The Siege

Name: The Siege
Genre: Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
Released: 1998-11-06
Duration: 1 h 56 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis, Tony Shalhoub, Sami Bouajila

An enemy they can't see. A nation under siege. A crisis they can't control.

The Siege (1998)

Timing: 1:56 (116 min)

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Release date

1998-11-06

Country

United States

Production

20th Century Fox, Bedford Falls Productions, Lynda Obst Productions

Genre

Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime

Budget

$70 000 000

Revenue

$116 672 912

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Director

Edward Zwick

Actors

Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis, Tony Shalhoub, Sami Bouajila, Aasif Mandvi, Mark Valley, Jack Gwaltney, David Proval, Lance Reddick
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Scenario

Producer

Lynda Obst, Edward Zwick, Peter Schindler

Operator

Roger Deakins

Composer

Graeme Revell

Artist

Jess Gonchor

Audition

Mary Colquhoun, Mary Goldberg

Editing

Steven Rosenblum, Carl S. Griffin
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Short description

The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but must also deal with an Army General gone rogue and a female CIA agent of uncertain loyalties.

What's left behind the scenes

"The Siege" caused a loud public outcry from the Arab population of America and was accompanied by a series of protests. Arabs strongly opposed being used as the "image of the enemy."
Bruce Willis was invited to the Pentagon and given a brief training course on briefings and meetings that his character, General Devereaux, would attend both in principle and in the event of a serious international situation.
This was one of the few films before which the first trailer for George Lucas's science fiction action film "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace" (1999) was shown in cinemas for promotional purposes. It was reported that many fans of the "Star Wars" franchise bought tickets for this film only to watch the trailer and did not stay for the film itself.
'The Siege' caused a great public outcry among the Arab population of America and was accompanied by a series of protests. Arabs strongly opposed being used as 'the image of the enemy'.

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