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6.4When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside the US.
Released: 2007-09-07120 minDir: Gavin HoodDrama, ThrillerBudget: $27.5MBox office: $24.7M
Cast
- Reese Witherspoon as Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi
- Jake Gyllenhaal as Douglas Freeman
- Meryl Streep as Corrine Whitman
- Alan Arkin as Senator Hawkins
- Peter Sarsgaard as Alan Smith
- Omar Metwally as Anwar El-Ibrahimi
Themes
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- police brutality
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Rendition is a 2007 American political thriller film directed by Gavin Hood, and starring Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Peter Sarsgaard, Alan Arkin, and Omar Metwally. The film centers on the controversial CIA practice of extraordinary rendition and is based on the true story of Khalid El-Masri, who was mistaken for Khalid al-Masri.
The film was produced by Level 1 Entertainment and Anonymous Content and distributed by New Line Cinema, and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2007, before being released theatrically in North America on October 19, 2007. The film received mixed reviews from critics and underperformed at the box office.
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2000s political thriller films2000s spy films2007 American films2007 English-language films2007 filmsAmerican nonlinear narrative filmsAmerican political drama filmsAmerican political thriller filmsAnonymous Content filmsEnglish-language thriller filmsExtraordinary rendition programFilms about kidnapping
