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Traitor

Year:

2008

Duration:

114 min

Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

IMDB rate:

Director:

Jeffrey Nachmanoff

Awards:

5 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2008-08-27

Filming Locations: Ontario, Canada

Earnings

Budget: $22,000,000

Opening Weekend: $10,006,327 (USA) (31 August 2008)

Gross: $23,530,831 (USA) (25 November 2008)

Cast

Actor

Character

Archie Panjabi

Don Cheadle

Samir Horn

Guy Pearce

Roy Clayton

Saïd Taghmaoui

Omar

Neal McDonough

Max Archer

Alyy Khan

Fareed

Raad Rawi

Nathir

Hassam Ghancy

Bashir

Mozhan Marnò

Leyla (as Mozhan Marno)

Adeel Akhtar

Hamzi

Jeff Daniels

Carter

Lorena Gale

Dierdre Horn

Scali Delpeyrat

Inspector Gilles

Mehdi Ortelsberg

Ali (as Medhi Ortelsberg)

Aizoun Abdelkader

Ahmed

Mohamed Choubi

Security Force Captain

Farid Regragui

Wadi (as Farid Ragragui)

Habib Hamdane

Scarecrow (as Hamdane Habibe)

Youness Sardi

Omar's Crew

Joseph Beddelem

Omar's Crew

Alaa Safi

Omar's Crew (as Alaa Oumouzoune)

Tom Barnett

Andrew Kelly

Simon Reynolds

Ted Blake

Matt Gordon

Simon

Patrick Rodney Barnes

Suicide Bomber #1 (as P. Rodney Barnes)

Shahla Kareen

Suicide Bomber #2

Ali Momen

Suicide Bomber #3

Paulino Nunes

Suicide Bomber #4

Alexandra Castillo

Dark Haired Woman (as Alex Castillo)

Jeff Kassel

Software Company Manager

Mike McPhaden

Computer Tech

Dani Jazzar

Munir

Jonathan Walker

Hayes (as Jonathan Lloyd Walker)

José Heuze

Alvarez (as José Heuzé)

Scott Wickware

Dupree

Elias Zarou

Iqbal

Catherine Galloway

BBC Reporter

Myriam Blanckaert

Inspector Gilles' Deputy

Nick Alachiotis

Ship Crew Member

Alex Poch-Goldin

FBI Surveillance Agent

Natasha Roy

Translator #1

Yassine Mamadou

Samir (10 Years Old)

Omar Mamadou

Samir's Father

Mostafa Hnini

Fake Policeman (as Mostafa Hniny)

Michaël Troude

Spanish Patrolman (as Michael Troude)

Rodriguez Gelos

Tour Group Employee (as Alfonso Rodriguez Gelos)

Ron Bell

Bus Driver

Suzy Brack

Redhead on Bicycle (uncredited)

David Clark

Security Agent (uncredited)

Sima Fisher

Computer Girl (uncredited)

Robert Karn

Terrorist (uncredited)

John Rainone Jr.

Business Executive (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Matthew McConaughey was considered for the part of FBI Agent Roy Clayton.

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Co-writer Jeffrey Nachmanoff was eventually asked to direct the film after the original director dropped out.

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Co-writer/director Jeffrey Nachmanoff met with several intelligence professionals, political observers and other specialists to make his script as realistic as possible.

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Goofs

When Samir goes to the London home shortly after the bombing in Nice, a black taxi is seen passing in the street shortly before he enters the building. Next day he hails a taxi after getting off a bus. It is the same taxi. Whilst this is possible, it is highly improbable, given the number of black taxis in London.

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During Samir and Carter's first conversation, very few drops are visible hitting either them or the car next to them during a heavy rainstorm.

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During the scene where Samir is running into the apartment complex in Chicago while running away from the FBI agents, the original agents following him radio in that they are at the address "128 S. Randolph." There is no S. Randolph St. in the city of Chicago as Randolph runs East/West. However movie-makers frequently use nonexistent addresses, equivalent to telephone nos that start with "555-" to avoid legal issues.

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Quotes

Max Archer: [after a Yemeni soldier tells him to hand over his weapon] Hand over my gun! Jesus Christ every 12 year-old in this shit hole is carrying a Kalishnikov and i have to hand over my fucking gun!

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Samir Horn: The truth is complicated.

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Max Archer: [to Clayton] Look, you gotta be shittin' me. The US is gonna be attacked today and we just arrived at the ass end of Canada.

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Faq

Is "Traitor" based on a book?

No. Traitor is based on an idea by comedian Steve Martin, who is also the executive producer, and on a screenplay by Jeffrey Nachmanoff, who is also directing the movie.

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