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Release Date:
6 November 1998 (USA)
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Tagline:
On November 6th our freedom is history more
Plot:
The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York that lead to the declaration of martial law. full summary | add synopsis
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Terrorist
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New York City
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Martial Law
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Abduction
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CIA
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Awards:
2 wins
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4 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(12 articles)
DVD Playhouse--July 2009
(From The Hollywood Interview. 14 July 2009, 12:00 PM, PDT)
Win The Siege with Denzel Washington on Blu-ray
(From TheHDRoom. 19 June 2009, 7:51 AM, PDT)
(From The Hollywood Interview. 14 July 2009, 12:00 PM, PDT)
Win The Siege with Denzel Washington on Blu-ray
(From TheHDRoom. 19 June 2009, 7:51 AM, PDT)
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The Siege raised questions that we should have been asking before the tragedy of 9/11.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Denzel Washington | ... | Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard | |
| Annette Bening | ... | Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Against All Enemies (USA) (working title)
Blowback (USA) (original script title)
Martial Law (USA) (working title)
Untitled Ed Zwick Project (USA) (working title)
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Blowback (USA) (original script title)
Martial Law (USA) (working title)
Untitled Ed Zwick Project (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, language and brief nudity.
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Runtime:
116 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Netherlands:12 |
Iceland:16 |
Philippines:G |
Brazil:14 |
Singapore:NC-16 (re-re-rating) |
Singapore:PG (original rating) (heavily cut) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
France:U |
Germany:16 (w) |
Hungary:16 |
Norway:15 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) (cut) |
South Korea:15 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
USA:R
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George F. Miller broke the right-hand side of his jaw in two places while working on this film.
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Goofs:
Continuity: Hub's drink disappears and reappears several times when he is in the restaurant with Elsie.
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Quotes:
Senator:
You don't fight a junkyard dog with ASPCA rules. What you do is you take the leash off your bigger, meaner dog.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People (2006) (V)
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Soundtrack:
Great Leap Forward
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Who played the man that delivered the pizza bomb (the guy who acted as a decoy)?more
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I seem to remember that this film was looked down upon by the Arab Americans. I don't understand that considering the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 and some of the perpetrators who were eventually apprehended. My husband and I found The Siege frighteningly entertaining. Once more Denzel Washington gave a tour-de-force performance. The rest of the cast was excellent. The script was prophetic. The writer understood what might happen if the war on terror resided in New York City. Where is Lawrence Wright now?