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Rendition

Actor(s): Jake Gyllenhaal, Reese Witherspoon, Alan Arkin, Peter Sarsgaard, Omar Metwally
Director(s): Gavin Hood
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: R
Content Advisory: Violence, Profanity, Torture
Movie Release: 2007
DVD Release: 02/19/2008
Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned
Audio Tracks: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 2 hrs 2 mins
Studio: New Line Home Video
Total Copies: 57
Genres: Thriller, Political Thriller

DVD Synopsis

The director of the Academy Award-winning 2006 crime drama Tsotsi returns to the helm with this tale of a Middle East CIA operative who begins to have doubts about his latest assignment after witnessing the interrogation of a suspected suicide bomber by secret police. When Egyptian-born chemical engineer Anwar El-Ibrahimi (Omar Metwally) mysteriously vanishes on a routine flight from South Africa to Washington, his wife, Isabella (Reese Witherspoon), embarks on a frantic international search for her missing husband. At the same time, a CIA analyst (Jake Gyllenhaal) arrives at a clandestine detention facility outside of United States. As the interrogation of El-Ibrahimi gets under way, the CIA analyst is profoundly shaken by the unorthodox methods used by the man's captors, and quickly begins to reevaluate his assignment. Peter Sarsgaard, Meryl Streep, and Alan Arkin co-star in this topical political thriller penned by Kelley Sane and produced by Steve Golin. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Actors

Jake Gyllenhaal - Douglas Freeman
Reese Witherspoon - Isabella El-Ibrahimi
Alan Arkin - Senator Hawkins
Peter Sarsgaard - Alan Smith
Omar Metwally - Anwar El-Ibrahimi

Member Movie Reviews

Delores M. from COLUMBIA, SC wrote on 8/20/2009...

This is a good intelligent drama. Reese Witherspoon is great. I am disappointed that the subject of the entire movie disappeared off the DVD cover credits. Considering the movie was about him, it would have been nice to see his picture on the back cover at least. Although this was good to watch, there were some slow parts in the plot when I thought "let's get on with it already." The ending of the movie made you think. The effect was good. Meryl Streep was flawless. I loved her in it. Meryl and Reese made the movie in my opinion. Without them, the movie would have fallen flat on a 1/2 star.