You and I may never get access to the classified 6,700-page Senate Intelligence Committee report on the CIA’s use of torture in the War on Terror, and many are just as unlikely to read the 525-page executive summary released to the public in 2014.
But with “The Report,” writer-director Scott Z. Burns’ adrenalized dramatization of the CIA’s gravely ill-conceived actions and the rigor and righteousness with which Senate staffer Daniel Jones (Adam Driver) unearthed its harrowing details, two hours is enough intake time to convince anyone that the quest for accountability in government is as necessary as ever.
Though it premiered at Sundance in January, “The Report” is likely to hold even more significance to news-savvy audiences now, what with impeachment hearings in the wake of a whistleblower’s accusation of presidential wrongdoing. The movie might need that headline-adjacent curiosity from audiences, too: For all the ways Burns has condensed...
But with “The Report,” writer-director Scott Z. Burns’ adrenalized dramatization of the CIA’s gravely ill-conceived actions and the rigor and righteousness with which Senate staffer Daniel Jones (Adam Driver) unearthed its harrowing details, two hours is enough intake time to convince anyone that the quest for accountability in government is as necessary as ever.
Though it premiered at Sundance in January, “The Report” is likely to hold even more significance to news-savvy audiences now, what with impeachment hearings in the wake of a whistleblower’s accusation of presidential wrongdoing. The movie might need that headline-adjacent curiosity from audiences, too: For all the ways Burns has condensed...
- 11/14/2019
- by Robert Abele
- The Wrap
Michael Stuhlbarg’s strong year isn’t over yet. Late in 2017 he appeared in three films that earned Oscar nominations for Best Picture: “Call Me by Your Name,” “The Post” and the ultimate winner “The Shape of Water.” Despite being a triple threat, Stuhlbarg wasn’t nominated for an Oscar himself, but now he’s nominated at the Emmys for Best Movie/Mini Supporting Actor for the Hulu miniseries “The Looming Tower.” Stuhlbarg plays Richard Clarke, the real-life former chief counter-terrorism advisor on the National Security Council. He has submitted the final installment of the series, “9/11,” to Emmy voters for consideration.
The episode begins with Clarke giving his opening statement before the 9/11 Commission in which he apologized to the families of 9/11 victims and famously proclaimed, “Your government failed you.” We then flash back to Clarke at the White House, refusing to leave even though the building is being evacuated in...
The episode begins with Clarke giving his opening statement before the 9/11 Commission in which he apologized to the families of 9/11 victims and famously proclaimed, “Your government failed you.” We then flash back to Clarke at the White House, refusing to leave even though the building is being evacuated in...
- 9/17/2018
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Sun Valley, Idaho — Jeff Bezos had the Allen & Co. conference crowd transfixed on Thursday morning as the Amazon CEO spoke about the evolution of his company, what he looks for in leaders, and his ambitious plan to develop the world of outer space for the betterment of humanity.
Bezos was the headliner of Day 3 of the annual gathering of media and tech bigwigs in the Sun Valley Lodge mountain resort. The schedule also included a session with King Abdullah II of Jordan and his wife, Queen Rania, and Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
But Bezos was the session that everyone was talking about as conference attendees broke for lunch and afternoon meetings and recreational activities.
“He has such a big brain,” gushed one attendee.
The wide-ranging Q&A with former CIA director George Tenet did not touch on Amazon’s plans in the content arena,...
Bezos was the headliner of Day 3 of the annual gathering of media and tech bigwigs in the Sun Valley Lodge mountain resort. The schedule also included a session with King Abdullah II of Jordan and his wife, Queen Rania, and Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
But Bezos was the session that everyone was talking about as conference attendees broke for lunch and afternoon meetings and recreational activities.
“He has such a big brain,” gushed one attendee.
The wide-ranging Q&A with former CIA director George Tenet did not touch on Amazon’s plans in the content arena,...
- 7/13/2018
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
There's a haunting moment early on in Hulu's The Looming Tower – just another night in New York City, back in 1998. An FBI Special Agent watches a TV interview with a terrorist practically nobody in America has heard of before, a guy named Osama bin Laden. The interview includes dire threats of attacks on America. The agent, John O'Neill, reacts to this news in the time-honored way: He goes out and gets drunk, at the old-school celebrity hot spot Elaine's. (He's a regular.) On the way out, he yells into...
- 2/26/2018
- Rollingstone.com
Could the September 11th terrorist attacks have been prevented? That’s a provocative question that Hulu’s new drama The Looming Tower dives into without flinching.
The scripted docudrama, which premieres Wednesday, Feb. 28 on the streaming service, chronicles the FBI and CIA’s efforts to hunt down Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda in the years leading up to 9/11 — and the errors they made along the way. In the new trailer above, when Peter Sarsgaard’s CIA analyst is told there’s “too much risk” to aggressively going after al-Qaeda, he comes back with: “Someday, this administration will be remembered for...
The scripted docudrama, which premieres Wednesday, Feb. 28 on the streaming service, chronicles the FBI and CIA’s efforts to hunt down Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda in the years leading up to 9/11 — and the errors they made along the way. In the new trailer above, when Peter Sarsgaard’s CIA analyst is told there’s “too much risk” to aggressively going after al-Qaeda, he comes back with: “Someday, this administration will be remembered for...
- 1/12/2018
- TVLine.com
The rise of Osama bin Laden and dissent between the FBI and CIA are the focuses of Hulu's new series, The Looming Tower. The 10-episode show, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Lawrence Wright, chronicles events leading up to the September 11th terrorist attacks. It premieres on Hulu February 28th.
The trailer reveals that the series will chronicle the work of agents in the FBI's I-49 Squad in New York and the CIA's Alec Station in Washington D.C., two counter-terrorism divisions working to prevent attacks on America...
The trailer reveals that the series will chronicle the work of agents in the FBI's I-49 Squad in New York and the CIA's Alec Station in Washington D.C., two counter-terrorism divisions working to prevent attacks on America...
- 1/11/2018
- Rollingstone.com
Once upon a time a very studly, a very rugged, and a very jet black haired Alec Baldwin played none other than Jack Ryan in the classic novel turned into film The Hunt For Red October. Starring alongside Sean Connery and Scott Glenn, Baldwin was fantastic in this movie. I bring it up because despite me not believing it, Baldwin was a sex symbol and even serious actor at one point in his career. It’s just so hard seeing that now that he’s been in a comedic role in one way or another for the past decade plus. I mean
Can we Take Alec Baldwin Seriously as George Tenet in Hulu’s “The Looming Tower?”...
Can we Take Alec Baldwin Seriously as George Tenet in Hulu’s “The Looming Tower?”...
- 5/4/2017
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
Alec Baldwin has been the American president, and now he’ll head up the CIA.
The ubiquitous actor will guest-star in Hulu’s upcoming 9/11 drama The Looming Tower as the agency’s former director of central intelligence, George Tenet.
RelatedJeff Daniels to Star in Hulu’s 9/11 Docudrama The Looming Tower
Based on Lawrence Wright’s Pulitzer Prize-winning exposé, the 10-episode series chronicles the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda, and how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI may have set the stage for the 9/11 attacks.
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The ubiquitous actor will guest-star in Hulu’s upcoming 9/11 drama The Looming Tower as the agency’s former director of central intelligence, George Tenet.
RelatedJeff Daniels to Star in Hulu’s 9/11 Docudrama The Looming Tower
Based on Lawrence Wright’s Pulitzer Prize-winning exposé, the 10-episode series chronicles the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda, and how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI may have set the stage for the 9/11 attacks.
Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…
* Designated Survivor...
- 5/3/2017
- TVLine.com
Kirsten Howard Feb 15, 2018
Foxcatcher writer Dan Futterman's new drama series The Looming Tower will hit Amazon Prime in the UK next month. It looks pretty explosive.
Amazon Prime Video has announced that new Hulu drama series The Looming Tower, based on Lawrence Wright’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning 9/11 expose book, will get underway on 1st March in the UK, with fresh episodes arriving weekly for the next seven weeks.
The series follows the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, and “takes a controversial look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI may have inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Iraq.” So it's like the real Homeland, but somehow even worse.
The Looming Tower's cast is bloody spectacular, too. Alec Baldwin, Jeff Daniels, Tahar Rahim, Peter Sarsgaard and Michael Stuhlbarg are all in major roles, with Baldwin playing George Tenet, former Director...
Foxcatcher writer Dan Futterman's new drama series The Looming Tower will hit Amazon Prime in the UK next month. It looks pretty explosive.
Amazon Prime Video has announced that new Hulu drama series The Looming Tower, based on Lawrence Wright’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning 9/11 expose book, will get underway on 1st March in the UK, with fresh episodes arriving weekly for the next seven weeks.
The series follows the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, and “takes a controversial look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI may have inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Iraq.” So it's like the real Homeland, but somehow even worse.
The Looming Tower's cast is bloody spectacular, too. Alec Baldwin, Jeff Daniels, Tahar Rahim, Peter Sarsgaard and Michael Stuhlbarg are all in major roles, with Baldwin playing George Tenet, former Director...
- 5/3/2017
- Den of Geek
Alec Baldwin has been set to guest star on Hulu’s new 9/11 drama series The Looming Tower, taking on another government figure. This time he’ll portray former CIA director George Tenet in the 10-episode straight-to-series adaptation of Lawrence Wright's Pulitzer-winning 9/11 exposé from executive producers Dan Futterman, Alex Gibney and Legendary Television. The series officially began production today in New York. Jeff Daniels, Tahar Rahim and Peter Sarsgaard topline the…...
- 5/3/2017
- Deadline TV
Alec Baldwin will guest star as CIA Director George Tenet in Hulu’s “The Looming Tower,” the streaming network announced Wednesday morning at its annual upfront event. Tenet is Richard Clarke’s (Michael Stuhlbarg) partner in fighting al-Qaeda, though he may know more than he is letting on, per Hulu. The Legendary Television drama, which traces the rising threat of Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, also stars Jeff Daniels and Peter Sarsgaard. It takes a controversial look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI inadvertently might have set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Iraq.
- 5/3/2017
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Hulu adaptation of Lawrence Wright’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 9/11 exposé begins production in New York.
Alec Baldwin will guest star as CIA director George Tenet in The Looming Tower.
Wright’s non-fiction book traces the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, taking a controversial look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI may have inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Iraq.
In the series of 10 hour-long episodes Tenet aligns himself in the fight against Al-Qaeda with the then National Security Council counter-terrorism coordinator Richard Clarke, though he may know more than he is letting on. Michael Stuhlbarg plays Clarke.
Baldwin joins a cast that includes Jeff Daniels, Tahar Rahim, Peter Sarsgaard, Bill Camp, Virginia Kull, Louis Cancelmi, Ella Rae Peck, Sullivan Jones, and Wrenn Schmidt.
Oscar-winning writer Dan Futterman adapted the book and will serve as executive producer alongside Alex Gibney and Wright. Legendary Television...
Alec Baldwin will guest star as CIA director George Tenet in The Looming Tower.
Wright’s non-fiction book traces the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, taking a controversial look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI may have inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Iraq.
In the series of 10 hour-long episodes Tenet aligns himself in the fight against Al-Qaeda with the then National Security Council counter-terrorism coordinator Richard Clarke, though he may know more than he is letting on. Michael Stuhlbarg plays Clarke.
Baldwin joins a cast that includes Jeff Daniels, Tahar Rahim, Peter Sarsgaard, Bill Camp, Virginia Kull, Louis Cancelmi, Ella Rae Peck, Sullivan Jones, and Wrenn Schmidt.
Oscar-winning writer Dan Futterman adapted the book and will serve as executive producer alongside Alex Gibney and Wright. Legendary Television...
- 5/3/2017
- ScreenDaily
The 10-episode drama series is based on Lawrence Wright’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 9/11 exposé.
Alec Baldwin will guest star as CIA director George Tenet in The Looming Tower.
Wright’s non-fiction book traces the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, taking a controversial look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI may have inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Iraq.
In the 10-episode adaptation Tenet is Richard Clarke’s partner in fighting al-Qaeda, though he may know more than he is letting on. Michael Stuhlbarg plays Clarke.
Baldwin joins a cast that includes Jeff Daniels, Tahar Rahim, Peter Sarsgaard, Bill Camp, Virginia Kull, Louis Cancelmi, Ella Rae Peck, Sullivan Jones, and Wrenn Schmidt.
Oscar-winning writer Dan Futterman adapted the hour-long drama series and will serve as executive producer alongside Alex Gibney and Wright. Legendary Television is producing the series.
Baldwin’s casting comes as the actor is enjoying...
Alec Baldwin will guest star as CIA director George Tenet in The Looming Tower.
Wright’s non-fiction book traces the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, taking a controversial look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI may have inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Iraq.
In the 10-episode adaptation Tenet is Richard Clarke’s partner in fighting al-Qaeda, though he may know more than he is letting on. Michael Stuhlbarg plays Clarke.
Baldwin joins a cast that includes Jeff Daniels, Tahar Rahim, Peter Sarsgaard, Bill Camp, Virginia Kull, Louis Cancelmi, Ella Rae Peck, Sullivan Jones, and Wrenn Schmidt.
Oscar-winning writer Dan Futterman adapted the hour-long drama series and will serve as executive producer alongside Alex Gibney and Wright. Legendary Television is producing the series.
Baldwin’s casting comes as the actor is enjoying...
- 5/3/2017
- ScreenDaily
In an editorial board piece published Sunday, The New York Times called for criminal prosecution of former Vice President Dick Cheney and others featured in the recently released Senate Intelligence Committee’s report that details the post-9/11 torture program that went on during the Bush administration.
In a piece titled, “Prosecute Torturers and Their Bosses,” the Times implores President Obama to prosecute:
But any credible investigation should include former Vice President Dick Cheney; Mr. Cheney’s chief of staff, David Addington; the former C.I.A. director George Tenet; and John Yoo and Jay Bybee, the Office of Legal Counsel...
In a piece titled, “Prosecute Torturers and Their Bosses,” the Times implores President Obama to prosecute:
But any credible investigation should include former Vice President Dick Cheney; Mr. Cheney’s chief of staff, David Addington; the former C.I.A. director George Tenet; and John Yoo and Jay Bybee, the Office of Legal Counsel...
- 12/22/2014
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
There are two things you need to know about 2 Guns. First, turns out it’s pretty good. Second, it has a crazy plot. Cuckoo bananagrams crazy. It’s one of those movies where everyone is secretly betraying everyone all of the time. Like, if the characters in 2 Guns just sat in a room, went around in a circle, and described all of their various motivations, it would take three hours. Everyone is lying in 2 Guns all the time, so much so that the movie practically constitutes a deconstruction of the whole notion of truth. It gets a bit confusing. Forthwith,...
- 8/4/2013
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
"If I don't say something in a rap or on Twitter, it's not true," Kanye West told Us Weekly back in April, thus giving his Twitter musings an added stamp of credibility.
So when West tweets, we listen up. And the "Watch the Throne" rapper invariably has a lot on his mind.
Sometimes, he's reminiscing about accompanying his mom to discount fur stores as a child. Sometimes, he's voicing his sartorial pet peeves, such as "button up shirts with hoodies," "khaki trench coats with jeans and off brand work out sneakers" and "big ass striped scarves." Sometimes, he reflects on the nature of profanity. And sometimes, he shares photos flaunting his girlfriend Kim Kardashian's enviable curves.
Needless to say, we were greatly disappointed to discover that West has deleted all of the aforementioned gems from his account, cryptically commenting, "Be Back Soon" (and prompting the question, back from where?...
So when West tweets, we listen up. And the "Watch the Throne" rapper invariably has a lot on his mind.
Sometimes, he's reminiscing about accompanying his mom to discount fur stores as a child. Sometimes, he's voicing his sartorial pet peeves, such as "button up shirts with hoodies," "khaki trench coats with jeans and off brand work out sneakers" and "big ass striped scarves." Sometimes, he reflects on the nature of profanity. And sometimes, he shares photos flaunting his girlfriend Kim Kardashian's enviable curves.
Needless to say, we were greatly disappointed to discover that West has deleted all of the aforementioned gems from his account, cryptically commenting, "Be Back Soon" (and prompting the question, back from where?...
- 10/4/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
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