Rendition
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.
Plot
In North Africa, CIA analyst Douglas Freeman briefs an agent. A suicide attack kills the agent and 18 civilians; the target was high-ranking police official Abbas-i "Abasi" Fawal, a liaison for the United States who conducts interrogations with techniques amounting to torture, but Fawal is unharmed.
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| author | Kelley Sane |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Egypt South Africa |
| director | Gavin Hood |
| editor | Megan Gill |
| events | terrorism |
| genre | drama political thriller |
| keywords | ak-47 begin black site brand cape town international airport chemical engineer chicago credit card dead man dead man\'s switch dead man's switch duty-free shop dvd extra erase extraordinary rendition false confession film director google google search grieve insubordinate insubordination interpol kidnap kill missing husband north africa parallel story pregnant wife question rendition secret facility suicide attack terrorist group the merchant of venice town square unexplained wash william shakespeare |
| musicBy | Paul Hepker |
| producer | Keith Redmon Steve Golin |
| productionCompany | Anonymous Content Level 1 Entertainment |
| publisher | New Line Cinema |
| recordedAt | Morocco |
| theme | narrative political thriller spy terrorism |