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Machtlos

Original title: Rendition
  • 2007
  • 16
  • 2h 2m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
58K
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Alan Arkin, Meryl Streep, Reese Witherspoon, and Jake Gyllenhaal in Machtlos (2007)
Renditioning, the practice of moving terror suspects to overseas prisons for detention and interrogation, is examined from the vantage point of those affected by it.
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When a terrorist bombing in North Africa kills 19 incl. an American, an Egyptian chemical engineer flying from South Africa to his wife in USA, is arrested upon arriving USA. He disappears. ... Read allWhen a terrorist bombing in North Africa kills 19 incl. an American, an Egyptian chemical engineer flying from South Africa to his wife in USA, is arrested upon arriving USA. He disappears. His wife asks senator for help.When a terrorist bombing in North Africa kills 19 incl. an American, an Egyptian chemical engineer flying from South Africa to his wife in USA, is arrested upon arriving USA. He disappears. His wife asks senator for help.

  • Director
    • Gavin Hood
  • Writer
    • Kelley Sane
  • Stars
    • Reese Witherspoon
    • Jake Gyllenhaal
    • Peter Sarsgaard
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    58K
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    • Director
      • Gavin Hood
    • Writer
      • Kelley Sane
    • Stars
      • Reese Witherspoon
      • Jake Gyllenhaal
      • Peter Sarsgaard
    • 224User reviews
    • 80Critic reviews
    • 55Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

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    Alan Arkin and Meryl Streep in Machtlos (2007)
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    Reese Witherspoon and Peter Sarsgaard in Machtlos (2007)
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    Reese Witherspoon
    Reese Witherspoon
    • Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi
    Jake Gyllenhaal
    Jake Gyllenhaal
    • Douglas Freeman
    Peter Sarsgaard
    Peter Sarsgaard
    • Alan Smith
    Alan Arkin
    Alan Arkin
    • Senator Hawkins
    Meryl Streep
    Meryl Streep
    • Corrine Whitman
    Omar Metwally
    Omar Metwally
    • Anwar El-Ibrahimi
    Igal Naor
    Igal Naor
    • Abasi Fawal
    Hadar Ratzon Rotem
    Hadar Ratzon Rotem
    • Safiya
    • (as Hadar Ratzon)
    J.K. Simmons
    J.K. Simmons
    • Lee Mayer
    Simon Abkarian
    Simon Abkarian
    • Said Abdel Aziz
    Moa Khouas
    • Khalid El-Emin
    Zineb Oukach
    • Fatima Fawal
    Aramis Knight
    Aramis Knight
    • Jeremy El-Ibrahimi
    Rosie Malek-Yonan
    Rosie Malek-Yonan
    • Nuru El-Ibrahimi
    Laila Mrabti
    • Lina Fawal
    David Fabrizio
    David Fabrizio
    • William Dixon
    Mounir Margoum
    • Rani
    Driss Roukhe
    • Bahi
    • Director
      • Gavin Hood
    • Writer
      • Kelley Sane
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    • Trivia
      Based on the true story of Khalid El-Masri, a German citizen who was mistaken for Khalid al-Masri, rumored to have been involved with the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. In 2004, El-Masri was arrested and transferred to a "black" site in Afghanistan where he was interrogated, beaten, sexually abused, and tortured for five months before the C.I.A. released him, admitting that his capture and torture were a mistake.
    • Goofs
      In the beginning when Anwar is in Cape Town, South Africa, according to the shadows cast by the men in Anwar's party, it's about 1 pm. He makes a call to Isabella in Chicago, United States when he apologizes for not calling her earlier. Cape Town is 8 hours ahead of Chicago, it would have been pitch dark in Chicago at that time but Isabella is outside in the midday sun playing soccer with Jeremy.
    • Quotes

      Corrine Whitman: Honey, this is nasty business. There are upwards of 7,000 people in central London alive tonight, because of information that we elicited just this way. So maybe you can put your head on your pillow and feel proud for saving one man while 7,000 perish, but I got grandkids in London, so I'm glad I'm doing this job... and you're not.

    • Connections
      Featured in HBO First Look: Two Sides of a Story: The Making of 'Rendition' (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Akli Fiha
      Written by Belgot Mohammed Tarik

      Performed by Cheb Tarik

      Courtesy of La Fa Mi Productions

      By Arrangement with The Orchard

    User reviews224

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    9/10
    Rendition
    "I fear you speak upon the rack, where men enforced do speak anything." This Shakespearean line from The Merchant of Venice is echoed again in the new film Rendition which introduces the viewer to the "enhanced methods of interrogation", renditions, which began in the Clinton Administration and have become more commonplace since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001.

    The film features an all-star cast, with Oscar winners Meryl Streep, Alan Arkin, and Reese Witherspoon, as well as Peter Sarsgaard, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Omar Metwally. Supporting roles filled by unfamiliar actors deliver as well, sucking the audience into the plot, and showing how many people can be affected by overseas terror attacks, and our means of investigating them.

    Rendition follows an Egyptian born terrorism suspect (Metwally) who is taken by U.S. officials following his flight from South Africa to Washington DC to an undisclosed prison overseas. His pregnant wife (Witherspoon) ventures to Washington DC to find out about his disappearance through a family friend and Senator's employee (Sarsgaard). Gyllenhaal plays a young CIA analyst at the overseas detention facility who monitors the violent interrogation.

    This film follows the emotional plights of the torture victim (Metwally), and those involved in obtaining the supposed information from him. Some, like the CIA analyst (Gyllenhaal), are visibly shaken and horrified by the methods exercised, while others, the stern Senator (Streep) and foreign interrogator (Yigal Naor), see it as necessary and effective.

    The film may be described by some as a political piece, but is ultimately an emotional one. Metwally's performance as the tortured prisoner is Oscar-worthy. The film does not intend to preach, but rather to question and inform the audience on a topic that does not often have a human face put on it. Renditions have been known to work, but have also been known to produce false information from innocent prisoners. The film simply depicts the emotional struggles of those involved in such grave business, and does so in a way that will affect every viewer differently. The film will keep your interest, and have you engaged in each of the character's plights.
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    • Release date
      • November 22, 2007 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Warner Bros. (Germany)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • Rendition
    • Filming locations
      • Marrakech, Morocco
    • Production companies
      • Anonymous Content
      • Level 1 Entertainment
      • MID Foundation
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $27,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $9,736,045
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,670,000
      • Oct 21, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $27,066,382
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 2 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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