Rendition

The Resource Rendition
Label
Rendition
Statement of responsibility
New Line Cinema presents in association with Level 1 Entertainment, an Anonymous Content production ; produced by Steve Golin, ... [et al.] ; written by Kelley Sane ; directed by Gavin Hood
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
The policy of "extraordinary rendition" began under the Clinton administration and accelerated after September 11, 2001. The policy allows for the handing over of suspected terrorists to countries that use torture as an interrogation tool. Anwar El-Ibrahimi is an Egyptian-born man who disappears on a flight from Africa to Washington, DC. He is sent to a North African country where torture is practiced and the CIA gives approval. Anwar's pregnant American-born wife wants to know what happened to her husband. A reluctant CIA agent begins to question his assignment after witnessing an unorthodox interrogation. A severe interrogator plys his trade on Anwar while a U.S. terrorism honcho is willing to turn a blind eye to the unpleasantness, especially if it stops a terrorist attack
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Dion Beebe ; editor, Megan Gill ; music, Paul Hepker, Mark Kilian ; costume designer, Michael Wilkinson ; production designer, Barry Robison
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for torture/violence and language
Language note
  • Closed-captioned
  • In English with optional English or Spanish subtitles
LC call number
PN1995.9.S87
LC item number
R46358566 2008
PerformerNote
Jake Gyllenhaal, Omar Metwally, Reese Witherspoon, Peter Sarsgaard, Yigal Naor, Moa Khouas, Zineb Oukach, Alan Arkin, Meryl Streep
Runtime
120
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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