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Rendition

Year:
Duration:
122 min
Genres:
Drama | Thriller
IMDB rate:
6.8
Director:
Gavin Hood
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2007-10-19
Filming Locations: Anaheim Convention Center - 800 W. Katella Avenue, Anaheim, California, USA
Earnings
Budget: $27,500,000
Opening Weekend: $4,060,012 (USA) (21 October 2007)
Gross: $9,736,045 (USA) (15 November 2007)
Cast
Actor
Character
J.K. Simmons
J.K. Simmons
Rendition
Jake Gyllenhaal
Douglas Freeman
Reese Witherspoon
Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi
Meryl Streep
Corrine Whitman
Alan Arkin
Senator Hawkins
Peter Sarsgaard
Alan Smith
Omar Metwally
Anwar El-Ibrahimi
Igal Naor
Abasi Fawal
Hadar Ratzon Rotem
Safiya
Simon Abkarian
Said Abdel Aziz
Moa Khouas
Khalid El-Emin
Zineb Oukach
Fatima Fawal
Aramis Knight
Jeremy El-Ibrahimi
Rosie Malek-Yonan
Nuru El-Ibrahimi
Laila Mrabti
Lina Fawal
David Fabrizio
William Dixon
Mounir Margoum
Rani
Driss Roukhe
Bahi
Bob Gunton
Lars Whitman
Del Hunter-White
DC Female Security Guard
MrabtiBoubker Fahmi
Senior Prison Guard (as Boubker Fahmi)
Nava Ziv
Samia Fawal
Reymonde Amsallem
Layla Fawal (as Reymond Amsellem)
Wendy Phillips
Samantha
Christian Martin
Senator Lewis' Aide
Hassam Ghancy
Hamadi
Najib Oudghiri
Omar Adnan
Omar Salim
Rashid Salimi
Bunnie Rivera
Corinne's Housekeeper
Noureddine Aberdine
Student Leader
Mohamed El Habib Ahamdane
Hamadi's 2nd in Command
Fatima Regragui
Khalid's Grandmother (as Fatima Reguragui)
Anne Betancourt
Sharon Lopez
Salaheddine Ben Chegra
Al Jazeera Newscaster
Natalia Zonova
French Tourist
Hassan Hammouch
Hospital Doctor (as Hassan Hammouche)
Skylar T. Adams
CIA Agent at DC Airport (as Skylar Adams)
Tim Thomas
CIA Agent at DC Airport
Richard Dorton
CIA Agent at DC Airport
Abdellah Lamsabhi
Tea House Owner
Lasfer Abdelghni
Hamid, Douglas' Driver (as Lasfar Abdelghani)
Floella Benjamin
CIA Staffer
Akram Allie
Cape Town Businessman
Michael Dube
Cape Town Businessman
Pope Jerrod
Cape Town Businessman
Anthony Watterson
Cape Town Businessman
Marisia Moreno
Woman Who Helps Isabella
Tanane Boussif
Prison Soldier
Lofti Hassan
Taxi Driver (as Lotfi Hassan)
El Oualid Mezouar
Donkey Cart Driver
Craig Johnson
Capitol Hill Police
Wade Harlan
Capitol Hill Police
Derek Hansen
Reception Guest
Steve Tom
Reception Guest
Robert Clotworthy
Reception Guest
Muna Otaru
Senate Staffer
Nick Toth
CNN Announcer
David Randolph
Todd Hamilton
Mustapha Louchou
Khalid's Brother
Marina Anderson
Neighbor with Collie (uncredited)
David Black
Janitor (uncredited)
Elaine Anne Furst
Labor and Delivery Nurse (uncredited)
Paul Hodge
Capitol Hill Officer (uncredited)
Sammy Oussama
Business Man (uncredited)
Tom Raley
DC Male Security Guard (uncredited)
Jason Roehm
Secret Service (uncredited)
Joseph Andrew Schneider
Security Officer (uncredited)
Levi Tinker
Press Member (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
The quote, "I fear you speak upon the rack where men enforced do speak anything" (a man undergoing torture will say anything to make the pain stop) is from Act 3 Scene 2 of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare.
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Peter Sarsgaard is married to Jake Gyllenhaal's sister Maggie Gyllenhaal.
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Based on the true story of Khalid El-Masri, a German citizen who was mistaken for Khalid al-Masri, a man rumored to have been involved with the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. El-Masri was held an a black site in Afghanistan in 2004 where he was interrogated, beaten, sexually abused, and tortured for 5 months, after which the CIA released him and admitted his capture and torture were a mistake.
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Goofs
Alan Smith, working on Capitol Hill, refers to "my guy at INS." The INS ceased to exist in 2003 with the creation of the US Department of Homeland Security Citizen Immigration Services. However, it is common for older career law enforcement and others who have regularly had contact with INS over the years to refer to CIS and ICE by the former acronym (INS).
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In the beginning when Anwar is in Cape Town, South Africa, according to the shadows cast by the men in Anwar's party, it's about 1 pm. He makes a call to Isabella in Chicago, United States when he apologizes for not calling her earlier. Cape Town is 8 hours ahead of Chicago, it would have been pitch dark in Chicago at that time but Isabella is outside in the midday sun playing soccer with Jeremy.
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The view from Senator Hawkins' office (which is supposed to be in Washington, D.C.) shows the Los Angeles County Courthouse. From the angle, his office is on the South corner of 1st and Hill Streets. A flag pole with the California state flag flying below the US flag is also visible.
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Quotes
Corrine Whitman: I need a jackal, not an analyst.
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Corrine Whitman: Honey, this is nasty business. There are upwards of 7,000 people in central London alive tonight, because of information that we elicited just this way. So maybe you can put your head on your pillow and feel proud for saving one man while 7,000 perish, but I got grandkids in London, so I'm glad I'm doing this job... and you're not.
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Douglas Freeman: In all the years you've been doing this, how often can you say that we've produced truly legitimate intelligence? Once? Twice? Ten times? Give me a statistic; give me a number. Give me a pie chart, I love pie charts. Anything, anything that outweighs the fact that if you torture one person you create ten, a hundred, a thousand new enemies.
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Faq
Q
From what play is Douglas's Shakepeare quote?
A
"Ay, but I fear you speak upon the rack, Where men enforced do speak anything." It's from The Merchant of Venice, Act 3, Scene II.
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Photos from cast
J.K. Simmons
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