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Tom Fontana (written by)
Release Date:
27 April 2004 (USA)
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Strip Search follows several parallel stories examining personal freedoms vs. national security in the aftermath of 9/11; two main subplots involve an American woman detained in China and an Arab man detained in New York City. | add synopsis
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(From The Hollywood Interview. 25 June 2009, 10:23 AM, PDT)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Austin Pendleton | ... | James Perley |
 | Tom Guiry | ... | Gerry Sykes |
| Fred Koheler | ... | Jimmy Briggs |
| Zack Manzella | ... | High School Boy |
| Daniel May Wong | ... | Arresting Officer |
 | Maggie Gyllenhaal | ... | Linda Sykes |
 | Ken Leung | ... | Liu Tsung-Yuan |
| Jim Gaffigan | ... | Reverend Craig Peterson |
| Bruno Lastra | ... | Sharif Bin Said |
 | Glenn Close | ... | Karen Moore |
 | Dean Winters | ... | Ned McGrath |
 | Caroline Kava | ... | Alvira Sykes |
| Peter Jacobson | ... | John Scanlon |
| Anahid | ... | Aaisha Bin Said |
| Raymond Anthony Thomas | ... | Clerk (as Ray Anthony Thomas) |
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USA:120 min | 56 min (re-cut) | Germany:86 min
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This film was the subject of much controversy. The original cut was 120 minutes but it was cut down to 56 minutes. It aired only once on HBO and further scheduled airings were canceled.
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I saw a piece of this film last week, yet it appears nowhere on HBO's website now, except a mention in HBO on demand. The part I saw was shocking, and thought provoking.
I researched it on IMDB and that is where I found most of my information. I also saw reports from others here that HBO had canceled showings. I think I saw "Strip Search" mid-morning on May 1st. It seemed on at an odd time considering the subject matter and nudity. I was hoping to see it again in it's entirety.
However, in light of recent news events, I feel it is an important film. CBS withheld it's coverage of Iraqi prisoner mistreatment, by their own admission, until the story broke through international news agencies.
The little bit I saw convinced me that once again HBO had the courage to make a movie about a controversial subject, to do it with artistic integrity, without being afraid to "shock the monkey" and to hire a first rate cast of actors who are also willing to be risk takers.
With writing by Tom Fontana, direction by Sidney Lumet, and a cast including Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ellen Barkin, Glenn Close, Patti Lupone, Josh Mostel, Estelle Parsons and Oliver Platt... this is not a venture that was undertaken lightly.
I am shocked that it is nowhere to be seen.
How are the artists involved in this project responding to what seems to be censorship at its worst?
Why has this happened? I've come to expect more of HBO. I hope that this is not a sign that HBO is caving under the political powers that be.
Let the audience decide. Not the voices of the few and first and loudest. Most of my friends never even heard about this movie. When I took them to the HBO website, they were as shocked as I am to find it mysteriously missing.
Janice L. Gass