.

==See also==
*''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]''

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0390468|title=September Tapes}}
*[http://www.economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=2383972 ''September Tapes'' at the Sundance film festival] - From ''[[The Economist]]'', Print Edition, January 29, 2004
*{{rotten-tomatoes|september_tapes}}

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