The Siege

Year:

1998

Duration:

116 min

Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.3

Director:

Edward Zwick

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1998-11-06

Filming Locations: 6th Street Bridge, Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $70,000,000

Opening Weekend: $13,931,285 (USA) (8 November 1998)

Gross: $40,932,372 (USA) (14 February 1999)

Cast

Actor

Character

Lisa Masters

Denzel Washington

Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard

Annette Bening

Elise Kraft

Bruce Willis

Major General William Devereaux

Tony Shalhoub

Agent Frank Haddad

Sami Bouajila

Samir Nazhde

Ahmed Ben Larby

Sheik Achmed Bin Talal

Mosleh Mohamed

Muezzin

Lianna Pai

Tina Osu (as Liana Pai)

Mark Valley

FBI Agent Mike Johanssen

Jack Gwaltney

Fred Darius

David Proval

Danny Sussman

Lance Reddick

FBI Agent Floyd Rose

Jeremy Knaster

INS Official

William Hill

INS Uniform

Aasif Mandvi

Khalil Saleh

Frank DiElsi

Officer Williams

Wood Harris

Officer Henderson

Ellen Bethea

FBI Agent Anita

David Costabile

Fingerprint Expert

Glenn Kessler

Fiber Expert

Jeffrey Waid

Video Agent (as Jeffrey Allan Waid)

Tom McDermott

Phone Bank Agent

Sherry Ham-Bernard

Hubbard's Secretary

Joseph Hodge

Landlord

Joey Naber

Rashad

Said Faraj

Sleeper terrorist

Ali Afshar

Ali Wiziri, #87 Bus Bomber (as Alex Dodd)

Jacqueline Antaramian

Najiba Haddad

Helmi Kassim

Frank Haddad Jr.

Ghoulam R. Rasoully

Frank Haddad Jr.'s Teacher

Joseph Badalucco Jr.

EMT

Diana Naftal

Injured Woman

Ben Shenkman

INS Agent Howard Kaplan

Barton Tinapp

Mayoral Candidate (as A.A. Barton Tinapp)

Neal Jones

NYPD Representative

Donna Hanover

District Attorney

Peter Schindler

Johnson, FAA

Hany Kamal

Arab Spokesman

Chip Zien

Chief of Staff

Dakin Matthews

Senator Wright

John Rothman

Congressman Marshall

John Henry Cox

Speaker of the House

E. Katherine Kerr

Attorney General

Jimmie Ray Weeks

Army General

Will Lyman

FBI Director

Ray Godshall

CIA Director

Victor Slezak

Colonel Hardwick, Army Intelligence

Chris Messina

Corporal

Gilbert Rosales

Mechanic

Amro Salama

Tariq Husseini, Auto Shop Owner

Jim Shankman

ACLU Lawyer

Matt Servitto

Journalist #1

Jourdan Fremin

Journalist #2

Anjua Warfield-Maximo

March Organizer

Susie Essman

Protest Speaker

Rory J. Aylward

Lieutenant

Jeff Beatty

Undercover FBI Agent

Graham Larson

FBI Agent (as Graham J. Larson)

Arianna Huffington

Capitol Week Pundit

Robert Scheer

Capitol Week Pundit

Matt Miller

Capitol Week Pundit

John F. Beard

Newscaster

Stan Brooks

Newscaster

Alex Chadwick

Newscaster

Epi Colon

Newscaster

Judy de Angelis

Newscaster

Luis Jimenez

Newscaster

Sean Hannity

Newscaster

Ronald Kuby

Newscaster

Daniel Schorr

Newscaster

Curtis Sliwa

Newscaster

Susan Stamberg

Newscaster

Mary Alice Williams

Newscaster

Mike Akrawi

Terrorist (uncredited)

Michael Arthur

Army Major (uncredited)

Anthony Batarse

Terrorist (uncredited)

Buzz Cartier

Concentration Camp Detainee (uncredited)

Scott Charles

Fireman (uncredited)

Christian Chase

Prisoner (uncredited)

Bill Clinton

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Gerard Cordero

Hostage (uncredited)

Sean Patrick Doherty

FBI Agent (uncredited)

Sean Patrick Folster

Arab (uncredited)

Mark A. Langston

Terrorist (uncredited)

Andrew Lasky

FBI agent (uncredited)

Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas

Bus Hostage (uncredited)

Dave Mallow

Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

Tim Maloney

FBI Agent (uncredited)

Trish McGettrick

FBI Agent (uncredited)

John Meier

Soldier with Devereaux in base (uncredited)

Ali Merhi

Ali Akhmed (uncredited)

George F. Miller

Soldier / Humvee Driver (uncredited)

Luis Moro

Hubbard FBI Decoy (uncredited)

Garry Pastore

Officer Perry (uncredited)

Robin Anne Phipps

Crying Girl on Monitor (uncredited)

Andy Redmond

Officer McFall (uncredited)

Rocco

Fireman / Reporter (uncredited)

Michael Rothberger

EMT #2 / ESU #2 (uncredited)

Patrick Russo

Special Agent FBI (uncredited)

Tony Snow

Newscaster (uncredited)

Suzanne Solomon

Extra (uncredited)

Angel Taormina

Girl in Pink Jacket on Street (uncredited)

Valeria Von Leczycki Goncharova Barrett

Screaming Woman in Silver Gown (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

George F. Miller broke the right-hand side of his jaw in two places while working on this film.

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Another title considered was "Against All Enemies".

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Jodie Foster turned down the role that went to Annette Bening.

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Goofs

In one scene before the bus explodes, Hub and Frank are driving in a car and Elise / Sharon is sitting on the rear seat. During the shots in which she is shown, you can clearly see through the rear window that the following cars are changing between shots.

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At the end when Sharon and Samir are in the bathhouse, Samir removes a towel from a clay pot and sets it on the floor in order to remove the bomb. As he does so he knocks over a brass jug. Throughout the rest of the scene the jug is upright even though no-one touched it.

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Twice, General Devereaux refers to "the president invoking the War Powers Act." The WPA is not presidential authority for allow war or the use of the military (which comes from Congress), but it is in fact a rule passed by Congress in 1973 (after Vietnam) that severely limits a president's ability to unilaterally use military force without Congressional authorization.

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Quotes

Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard: See if any was sold in quantity the last month. Danny, find out what stop these guys got on the bus, maybe there's a witness.

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Agent Frank Haddad: Beats the shit out of cable.

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Elise Kraft: In this game, the most committed wins.

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Faq

Q

Who played the man that delivered the pizza bomb (the guy who acted as a decoy)?

A

David Proval.

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