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Ausnahmezustand

Original title: The Siege
  • 1998
  • 16
  • 1h 56m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
78K
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Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis, and Annette Bening in Ausnahmezustand (1998)
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The secret U.S. abduction of a suspected terrorist leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York City, which leads to the declaration of martial-law.The secret U.S. abduction of a suspected terrorist leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York City, which leads to the declaration of martial-law.The secret U.S. abduction of a suspected terrorist leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York City, which leads to the declaration of martial-law.

  • Director
    • Edward Zwick
  • Writers
    • Lawrence Wright
    • Menno Meyjes
    • Edward Zwick
  • Stars
    • Denzel Washington
    • Bruce Willis
    • Annette Bening
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    78K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Edward Zwick
    • Writers
      • Lawrence Wright
      • Menno Meyjes
      • Edward Zwick
    • Stars
      • Denzel Washington
      • Bruce Willis
      • Annette Bening
    • 304User reviews
    • 86Critic reviews
    • 53Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 4 nominations

    Videos2

    The Siege
    Trailer 2:06
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    Lance Reddick Rolls Our Dice on His Career
    Video 3:22
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    Photos53

    Denzel Washington in Ausnahmezustand (1998)
    Bruce Willis in Ausnahmezustand (1998)
    Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, and Tony Shalhoub in Ausnahmezustand (1998)
    Denzel Washington in Ausnahmezustand (1998)
    Denzel Washington in Ausnahmezustand (1998)
    Bruce Willis in Ausnahmezustand (1998)
    Denzel Washington and Bruce Willis in Ausnahmezustand (1998)
    Annette Bening in Ausnahmezustand (1998)
    Denzel Washington and Annette Bening in Ausnahmezustand (1998)
    Ausnahmezustand (1998)
    Edward Zwick in Ausnahmezustand (1998)
    Denzel Washington and Edward Zwick in Ausnahmezustand (1998)

    Top cast

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    Denzel Washington
    Denzel Washington
    • Anthony Hubbard
    Bruce Willis
    Bruce Willis
    • General William Devereaux
    Annette Bening
    Annette Bening
    • Elise Kraft…
    Tony Shalhoub
    Tony Shalhoub
    • Frank Haddad
    Sami Bouajila
    Sami Bouajila
    • Samir Nazhde
    Ahmed Ben Larby
    • Sheik Achmed Bin Talal
    Mosleh Mohamed
    • Muezzin
    Lianna Pai
    Lianna Pai
    • Tina Osu
    • (as Liana Pai)
    Mark Valley
    Mark Valley
    • Mike Johanssen
    Jack Gwaltney
    Jack Gwaltney
    • Fred Darius
    David Proval
    David Proval
    • Danny Sussman
    Lance Reddick
    Lance Reddick
    • FBI Agent Floyd Rose
    Jeremy Knaster
    • INS Official
    William Hill
    William Hill
    • INS Uniform
    Aasif Mandvi
    Aasif Mandvi
    • Khalil Saleh
    Frank DiElsi
    • Officer Williams
    Wood Harris
    Wood Harris
    • Officer Henderson
    Ellen Bethea
    • Anita
    • Director
      • Edward Zwick
    • Writers
      • Lawrence Wright
      • Menno Meyjes
      • Edward Zwick
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      According to an interview that screenwriter Lawrence Wright gave to CBS in 2007, the film was a box-office failure upon its theatrical release, "but it was the most-rented movie in America after 9/11." Wright also claimed that the initial release bombed because "Muslim and Arab protesters picketed the theaters. They were furious at being stereotyped as terrorists."
    • Goofs
      Sheik Ahmed Bin Talal is shown the be abducted in Lebanon, and a desert is shown. Lebanon is the only Arab country without a desert.
    • Quotes

      Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard: [upon learning Devereaux's plans to torture Tariq] Are you people insane? What are you talkin' about?

      General William Devereaux: The time has come for one man to suffer in order to save hundreds of lives.

      Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard: One Man? What about two, huh? What about six? How about public executions?

      General William Devereaux: Feel free to leave whenever you like, Agent Hubbard.

      Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard: Come on General, you've lost men, I've lost men, but you - you, you *can't* do this! What, what if they don't even want the sheik, have you considered that? What if what they really want is for us to herd our children into stadiums like we're doing? And put soldiers on the street and have Americans looking over their shoulders? Bend the law, shred the Constitution just a little bit? Because if we torture him, General, we do that and everything we have fought, and bled, and died for is over. And they've won. They've already won!

      General William Devereaux: Escort him out.

    • Alternate versions
      Some post-2001 versions have the World Trade Center digitally removed from the New York skyline.
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Living Out Loud/Unmade Beds/American History X/John Carpenter's Vampires/The Celebration (1998)
    • Soundtracks
      First You Cry
      Written by Buddy Flett and David Egan

      Performed by Little Buster And The Soul Brothers

      Courtesy of Rounder Records

      by arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group

    User reviews304

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    Featured review
    7/10
    A solid film about paranoia and extremism
    I still can't see why this film was looked down upon objectively by the Arab-Americans living in the USA. Granted, this was before all of the Sept. 11 bombings, but the way the people were depicted in the film was objective. You had the extremists, capable of destroying building with no remorse from life, and you then had the other side. The innocents, the legal Arabs who love this country as much as the next person, blindly being lumped into one group without any provocation. This film isn't about anti-Arab sentiment, its more about paranoia and hasty decision making brought about by reactionary leadership. Interesting and enthralling, this film is better than what most people give it credit for.
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    25
    • Agent10
    • May 20, 2002

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 21, 1999 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Arabic
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • The Siege
    • Filming locations
      • Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Twentieth Century Fox
      • Lynda Obst Productions
      • The Bedford Falls Company
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $70,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $40,981,289
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $13,931,285
      • Nov 8, 1998
    • Gross worldwide
      • $116,672,912
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 56 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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