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Sayed Badreya (writer)
Hesham Issawi (writer)
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A family man (Badreya) opens an authentic Middle Eastern restaurant with his best friend, who's Jewish. full summary | add synopsis
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Cannes Producer's Patch: Maximum Films Int.
(From ioncinema. 15 May 2008)
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Strong Characterizations - Unfocused Plot more (2 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Erick Avari | ... | Fikry |
 | Anthony Azizi | ... | Murad |
 | Sayed Badreya | ... | Mustafa Marzoke |
 | Mike Batayeh | ... | Ya Ya |
 | Tay Blessey | ... | Leila Marzoke |
 | Faouzi Brahimi | ... | Patron |
 | Michael Bretten | ... | Christian Balloon Boy At LAX (as Michael Robert) |
 | Mark Daniel Cade | ... | Federal Agent #1 |
 | Christopher Carley | ... | Supporting |
| Brad Carr | ... | Police Officer |
 | Richard Chagoury | ... | Mohammed Marzake |
 | Paul Clausen | ... | A.D. |
| Paul Terrell Clayton | ... | Officer in Charge |
 | Tania Damha | ... | Belly Dancer |
| John Bryant Davila | ... | First Mohammed |
 | Nasser Faris | ... | Sabir (as Al Faris) |
 | Sam Golzari | ... | David |
 | Larissa Gomes | ... | Linda |
 | Tim Guinee | ... | John Westerman |
 | Virginia Hamilton | ... | Casting director |
 | Narmar Hanna | ... | Arabic Channel Reporter |
 | Adam Hendershott | ... | Customer #1 |
| Diane Kim | ... | Woman in airport |
 | Nathan Kirkland | ... | FBI agent |
| Manny Kleinmuntz | ... | Ben Bloom |
 | Tara Knabenshue | ... | Coffee Shop Girl |
 | Eric Michael Kochmer | ... | FBI Agent |
 | Julie Lancaster | ... | Reporter |
| Kais Nashif | ... | Omar |
 | Ron Ostrow | ... | American Reporter |
| Tony Plana | ... | Dez |
 | Kimi Reichenberg | ... | Terri |
| Ritika | ... | Cafe Patron |
| Liz Rowley | ... | Nun inside of Airport |
| Sarah Shahi | ... | Salwah |
| Michael Shalhoub | ||
 | Tony Shalhoub | ||
| Combiz Shams | ... | Third Mohammed |
 | Sammy Sheik | ... | Abdulla |
 | Haaz Sleiman | ... | Slick Ali |
| Indi Wijay | ||
 | Constance Zimmer | ... | The Director |
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Rated R for language, including some sexual references, and brief drug use.
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Greece:110 min
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This movie attempts to tell the story of Arab-Americans living in post 9/11 Los Angeles. It is definitely a message film, and its commendable message is that Arabs are human beings just like anyone else, and that they are finding it particularly difficult to cope in the U.S. due to American fears of terrorism and stereotyping. Unfortunately, the message at times seems more important than the story, which is an amalgam of a wide variety of problems facing Arab-Americans today. Consequently, AmericanEast often feels more like a primer on the problems of Arab-Americans than an actual movie. This is best illustrated by one inadvertently humorous segment in which the history of Islam's interactions with the West is presented in a cartoon. Seemingly aimed at easily bored junior high school students, it would be best entitled "Middle East History for Super-Super Dummies" - i.e., typical young Americans. AmericanEast should be strongly praised for its many very real, well portrayed Arab-American characters. If only they were in the service of a more focused plot this would have been a fine film.