Body of Lies

Year:

2008

Duration:

128 min

Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller

IMDB rate:

7.1

Director:

Ridley Scott

Awards:

2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2008-10-10

Filming Locations: White House - 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Earnings

Budget: $70,000,000

Opening Weekend: $12,884,416 (USA) (12 October 2008)

Gross: $39,380,442 (USA) (11 January 2009)

Cast

Actor

Character

Lubna Azabal

Body of Lies

Giannina Facio

Body of Lies

Annabelle Wallis

Leonardo DiCaprio

Roger Ferris

Russell Crowe

Ed Hoffman

Mark Strong

Hani

Golshifteh Farahani

Aisha

Oscar Isaac

Bassam

Ali Suliman

Omar Sadiki

Alon Aboutboul

Al-Saleem

Vince Colosimo

Skip

Simon McBurney

Garland

Mehdi Nebbou

Nizar

Michael Gaston

Holiday

Kais Nashif

Mustafa Karami

Jamil Khoury

Marwan

Ghali Benlafkih

Aisha's Nephew Rowley

Youssef Srondy

Aisha's Nephew Yousef

Ali Khalil

Zayed Ibishi

Chase Edmunds

Hoffman's Son Timmy

Morgan A. Vick

Hoffman's Daughter

Michael Stuhlbarg

Ferris' Attorney

Sherif Eltayeb

Executioner

David Ganly

Doctor at Qatar Military Base

Bijan Daneshmand

Amman Clinic Doctor

Houda Zbit

Hani's Wife

Omar Berdouni

Al-Saleem's Lieutenant

Richard De Mayo

Tony (as Richard DeMayo)

Clara Khoury

Bassam's Wife

Abdu Rahim Kashmir

Safe House Jihadist

Sami Samir

Taxi Driver - Syrian Border

Xanthe Elbrick

Manchester News Reporter

Ali Alvi

Manchester Bomber #1

Zef Balbona

Manchester Bomber #2

Vedant Gokhale

Manchester Bomber #3

Ran Nikfam

Amsterdam Bomber

Al Twanmo

Japanese Tourist Husband with Camera (as Albert Twanmo)

Ellie K. Wang

Japanese Tourist Wife

Allen Lidkey

Medic in Helicopter

Drif Said

Turkish Engineer / Explosives Expert

Zakaria Atifi

Al-Masri

William Meredith

Soldier in Qatar

Howard W. Overshown

Predator Room Captain

Kathy Brady

Predator Room Captain #2

Quentin Mare

Predator Operator Langley

Matthew James Gulbranson

Predator Operator Langley #2

Jill Wolsey

Soccer Mom

Michael Alban

Mission Commander (uncredited)

Omar Benbrahim

American Checkpoint Officer (uncredited)

Matt Cannon

Young Detective (uncredited)

Larry Carter

CIA Agent

Robert Randolph Caton

CIA Agent

Brandon Cordon

Turkish Man (uncredited)

Thomas Joe Craig

Manchester Policeman (uncredited)

Neil Dickson

BBC Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)

Justin Doescher

Dutch Policeman (uncredited)

Robin Atkin Downes

News Correspondent (uncredited)

Michael James Faradie

Special Forces Sergeant Daniels (uncredited)

Johnny Ferdosi

UAE Prince (uncredited)

Bill Gentry

SAS Agent (uncredited)

Art Hall

Machester News Cameraman (uncredited)

James A. Howard

Dutch Terrorist (uncredited)

Ryan Hunter

Attendant Syria (uncredited)

Shredi Jabarin

Jihadist (uncredited)

Kawan Kean

Amsterdam Hooligan (uncredited)

Torsten Kellar

Russian Businessman (uncredited)

Aubrohn King

SAS Agent (uncredited)

Errol Krass

Manchester Man (uncredited)

Jordan Lage

CIA Analyst (uncredited)

Kirk Lambert

Special Air Service (uncredited)

T. Alloy Langenfeld

Russian Worker in Amsterdam Market (uncredited)

John Lawson

Soldier (uncredited)

Kevin Leigh

Dubai Baggage Handler (uncredited)

Travis McHenry

SAS Agent (uncredited)

Dino A. Muminovic

Airport Security Guard (uncredited)

Douglas Nelson

Turkish Gang Member (uncredited)

Christopher Phillips

Predator Room Mission Coordinator #2

Sasha Rajic

Manchester Resident (uncredited)

Lil Rhee

Shopper (uncredited)

Devin Rumer

Predator Operator

Roger Sands

Dubai Traveler (uncredited)

Vasanth Santosham

Sikh Milkman (uncredited)

Patrick Michael Strange

Manchester UK Resident / Dubai Baggage Handler (uncredited)

Tom Townsend

Heckler (uncredited)

Towanda Underdue

African Diplomat (uncredited)

Terry Ward

Manchester Hooligan (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

To extras waiting to join the "Terrible Neighborhood" and "Terrible Flat" scenes, a wardrobe specialist announced, "Please remove your personal jewelry including school rings and wedding bands; this is supposed to be a gritty neighborhood full of crackhouses and you're poor... you hocked all of your jewelry - for drugs."

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While the derelict-but-surviving US neighborhood where the Manchester Scenes were filmed had plenty of its own street litter and urban debris, the Hollywood crew (in the effort to make the area look like an English slum) had left certain piles of prop rubbish in precise places. For scene continuity, such rubbish needed to remain present - even when scenes took multiple days to film. To protect against unwitting community litter cleanup, "essential" debris was flagged overnight and on weekends with "hot set" tape (a specialized version of other American yellow hazard tapes which say things like "caution caution caution", "wet paint", or "police line do not cross").

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Russell Crowe, Oscar Isaac, Mark Strong, and Simon McBurney all starred in Ridley Scott's next film, Robin Hood (2010).

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Goofs

When Hoffman and Ferris are at a Jordanian airport, the scenery in the background reveals the airport to be Dulles International Airport, which is near Washington DC, not Jordan. And later when Ferris is at the Dubai airport, the background is again Dulles.

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Rabies injections are no longer administered via the abdominal wall but instead half the initial dose is injected into the region of the bite, with the remainder of the initial dose being injected intramuscularly away from the bite, typically the upper arm. Booster injections are given 3, 6, 14 and 28 days after exposure to the rabies virus, not just every week for a month. However, given that the hospital Ferris goes to is apparently not hugely modern, it is entirely possible that the staff there are not aware of the newer procedure and thus this may be a deliberate character error rather than a script mistake.

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The area around Balad, Iraq is flat, not mountainous.

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Quotes

Garland: ...and a list of emails for the Brothers of Awareness.

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Roger Ferris: I'm gonna need some really really low-level Al Qaeda contacts, alright? No one too extreme. Picture someone in between Osama and Oprah.

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Hani: Watch and learn, my dear. Watch and learn.

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Faq

Q

Where were the explosion scenes shot?

A

Washington DC stood in for Amsterdam and Baltimore, and Maryland stood in for Manchester.

Q

Does Bassam actually die or is he just seriously wounded?

A

He dies. No doubt about it. In the car scene where Ferris and Bassam are making a getaway, the terrorists fire a RPG at their car. The American helicopters then kill the terrorists. As they pull Ferris from the wreckage, he frantically screams for Bassam. The Army medics tell Ferris that they can't even remove Bassam from the car as he "is in pieces." As he recouperates in Qatar, Ferris asks Hoffman what he plans to do for Bassam's family. Hoffman replies by saying "I didn't know the man".

Q

Is "Body of Lies" based on a book?

A

Yes. Body of Lies is a film adaptation of the 2007 novel by American writer and journalist David Ignatius.

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