Rendition

original title:
Rendition
other titles:
(Machtlos)
country / year of production:
USA , South Africa / 2007
original length:
120 min. , color
premiere:
CND: 7 September 2007, Toronto Film Festival
genre:
drama
based on:
director:
Gavin Hood
film script:
Kelley Sane
producer:
Steve Golin
cinematographer:
Dion Beebe
editor:
Megan Gill
composer:
Paul Hepker , Mark Kilian
cast (role):
Omar Metwally (Anwar El-Ibrahimi) , Reese Witherspoon (Isabella Fields El Ibrahimi) , Jake Gyllenhaal (Douglas Freeman) , Meryl Streep (Corinne Whitman) , Peter Sarsgaard (Alan Smith) , Omar Metwally , Reese Witherspoon , Jake Gyllenhaal , Meryl Streep , Peter Sarsgaard
more:
plot synopsis:
An Egyptian terrorism suspect disappears on his flight from Africa to Washington D.C.. His American wife and an CIA analyst now have to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside the USA.
keywords:
captivity , secret service , terrorism , civilians
war:
"War against Terrorism"
literature:
Franz Nuscheler. "Das Ende des "Zeitalters der Menschenrechte" - Wie der "Krieg gegen den Terror" die Freiheitsrechte bedroht". In: Kultur und Gerechtigkeit (2007), S.79-91.
remarks:
Homepage: http://wwws.warnerbros.de/rendition/

Won the "Mill Valley Film Festival Award" in 2007.
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