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Director:
Ridley Scott
Writers (WGA):
William Monahan (screenplay)
David Ignatius (novel)
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Release Date:
10 October 2008 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Action | Drama | Thriller See more »
Tagline:
Trust no one. Deceive everyone. See more »
Plot:
A CIA agent on the ground in Jordan hunts down a powerful terrorist leader while being caught between the unclear intentions of his American supervisors and Jordon Intelligence. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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Cast

  (in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification)

Leonardo DiCaprio ... Roger Ferris

Russell Crowe ... Ed Hoffman

Mark Strong ... Hani

Golshifteh Farahani ... Aisha

Oscar Isaac ... Bassam

Ali Suliman ... Omar Sadiki
Alon Aboutboul ... Al-Saleem

Vince Colosimo ... Skip

Simon McBurney ... Garland
Mehdi Nebbou ... Nizar

Michael Gaston ... Holiday
Kais Nashif ... Mustafa Karami
Jamil Khoury ... Marwan (as Jameel Khoury)

Lubna Azabal ... Aisha's Sister Cala
Ghali Benlafkih ... Aisha's Nephew Rowley
Youssef Srondy ... Aisha's Nephew Yousef
Ali Khalil ... Zayed Ibishi

Giannina Facio ... Hoffman's Wife

Chase Edmunds ... Hoffman's Son Timmy
Morgan A. Vick ... Hoffman's Daughter

Michael Stuhlbarg ... Ferris' Attorney
Sherif Eltayeb ... Executioner
David Ganly ... Doctor at Qatar Military Base

Bijan Daneshmand ... Amman Clinic Doctor

Houda Zbit ... Hani's Wife

Omar Berdouni ... Al-Saleem's Lieutenant
Richard De Mayo ... Tony (as Richard DeMayo)

Clara Khoury ... Bassam's Wife
Abdu Rahim Kashmir ... Safe House Jihadist
Sami Samir ... Taxi Driver - Syrian Border

Xanthe Elbrick ... Manchester News Reporter
Ali Alvi ... Manchester Bomber #1

Zef Balbona ... Manchester Bomber #2

Vedant Gokhale ... Manchester Bomber #3
Ran Nikfam ... Amsterdam Bomber

Al Twanmo ... Japanese Tourist Husband with Camera (as Albert Twanmo)
Ellie K. Wang ... Japanese Tourist Wife

Allen Lidkey ... Medic in Helicopter
Drif Said ... Turkish Engineer / Explosives Expert
Zakaria Atifi ... Al-Masri

William Meredith ... Soldier in Qatar
Howard W. Overshown ... Predator Room Captain
Kathy Brady ... Predator Room Captain #2

Quentin Mare ... Predator Operator Langley

Matthew James Gulbranson ... Predator Operator Langley #2 (as Matt Gulbranson)

Jill Wolsey ... Soccer Mom

Annabelle Wallis ... Hani's Girlfriend in Bar
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Michael Alban ... Mission Commander (uncredited)
Omar Benbrahim ... American Checkpoint Officer (uncredited)

Matt Cannon ... Young Detective (uncredited)
Larry Carter ... CIA Agent (uncredited)

Robert Randolph Caton ... CIA Agent (uncredited)

Brandon Cordon ... Turkish Man (uncredited)
Thomas Joe Craig ... Manchester Policeman (uncredited)

Neil Dickson ... BBC Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)
Justin Doescher ... Dutch Policeman (uncredited)

Robin Atkin Downes ... News Correspondent (uncredited)

Michael James Faradie ... Special Forces Sergeant Daniels (uncredited)

Johnny Ferdosi ... UAE Prince (uncredited)

Bill Gentry ... SAS Agent (uncredited)

Art Hall ... Machester News Cameraman (uncredited)

Rami Hilmi ... Attendant Syria (uncredited)

Shredi Jabarin ... Jihadist (uncredited)

Kawan Kean ... Amsterdam Hooligan (uncredited)

Aubrohn King ... SAS Agent (uncredited)

Errol Krass ... Manchester Man (uncredited)

Jordan Lage ... CIA Analyst (uncredited)

Kirk Lambert ... Special Air Service (uncredited)
T. Alloy Langenfeld ... Russian Worker in Amsterdam Market (uncredited)
John Lawson ... Soldier (uncredited)

Kevin Leigh ... Dubai Baggage Handler (uncredited)

Travis McHenry ... SAS Agent (uncredited)
Dino A. Muminovic ... Airport Security Guard (uncredited)

Douglas Nelson ... Turkish Gang Member (uncredited)

Christopher Phillips ... Predator Room Mission Coordinator #2 (uncredited)
Sasha Rajic ... Manchester Resident (uncredited)
Lil Rhee ... Shopper (uncredited)

Devin Rumer ... Predator Operator (uncredited)

Roger Sands ... Dubai Traveler (uncredited)

Vasanth Santosham ... Sikh Milkman (uncredited)

Patrick Michael Strange ... Manchester UK Resident / Dubai Baggage Handler (uncredited)

Tom Townsend ... Heckler (uncredited)

Towanda Underdue ... African Diplomat (uncredited)
Juan Pablo Veizaga ... Dubai Traveler (uncredited)
Terry Ward ... Manchester Hooligan (uncredited)
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Directed by
Ridley Scott 
 
Writing credits
(WGA)
William Monahan (screenplay)

David Ignatius (novel "Body of Lies")

Produced by
Zakaria Alaoui .... line producer: Morocco (as Zak Alaoui)
Michael Costigan .... executive producer
Donald De Line .... producer
Charles J.D. Schlissel .... executive producer
Ridley Scott .... producer
 
Original Music by
Marc Streitenfeld 
 
Cinematography by
Alexander Witt (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Pietro Scalia 
 
Casting by
Jina Jay 
Avy Kaufman 
 
Production Design by
Arthur Max 
 
Art Direction by
Robert Cowper  (as Rob Cowper)
Alessandro Santucci  (as Alexandro M. Santucci)
Marco Trentini (supervising art director)
 
Set Decoration by
Sonja Klaus 
 
Costume Design by
Janty Yates 
 
Makeup Department
Aicha Ameziane .... makeup artist
Audrey L. Anzures .... hair department head
Zineb Bendoula .... hair stylist (as Zaineb Bendoula)
Zhor Bennani .... makeup artist
Kathryn Blondell .... hair stylist: Mr. DiCaprio (as Kathy Blondell)
Ardis Cohen .... hair stylist
Anthony Grayson .... wig designer: Washington D.C.
Sian Grigg .... makeup artist: Mr. DiCaprio
Charmaine Henninger .... hair stylist: Washington D.C.
Laura Hill .... contact lens technician
Paula Kelly .... makeup artist: Mr. Crowe
Cheryl 'Pickles' Kinion .... makeup artist: Washington D.C. (as Cheryl Kinion)
Don Kozma .... head makeup artist
Barbara Lacy .... makeup artist: Washington D.C.
Craig Lyman .... makeup artist: Washington D.C.
Bernadette Mazur .... key makeup artist
Brahim Naim .... hair stylist
Candace Neal .... key hair stylist: Washington D.C.
Simon Rose .... senior prosthetic technician
Josh Turi .... makeup artist: Washington D.C. (as Joshua Turi)
Toni-Ann Walker .... hair stylist: Mr. Crowe
Debi Young .... makeup artist: Washington D.C.
Vesna Giordano .... prosthetic technician (uncredited)
Duncan Jarman .... prosthetic makeup artist (uncredited)
 
Production Management
Omar Chraibi .... unit manager: Morocco
L. Dean Jones Jr. .... unit production manager
Teresa Kelly .... post-production supervisor
T. David Pash .... unit manager: Ouarzazate (as David Theodore Pash)
Charles J.D. Schlissel .... unit production manager
Stefano Spadoni .... unit manager
Lucio Trentini .... production manager
John Watson .... unit manager: locations
Mark Scoon .... executive in charge of production (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mohamed Essaghir Aabach .... third assistant director
Tarik Ait Ben Ali .... second second assistant director: Morocco
Kenny Chaplin .... additional second second assistant director: Washington D.C.
Yann Mari Faget .... second assistant director: Morocco
Gary Romolo Fiorelli .... second assistant director
Sallie Anne Hard .... second assistant director (as Sallie Hard)
Kali R. Harrison .... second second assistant director: Washington D.C. (as Kali Harrison)
Ahmed Hatimi .... first assistant director: Morocco
Peter Kohn .... first assistant director
Megan Roberts .... third assistant director
Noureddine Aberdine .... first assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Chris Ashley .... leadman: Washington D.C.
Abdellah Baadil .... assistant art director
Charley Beal .... supervising art director: Washington D.C.
Francesca Birri .... art department coordinator
Sally Black .... on-set dresser
John Bornman .... construction medic
Rebecca Castle .... scenic painter: Washington D.C.
Carl Catanese .... set dresser: Washington D.C.
Joseph Timothy Conway .... assistant props: Washington D.C. (as Joseph Conway)
Xavier Corby .... on-set dresser: Washington D.C.
Jen Day .... art department staff assistant: Washington D.C. (as Jennifer Day)
Joe Dipple .... stand-by props
R. Scott Doran .... leadman: Washington D.C.
Brad Einhorn .... property master: Washington D.C.
Franco Fabietti .... construction foreman: Washington D.C.
Nancy Gomes .... paint foreman: Washington D.C.
Pat Gomes .... paint supervisor: Washington D.C. (as Patrick Gomes)
Peter J. Hampton .... supervising art director: Washington D.C. (as Peter Hampton)
Eric Hunsaker .... assistant props: Washington D.C.
Hinju Kim .... art director: Washington D.C.
Mark Kimber .... supervising chargehand props
Bryan McBrien .... greens coordinator: Washington D.C. (as Bryan A. McBrien)
Alex McCarroll .... set designer: Washington D.C.
Wendy Means .... art department coordinator: Washington D.C. (as Wendy Stanton)
Mike Medina .... assistant construction coordinator: Washington D.C. (as Mike 'Chachi' Medina)
Aziz Mhand .... stand-by props
Ed Natividad .... storyboard artist: Washington D.C. (as Edwin L. Matividad)
Andrea Nowowiejski .... scenic painter: Washington D.C.
Nancy Nye .... set decorator: Washington D.C.
Sean O'Harra .... set dresser: Washington D.C.
Imiaa Ougdal .... art department production assistant
Michael Panevics .... assistant props: Washington D.C. (as Michael A. Panevics)
Dan Pemberton .... construction coordinator: Washington D.C. (as Daniel M. Pemberton)
Julie Pitt .... assistant set decorator
Lester Poser .... assistant props: Washington D.C.
Younes Rahoui .... art department production assistant
Tony Roche .... assistant set decorator
Rich Romig .... set designer: Washington D.C.
Ronald H. Sachs .... greens stand-by: Washington D.C. (as Ronald Sachs)
Monica Sallustio .... assistant art director
Saverio Sammali .... assistant art director
Bridget Shaw .... art department staff assistant: Washington D.C.
Stephen G. Shifflette .... set dresser: Washington D.C.
Zoe Smith .... assistant set decorator
Bob Spore .... assistant props: Washington D.C.
Jeff Stacy .... set dresser: Washington D.C.
Murray Steele .... painter
Antonio Tarolla .... assistant art director
Ivano Todeschi .... head painter
Dave Trevino .... stand-by painter: washington D.C.
Fernando Valento .... construction manager: Washington D.C.
Francesco Valento .... construction foreman: Washington D.C.
Terry Wells Jr. .... assistant property master (as Terry John Wells Jr.)
Laurence William Wells .... supervising chargehand props
Terry Wells .... property master (as Terrty Wells Sr.)
Clive Wilson .... stand-by chargehand prop
Zachary Zirlin .... graphic artist: Washington D.C.
Abdellah Achir .... assistant art director trainee (uncredited)
Mark Bentley .... props (uncredited)
John D. Bert .... assistant props (uncredited)
Mjid Boulane .... assistant property master (uncredited)
Rachid Boulane .... constructor (uncredited)
Luigi Calvitti .... carpenter (uncredited)
Laurence Castello .... painter gangboss (uncredited)
Tina Charad .... graphic designer (uncredited)
Randy Culberhouse .... propmaker foreman (uncredited)
Gary Dawson .... dressing props (uncredited)
Giancarlo Di Fusco .... painter (uncredited)
Billy Edwards .... props buyer (uncredited)
Luke Edwards .... set decorating assistant (uncredited)
Karim Elamri .... set dresser (uncredited)
Colin Fox .... drapes master (uncredited)
Leslie Heins .... signwriter (uncredited)
Trent Hevener .... propmaker (uncredited)
Glauco Isidori .... painter (uncredited)
Thomas Jones .... weapons mould maker (uncredited)
Thomas D. Krausz .... set dresser (uncredited)
Claudio Magrini .... senior carpenter (uncredited)
Charles Maloy .... carpenter (uncredited)
Eric A. Martin .... propmaker (uncredited)
Elizabeth Morris .... buyer (uncredited)
Ollie Novadnieks .... prop buyer (uncredited)
Paul Pastorelli .... gang boss (uncredited)
Domenico Reordino .... painter (uncredited)
Amin Rharda .... props buyer (uncredited)
Michael Ruby .... supervising signwriter (uncredited)
Zoe Wilson .... prop coordinator (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Brahim Ait Belkas .... cable man (as Brahim Aitbelkas)
James Ashwill .... foley mixer
Christopher Assells .... sound effects editor
Karen Baker Landers .... supervising sound editor
Bob Beemer .... sound re-recording mixer
John T. Cucci .... foley artist (as John Cucci)
Dino Dimuro .... sound effects editor (as Dino R. Dimuro)
Per Hallberg .... supervising sound editor
Dan Hegeman .... sound effects editor (as Daniel Hegeman)
Chris Hogan .... dialogue editor (as Christopher W Hogan)
Craig S. Jaeger .... supervising foley editor
Chris Jargo .... supervising adr editor
Daniel R. Kerr .... sound effects librarian
Kraig Kishi .... boom operator
Michael Minkler .... sound re-recording mixer
Philip D. Morrill .... assistant sound editor
Tony Negrete .... assistant sound editor (as Tony R. Negrete)
Dan O'Connell .... foley artist
Michelle Pazer .... adr editor
Jason Petty .... cable utility
Frederick H. Stahly .... dialogue editor
Peter Staubli .... sound effects editor
Richard Van Dyke .... production sound mixer
David Young .... sound engineer (as David M. Young)
Derek Casari .... adr engineer (uncredited)
Corey Eccles .... sound intern (uncredited)
Travis MacKay .... adr recordist (uncredited)
Craig Mann .... sound mix technician (uncredited)
Eric Thompson .... adr mixer (uncredited)
Greg Zimmerman .... adr recordist (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Charles Adcock .... senior pyrotechnic technician (as Charlie Adcock)
Kirk Barton .... special effects technician: Washington D.C. (as Kirk M. Barton)
Grant Boulton .... special effects technician
Caimin Bourne .... special effects senior technician
Ambrose Buchanan .... assistant special effects technician
William Catania .... special effects technician: Washington D.C. (as William Cataria)
Robbie Clot .... special effects gang boss: Washington D.C. (as Robert Clot)
Ryan Conder .... assistant special effects technician
Chris Corbould .... assistant special effects technician (as Chris J. Corbould)
Jamie Corbould .... special effects trainee
Paul Corbould .... special effects supervisor
Aaron Cox .... special effects technician
John Cramman .... special effects technician
Joe Digaetano .... special effects power foreman: Washington D.C. (as Joe DiGaetano)
Thomas Fife .... special effects technician: Washington D.C. (as Thomas W. Fife)
Belaid Fougdal .... special effects technician
Joe Halford .... special effects technician (as Joseph Halford)
Thomas Kittle .... special effects technician: Washington D.C.
Wes Mattox .... special effects technician: Washington D.C.
Marc McCord .... special effects technician: Washington D.C.
John McLeod .... special effects coordinator: Washington D.C.
Dominic Mewburn-Crook .... special effects technician
Andrew Miller .... special effects shop foreman: Washington D.C. (as Andrew Miller)
Tim Mitchell .... special effects technician (as Timothy Mitchell)
Brian Montgomery .... special effects technician: Washington D.C.
Hanin Ouidder .... assistant special effects technician
David Pahoa .... special effects technician: Washington D.C.
Simon Quinn .... special effects technician
Mike Reedy .... special effects gang boss: Washington D.C. (as Michael Reedy)
Shaun Rutter .... special effects senior technician
David Scheper .... special effects technician: Washington D.C.
Nigel Sinclair .... special effects technician
Mohamed Steila .... assistant special effects technician
Frank W. Tarantino .... special effects company operator: Washington D.C. (as Frank Tarantino)
Abdelmajid Tib .... assistant special effects technician
Tom Turnbull .... special effects technician: Washington D.C.
Matthew Veale .... special effects technician
Joseph Walker .... special effects technician: Washington D.C.
Paul Waller .... special effects technician
Daniel Yates .... special effects technician: Washington D.C.
Hank Atterbury .... special effects technician (uncredited)
David Fantham .... special effects driver (uncredited)
Keith Haynes .... special effects technician (uncredited)
James W. McCormick .... special effects technician (uncredited)
Scott McGowan .... special effects (uncredited)
Jeff Miller .... special effects technician (uncredited)
David 'Pinkie' Thomas .... special effects buyer (uncredited)
Gareth Wingrove .... special effects floor supervisor (uncredited)
 
Visual Effects by
Jacquie Barnbrook .... visual effects producer
Bineesh .... roto artist
Douglas Bloom .... visual effects
Brian C. Davis .... visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Jesus De Santiago .... visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Sheena Duggal .... visual effects supervisor
Dick Edwards .... visual effects: Invisible Effects
Fish Essenfeld .... visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Julia Frey .... visual effects producer
Todd Fullerton .... graphics supervisor: Washington D.C.
Nathalie Gonthier .... digital artist
Nathalie Gonthier .... digital effects artist
Isaac Marcos Gonzalez .... visual effects production assistant
Jason Greenblum .... visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Walter F. Hyneman .... visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Daniel Kuehn .... visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Tom Lynnes .... visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
John Monos .... visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
David Neuberger .... visual effects artist
Manuel Plank-Jorge .... visual effects: Invisible Effects
Billy Rich .... visual effects editor
Candice Scott .... visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Wesley Sewell .... visual effects: Invisible Effects (as Wes Sewell)
Chirag R. Shah .... visual effects production coordinator: Imageworks India
Kevin Paul Sheedy .... visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Messrob Torikian .... visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Guy Wiedmann .... visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Lauralee Wiseman .... visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Bjorn Zipprich .... visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Richard Alonso .... computer graphics (uncredited)
Lynn Basas .... visual effects: SPI (uncredited)
Michael Boggs .... scanning manager (uncredited)
Sarah Coatts .... visual effects producer: PIC (uncredited)
Ian Doss .... on set surveyor: Washington D.C., SPI (uncredited)
Mark Fletcher .... screen graphics designer (uncredited)
Frederick Gaudreau .... lighting and compositing technical director (uncredited)
Holly Gosnell .... data wrangler: Morocco (uncredited)
Brian Hamblin .... editorial technical manager: SPI (uncredited)
Val Kharitonashvili .... effects technical director: SPI (uncredited)
Steven Messing .... digital matte artist (uncredited)
Koji Morihiro .... animator (uncredited)
Michael Hugh O'Donnell .... digital coordinator (uncredited)
Andrea Lackey Pace .... manager of production services and resources (uncredited)
Balaji Ramakrishna .... compositor: imageworks india (uncredited)
Sandesh Ramdev .... rotoscope lead (uncredited)
Toby Rosen .... visual effects technician (uncredited)
David Satchwell .... computer graphic supervisor (uncredited)
Panneer Selvam .... roto artist: Imageworks India (uncredited)
Rick Shick .... digital compositor (uncredited)
Rick Shick .... senior Flame artist (uncredited)
Tomoko Shin .... digital compositor (uncredited)
Sukumaran Lalithambika Vijin .... roto artist: imageworks india (uncredited)
Jaikishan Vyas .... digital compositor (uncredited)
Joe Wehmeyer .... data wrangler (uncredited)
John Welborn .... software engineer (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Driss Abad .... stunts
Mohammed Abarach .... stunts
G.A. Aguilar .... stunt coordinator
Bougharough Attawi .... stunts
Faycal Attougui .... stunts
Benamara Azeddine .... stunts (as Benamara Azodine)
Bobby Beckles .... stunts
Mohammed Bemilla .... stunts
Hamid Bourhza .... stunts
Jill Brown .... stunts
Scott Burik .... stunts
Jared Burke .... stunts
Chris Cenatiempo .... stunts
John Cenatiempo .... stunts
Victor Chan .... stunts
Lena Clark .... stunts
Bob Colletti .... stunts
John Copeman .... stunts
Blaise Corrigan .... stunts
Ned Corrigan .... stunts
Stacy Courtney .... stunts
Abdel-Ali El Ghachi .... stunts
Mijo El Ghachi .... stunts
Youssef El Hibaqui .... stunts
Tarik El Mountehi .... stunts
Peter Epstein .... stunts
Aissa Et Brahim .... stunts
Mark Fichera .... stunts
Jeffrey Lee Gibson .... stunts
Rudolph Gonckal .... stunts
Abdilla Grichi .... stunts
Tarick Hadouch .... stunts (as Tarik Hadouch)
Cort Hessler .... stunts
Abdu Rahim Kashmir .... stunts
Sean Kelly .... stunts
Gabriel Manja .... stunt assistant (as Sarki Gabriel Manja)
Gabriel Manja .... stunt performer
Youssef Marchouki .... stunts (as Youssef Merchouki)
Tim McAdams .... stunts
Hamid Mezry .... stunts
Melissa H. Morgan .... stunts (as Melissa Morgan)
Abdellah Oukseh .... stunts
Imad Oukseh .... stunts
Hakim Oumossa .... stunts
Claudio Pacifico .... stunt performer
Christopher Place .... stunts
Thomas Place .... stunts
Dave Pope .... stunts
Stephen A. Pope .... stunts (as Stephen Pope)
Cedric Proust .... stunts (as Cedrick Proust)
Steven Ritzi .... stunts
J.C. Robaina .... stunts
Florian Robin .... stunt performer
Essadik Samali .... stunts
Keith Siglinger .... stunts
Jason Silvis .... stunts
Derrick Simmons .... stunts
Mustapha Touki .... stunts
Aaron Vexler .... stunts
Caroline Vexler .... stunts
Christiana Zephir .... stunts
Rachid Abbad .... stunts (uncredited)
Michael Ahl .... precision driver (uncredited)
Mark Fichera .... stunt double: Leonardo DiCaprio (uncredited)
Othman Ilyassa .... stunt performer (uncredited)
Stephen A. Pope .... assistant stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Don Whatley .... precision driver (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Matthew Alexander .... video coordinator: Washington D.C.
Arin Artounian .... video playback operator: Washington, D.C.
Ian Axilrod .... second assistant camera: "b" camera, Washington D.C.
Mustapha Badredinne .... second assistant camera: "c" camera (as Mustapha Baddredine)
John C. Barber .... dolly grip: "b" camera, Washington D.C. (as John 'JB' Barber)
Chris Beattie .... best boy grip: Washington D.C.
Leonardo Beltrame .... electrician
Josh Blakeslee .... second assistant camera: "d" camera, Washington D.C.
Sarah Brandes .... camera loader: Washington D.C.
Kevin 'Vinnie' Campbell .... rigging best boy: Washington D.C.
Ricky Carrillo .... rigging gaffer: Washington D.C.
Alessandro Chiara .... camera operator: "d" camera (as Alexxandro Ghiara)
Richard Cronn .... assistant chief lighting technician: Washington D.C. (as Richard Cronn Jr.)
Richard Crown .... rigging gaffer
David Deever .... video assist operator (as Dave Deever)
Claudio Del Gobbo .... dolly grip
Massimiliano Dessena .... best boy grip
François Duhamel .... still photographer (as Francois Duhamel)
Giuseppe Falcone .... first assistant camera: "b" camera
Gian Claudio Giacomini .... second assistant camera: "c" camera (as Gianclaudio Giacomini)
Jack Glenn .... dolly grip
James Goldman .... second assistant camera: "a" camera, Washington D.C.
William J. Gray .... first assistant camera: additional "a" camera, Washington D.C. (as William T. Gray)
Mason Hersey .... first assistant camera: "b" camera, Washington D.C.
Ronald Hersey .... camera operator: "b" camera, Washington D.C. (as Ron Hersey)
Scott Hillman .... key rigging grip
Mohammed Amine Hlal .... rigging gaffer: Morocco
Edward Hohman .... rigging grip
Stefan H. Fritz Hummel .... camera operator: remote head camera
Larry Huston .... first assistant camera: "c" camera
David Insley .... camera operator: "d" camera, Washington D.C. (as Dave Insley)
Trevor Loomis .... first assistant camera: "a" camera, Washington D.C.
Marcostavros Maggi .... second assistant camera: "b" camera (as Marco Stavros Maggi)
Stefano Marino .... key gaffer
John Marzano .... aerial director of photography
Daniele Massaccesi .... Steadicam operator: "b" camera
Ivan Massaccesi .... second assistant camera: "d" camera
Larry McConkey .... Steadicam operator: Washington D.C.
Larry McConkey .... camera operator: "c" camera, Washington D.C.
Tommaso Mele .... key grip
David B. Nowell .... aerial director of photography: Washington D.C. (as David Nowell)
Giorgio Perluigi .... additional second assistant camera
Francisco Pintore .... first assistant camera: "d" camera
Ben Plant .... second assistant camera: "a" camera
Jem Rayner .... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Marco Sacerdoti .... camera operator: "c" camera
Mark Sannes .... key grip: Washington D.C.
Mark Schmidt .... camera operator: "a" camera
Pierson Silver .... second assistant camera: "c" camera, Washington D.C.
Massimiliano Simotti .... remote head technician
Ian Speed .... remote head technician
Robert Steadman .... key gaffer
Don Steinberg .... first assistant camera: "d" camera, Washington D.C. (as Donal Steinberg)
Monte Swann .... 24 frame supervising engineer: Washington D.C.
Antonio E. Vega Varela .... camera operator: remote head camera
Giacomo Zampieri .... camera loader
Adil Arbouch .... electrician (uncredited)
Shawn C.H. Baron .... rigging grip (uncredited)
Joey Bruce .... grip (uncredited)
Jeff Callow .... grip (uncredited)
Stefano Di Pasquali .... grip (uncredited)
Jason Dunn .... grip (uncredited)
Doriano Forti .... rigging grip (uncredited)
Michael Gearhart .... grip (uncredited)
William T. Iversen .... grip (uncredited)
John J. Moers .... camera operator: video segment (uncredited)
Giorgio Pezzotti .... grip (uncredited)
Marco Sticchi .... best boy electric (uncredited)
Wade Tyree .... electrician (uncredited)
Daniele Verdenelli .... electrician (uncredited)
Glyn Williams .... first assistant camera: aerial (uncredited)
Franz Wise .... additional electrician (uncredited)
Marc Wolff .... pilot: camera helicopter (uncredited)
 
Casting Department
Billy Dowd .... extras casting
Lois J. Drabkin .... casting associate
Jason Fischman .... casting assistant: Washington D.C.
Lucinda Johnston .... casting assistant: Washington D.C.
Alain Aswani .... extras casting assistant (uncredited)
Zinedine Ibnou Jabal .... casting: Morocco (uncredited)
Hervé Jakubowicz .... casting contact: France (uncredited)
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson .... adr voice casting (uncredited)
Omar Tisli .... casting assistant (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Abdelkrim Akallach .... costume supervisor: Morocco (as Abdelkarim Akallach)
Susan Antonelli .... costumer: Washington D.C.
Michael Castellano .... costumer: Mr. Crowe
Peter k Christopher .... military standby costumer
Mary Ann Creamer .... costumer: Washington D.C.
Bruno de Santa .... principal costumer
Zineb El Idrissi .... costume assistant (as Zineb El Indrissi Mendili)
Jody Felz .... costumer: Washington D.C. (as Jody Ann Felz)
Betsy Glick .... costumer: Washington D.C.
Joe Kowalewski .... assistant costume supervisor (as Neil Josef Kowalewski)
Louise Lewis .... costumer: Washington D.C. (as Louise P. Lewis)
Cookie Lopez .... costumer: Mr. DiCaprio (as Cookie Lopez Fahey)
Martin Mandeville .... costume coordinator
Michael Mooney .... assistant costume designer: UK
Jim Morse .... costumer: Washington D.C.
Christopher Peterson .... assistant costume designer: Washington D.C.
Mark Peterson .... costume supervisor: Washington D.C. (as Mark A. Peterson)
Sunita Singh .... principal costume coordinator (as Sunita Nadine Singh)
Clare Spragge .... costume supervisor
Hartsell Taylor .... key costumer: Washington D.C.
Maurizio Torti .... set costume supervisor
Maria Tortu .... assistant costume designer
Brenda M. Ware .... key costumer: Washington D.C. (as Brenda Ware)
John M. 'Jack' Wright .... key costumer: Washington D.C. (as John M. Wright)
Jessica Albertson .... costume researcher (uncredited)
Kadija Bangura .... costume production assistant (uncredited)
Abderrahim Benkhayi .... costume assistant (uncredited)
Melissa Binder .... costume textile artist (uncredited)
Rob Brown .... costume assistant (uncredited)
Helen L. Collen .... costumer (uncredited)
Zineb Drissi .... assistant costume supervisor (uncredited)
Robert L. Fiks .... costume production assistant (uncredited)
Rebecca M. Graves .... costume assistant (uncredited)
Otmane Khammari .... wardrobe supervisor (uncredited)
Linda O'Reilly .... costume assistant (uncredited)
Gabbie Vincent .... costume production assistant (uncredited)
Joanna Weaving .... costume breakdown (uncredited)
 
Editorial Department
Andrew Havelberg .... avid technician
Peter Lambert .... assistant editor
Kathleen Latlip .... assistant editor
Robert Mead .... assistant editor
Nick Monton .... digital intermediate supervisor: Company 3
Stephen Nakamura .... digital intermediate colorist: Company 3
Billy Rich .... first assistant editor
Stefan Sonnenfeld .... digital intermediate executive producer: Company 3
Alex Romano .... digital intermediate on-line editor (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Pete Anthony .... conductor
Joseph Bonn .... assistant music editor
George Doering .... musician
Bruce Fowler .... orchestrator
Walt Fowler .... orchestrator
Rick Giovinazzo .... orchestrator
Tom Hardisty .... protools engineer (as Tom Hardesty)
Paul S. Henning .... musician: violin
Jamie Luker .... music scoring engineer
Malcolm Luker .... score mixer
Malcolm Luker .... score recordist
Frank Macchia .... music preparation
Yvonne S. Moriarty .... orchestrator (as Yvonne Moriarty)
Mike Nowak .... conductor
Joel J. Richard .... protools engineer
Fletcher Sheridan .... playback singer
Del Spiva .... music editor
James Thatcher .... musician: french horn
Jeremy Borum .... music coordinator (uncredited)
Nick Delaplane .... assistant to composer (uncredited)
Greg Hayes .... score recordist (uncredited)
Richard Wheeler Jr. .... scoring crew (uncredited)
Booker White .... head of music preparation (uncredited)
Gina Zimmitti .... music contractor (uncredited)
 
Transportation Department
Khalid Ameskane .... transportation captain
Mounir Badia .... picture car coordinator
Ali Bakkioui .... transportation coordinator (as Ali Bakkioui El Otmani)
Robert Brubaker .... picture cars
Simon Burgess .... facility driver: unit base stand-by
Daniel Davis .... transportation co-captain: Washington D.C.
Bob Foster .... picture car captain: Washington D.C.
Danielle Fredrickson .... transportation dispatcher
Charles Heidet .... picture vehicle supervisor
Franklin G. Matts .... transportation co-captain: Washington D.C.
David Nemar .... picture vehicle technician
Gary Shephard .... transportation coordinator: Washington D.C.
Larry Shephard .... transportation captain: Washington D.C.
Aaron Skalka .... transportation co-captain: Washington D.C.
Verdell E. Veney .... transportation co-captain: Washington D.C.
Francisco Rojo Villada .... transportation
Martin Walsh .... facilities driver
James Edward Watson .... transportation co-captain: Washington D.C.
Jalal Aqdim .... picture vehicle assistant coordinator (uncredited)
Dan Buckman .... driver: Mr. DiCaprio (uncredited)
Ian Clarke .... picture vehicle technician (uncredited)
Chris Ferrence .... transportation office coordinator (uncredited)
Teresa Haney .... transportation (uncredited)
Graham Kelly .... picture vehicle supervisor (uncredited)
Michael Rich .... driver (uncredited)
Sean Thornton .... picture vehicle floor supervisor (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Youssef Abagourram .... assistant location manager
Barbara Adducci .... assistant production coordinator
Mustapha Adidou .... animal wrangler
El Mahjoub Ahbid .... production assistant
Saad Ajedigue .... production assistant
Matthew Alexander .... computer coordinator: Washington D.C.
Monique Allen .... set staff assistant
Russell Allen .... travel coordinator
Olivier Arnesen .... production coordinator: Washington D.C.
Amal Baggar .... assistant: Mr. Scott
Khalid Banoujaafar .... assistant location manager
Elhoussaine Baouzine .... assistant accountant (as El Houssaine Baouzine)
Michael Barron .... location assistant: Washington D.C.
Taoufio Belemqadem .... security coordinator
Driss Benchhiba .... location manager
Bouchra Bentayeb .... assistant production coordinator
Mustapha Bentayeb .... production assistant
Brice Bexter .... stand-in: male/lead
Susan Bliss .... post script services
Zachary Book .... location assistant: Washington D.C.
Kristen Boulé .... set staff assistant: Washington D.C. (as Kristen Boule)
Emma Brazier .... assistant accountant
Benjamin Cantler .... location assistant: Washington D.C.
Mohamed Chawqui El Indrissi .... location assistant
Brian M. Chilcoat .... set staff assistant: Washington D.C.
J. Chan Claggett .... location manager: Washington D.C. (as Chan Claggett)
Greg Corke .... armorer (as Gregory Corke)
Tianni L. Craig .... office staff assistant: Washington D.C.
Kyle David Crosby .... office staff assistant: Washington D.C. (as Kyle D. Crosby)
Sylvia Davis .... location assistant: Washington D.C.
Judy Dickerson .... dialect coach: Mr. Crowe (as Judi Dickerson)
Hedi El Ayoubi .... set production assistant (as Hedi Elayoubi)
Loubna Elhassani .... production secretary
Dan Erstad .... assistant: Mr. DeLine
Dave Evans .... armorer
Carla Ferroni .... assistant production coordinator
Carol Flaisher .... location manager: Washington D.C.
Scott Foster .... set staff assistant: Washington D.C.
Richard Franceschini .... production resources executive
Kate Galbraith .... assistant production coordinator: Washington, D.C.
Rafael Garcia Velasco .... caterer
Dan Gates .... assistant: Mr. Scott
Christopher Geair .... assistant location manager: Washington D.C.
Travis Greene .... office staff assistant: Washington D.C.
Zuhair Haddad .... adr actor
Lisa Hagenmeyer .... assistant location manager: Washington D.C.
Faical Hajji .... assistant location manager
Mohamed Hamza Zough .... assistant location manager
Danielle Hartzell .... assistant production coordinator: Washington D.C. (as Danielle E. Hartzell)
Candice Haynes .... location assistant: Washington D.C.
Richard Hooper .... armorer
Redouane Inzig .... location set production assistant (as Ridouane Inzig)
Jason Irizarry .... security: Mr. DiCaprio, SISS Ltd.
Christine Irons .... assistant: Mr. Schlissel
Michael James .... security: Mr. Crowe
April A. Janow .... accountant: Washington D.C. (as April Janow)
Mustapoha Jdaa .... nurse: special effects
Bobbie Johnson .... financial controller
Carrie Johnson .... unit nurse
Jeff Johnson .... set medic: Washington D.C.
Octavius Lee Johnson .... location assistant: Washington D.C.
Douglas M. Jones .... set staff assistant: Washington D.C. (as Doug Jones)
Gareth Jones .... security coordinator
Lynsey Jones .... assistant to producer
Soraya Kelley .... voice
Najib Kerroumi .... caterer: Morocco
Tim Kossa .... key location assistant: Washington D.C.
Steven Lafferty .... set staff assistant: Washington D.C.
Daniel Leaderman .... key office staff assistant: Washington D.C.
Dana Lewis .... set staff assistant: Washington D.C.
Michael Lippman .... assistant: Mr. DiCaprio (as Mike Lippman)
Michael Lippman .... set staff assistant: Washington D.C.
Ken Little Jr. .... location assistant: Washington D.C. (as Kenneth Little Jr.)
Mohamed Lofti .... medic (as Dr. Mohamed Lofti)
Myriam Loukili .... accountant: Morocco
Greg Lubin .... office staff assistant: Washington D.C.
Natascha Maksimovic .... assistant: Mr. Scott
Ernie Malik .... unit publicist
Jean Martin .... set staff assistant
Norma Marie Mascia .... supervising production coordinator
Michael Maxwell .... caterer: Mike Maxwell & Co. (as Mike Maxwell)
Terry McAllister .... security: Mr. Crowe
Jacqui McBride .... assistant accountant (as Jacqueline McBride)
Mary McGrady .... studio teacher: On Location Education
Christian McWilliams .... location manager
Brian Mercer .... construction staff assistant accountant
Karin Mercurio .... first assistant accountant
Anna Metcalf .... key second assistant accountant
Tim Monich .... dialect coach: Mr. DiCaprio
Elena Moscatt .... key craft services: Washington D.C.
My Mustapha Oikil .... medic (as Dr. Oikil My El Mustapha)
David Paris .... aerial coordinator: Washington D.C.
Annie Penn .... script supervisor
Eric Plummer .... set staff assistant: Washington D.C.
Eric B. Plummer .... assistant location manager: Washington D.C.
Maresa Pullman .... assistant: Mr. Costigan
Rachid Quiat .... assistant location manager
Billy Raum .... location assistant: Washington D.C.
Ayana Reece .... production secretary: Washington D.C.
Michael J. Regina .... office staff assistant: Washington D.C.
Mohammed Hamza Regragui .... production assistant: Morocco
Miguel Reyes .... assistant: Mr. Costigan
Deborah Ricketts .... video researcher
Keith Rodger .... assistant: Mr. Crowe
Kevin Thomas Roy .... set staff assistant (as Kevin Roy)
Marvin Ruffin .... location assistant: Washington D.C. (as Marvin Earl Ruffin)
Nancy Ryan .... assistant: Mr. Scott
Sam Sako .... dialect coach
Will Samuelson .... helicopter pilot (as William Samuelson)
Will Samuelson .... helicopter pilot: aerial unit
Michelle Schrauwers .... set staff assistant
Christopher Scott .... set staff assistant: Washington D.C.
Mostafa Selmani .... production assistant
John Semedik .... first assistant accountant: Washington D.C.
Jay Shepley .... production assistant
Neville Shulman .... special advisor: Mr. Scott
Wannapa 'Gai' Sinthunawa .... assistant accountant: New York (as Wannapa Sinthunawa Gai)
Tony Smith .... security coordinator
Andy Stephens .... aerial operations manager
Julian Stone .... adr voice artist
David Szymanski .... location assistant: Washington D.C.
Widad Taha .... production coordinator
Sarah Trowse .... production accountant
Shane Tunney .... location assistant: Washington D.C.
Jarik Van Sluijs .... creative director: main titles
Sheila Waldron .... script supervisor: Washington D.C.
Annie Watton .... script supervisor (as Annie Penn Watton)
Marc Wolff .... aerial coordinator
Kadija Bangura .... production secretary (uncredited)
Anthony Batarse .... adr voice (uncredited)
Moncef Belam .... production staff (uncredited)
Kathy Brady .... technical advisor (uncredited)
Matt Cannon .... stand-in (uncredited)
Eddy Challita .... dialect coach: arabic (uncredited)
Sherry L. Dera .... production assistant (uncredited)
Jake Edmonds .... health and safety advisor (uncredited)
Todd Feaser .... accounting assistant (uncredited)
Robert L. Fiks .... production assistant (uncredited)
Nicholas Glekas .... production assistant (uncredited)
Marci Graber .... second assistant accountant (uncredited)
Pamela B. Green .... producer: main titles (uncredited)
Yerman Gur .... adr voice (uncredited)
Yasmine Hanani .... additional voices (uncredited)
Sallie Keena .... production assistant (uncredited)
Aymen Khalifa .... cultural consultant (uncredited)
Jim Lau .... adr voice match (uncredited)
Michael Lloyd .... runner (uncredited)
Laura Miles .... script supervisor (uncredited)
Brian Muelhaupt .... production assistant (uncredited)
Heidi Brook Myers .... adr loop group (uncredited)
Aladine Naamou .... adr voice (uncredited)
Philip Pickford .... aerial safety coordinator (uncredited)
Jonathan Reich .... location scout: Washington, DC (uncredited)
Brieann Rich .... set medic (uncredited)
Nicholas Rich .... technical advisor (uncredited)
Alya Sako .... adr loop artist (uncredited)
Joanie Selden .... payroll accountant (uncredited)
Setareh .... adr voice (uncredited)
Elizabeth Sherman .... production assistant (uncredited)
Hadeel Sittu .... additional voices (uncredited)
Megan Taylor .... production assistant (uncredited)
Maurizio Torti .... set supervisor (uncredited)
Kevin Trehy .... production executive (uncredited)
Alexander von Roon .... adr talent (uncredited)
Judith Walder .... construction accountant (uncredited)
 
Thanks
King Mohamed VI .... thanks (as His Majesty Mohammed VI)
 

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Also Known As:
"World of Lies" - Japan (English title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence including some torture, and for language throughout
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Runtime:
128 min
Country:
USA | UK
Language:
English | Arabic
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
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Sound Mix:
SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:R (certificate #44537) | Ireland:15A | Finland:K-15 | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/Ontario) | UK:15 | Netherlands:16 | South Africa:16LV | Canada:18A (British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia) | Australia:MA | Singapore:NC-16 | New Zealand:R16 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | South Korea:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Japan:PG-12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | France:U | Argentina:16 | Brazil:16 | India:A | Sweden:15 | Malaysia:18SG | Peru:14 | Norway:15 | Taiwan:R-12
Filming Locations:
Annapolis, Maryland, USASee more »
Company:
Warner BrosSee more »

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Trivia:
A key scene's spectacular explosion is not a digital effect; it was a real, though controlled and safe, pyrotechnic blast - much to the delight (or, in some cases, surprise) of neighborhood onlookers.See more »
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Ferris gets Garland to write an e-mail from Sadiki's fake e-mail address to get Al-Saleem's attention, he starts out by saying: "In the name of God, no (you know what), strike that - In the name of God, the merciful...". But when we see Garland's writing on the screen, he hasn't added "the merciful" to his text.See more »
Quotes:
[first lines]
Al-Saleem:Ali.
Ali:Yeah.
Al-Saleem:As we destroyed the bus in Sheffield last week, we will be ready and prepared for the operation in Britain. We avenge the American wars on the Muslim world.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Episode #7.141" (2009)See more »
Soundtrack:
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188 out of 263 people found the following review useful.
Ridley does it again, 7 October 2008
Author: Shrykespeare from Glendale, AZ

You really have to admire Ridley Scott's moxie.

Even though the 70-year-old director has long established himself as one of Hollywood's best and most durable directors; having helmed some of the most entertaining films of all time, in virtually every genre (including sci-fi classics like Alien and Blade Runner); and having been nominated no less than three times for the Best Director Oscar (Thelma & Louise, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down), to decide to take on theme that has produced exactly zero blockbusters thus far – the Middle East and terrorism – takes an incredible amount of chutzpah.

But it does help if you have the help of two of the biggest actors in Hollywood at the moment, those being Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe (who has worked with Scott on two previous films, Gladiator and A Good Year). It's ironic to think that the last time these two actors shared the screen was back in 1995, with the clichéd-but-entertaining oater The Quick and the Dead. Of course, at the time, Crowe was a complete unknown and DiCaprio was a 21-year-old newcomer with only a couple of notable titles under his belt. But oh, how that's all changed now.

It's not easy to describe the plot of Body of Lies without giving too much away. DiCaprio plays CIA operative Roger Ferris, who is trying to flush out a terrorist leader named Al-Saleem in Jordan. He gets his orders from Ed Hoffman (Crowe), a man for whom results are the only satisfactory outcome, delivered with a fair amount of arrogance and a cocky Southern drawl. Ed plays the situation like a kid playing a video game, and has the resources to change the rules anytime he feels like it, dispensing his orders from his office, from his backyard, from his daughter's soccer game, for Pete's sake! This, of course, infuriates Ferris to no end, because he is the one who is in the trenches, chasing the bad guys, dodging bullets, ducking explosions, and procuring the badly-needed intelligence that Hoffman needs. Ferris is also trying to build a productive working relationship with the head of Jordanian Intelligence, Hani Salaam (Mark Strong), a relationship that is made even more tenuous by Hoffman's double-dealings and hidden agendas.

There are so many ways that Scott could have screwed this up. A lesser director might have chosen to ramp up the action, sacrificing intelligence for entertainment. A lesser director could have taken this story of espionage and twisted it into a convoluted and indecipherable Gordian knot. A lesser director would have gotten less convincing performances from his lead actors.

But Ridley Scott is not a lesser director. Though the plot is indeed complex, with many layers and sub-layers, deceit and treachery, Scott never lets you lose sight of the overall picture. He tells a solid, wonderfully entertaining story, without the need to drive home its message with sledgehammer subtlety (after all, very few things are black and white). And most of all, he gets electric performances from Crowe and DiCaprio, whose symbiotic relationship with a thinly-veiled veneer of mutual contempt is a pleasure to watch.

I don't know if Body of Lies will end up breaking through the barrier that every movie in this genre couldn't; but for what it's worth, I hope it does. One thing's for sure… if anybody can, Ridley Scott can.

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