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The Gatekeepers

  • 20122012
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 41m
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7.6/10
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The Gatekeepers (2012)
A documentary featuring interviews with all surviving former heads of Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency whose activities and membership are closely held state secrets.
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A documentary featuring interviews with all surviving former heads of Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency whose activities and membership are closely held state secrets.A documentary featuring interviews with all surviving former heads of Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency whose activities and membership are closely held state secrets.A documentary featuring interviews with all surviving former heads of Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency whose activities and membership are closely held state secrets.
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
5.7K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
51,663
1,431
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    • Director
      • Dror Moreh
    • Stars
      • Ami Ayalon
      • Avraham Shalom
      • Avi Dichter
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    • Director
      • Dror Moreh
    • Stars
      • Ami Ayalon
      • Avraham Shalom
      • Avi Dichter
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    • 36User reviews
    • 105Critic reviews
    • 91Metascore
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 7 wins & 12 nominations total

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    Carmi Gillon in The Gatekeepers (2012)
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    Yuval Diskin in The Gatekeepers (2012)
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    Ami Ayalon
    Ami Ayalon
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    Avraham Shalom
    Avraham Shalom
    • Self
    Avi Dichter
    Avi Dichter
    • Self
    Yaakov Peri
    Yaakov Peri
    • Self
    Yuval Diskin
    Yuval Diskin
    • Self
    Carmi Gillon
    Carmi Gillon
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      • Dror Moreh
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    • Trivia
      Based on an interview of the director in one of the film festival showing that is is supposed to be a 5-part TV series intended to utilize the rest of the interview material.
    • Goofs
      In the opening scene, the coordinates on satellite or UAV video feed are either in the East Pacific or the West Pacific depending on whether one takes the longitude to be East or West respectively.
    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      Yuval Diskin: As Head of the Shin Bet, you learn that politicians prefer binary options. They don't like having three or four options. They want you to tell them "Zero or one. Do it. Don't do it." As a commander, I find myself in situations that are different shades of gray.

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    10/10
    An important film
    Like it or not--and some will despise it--"The Gatekeepers" is MUST SEE for anyone concerned about Israel's future. While it is true, as one reviewer has pointed out, that excerpts from the interviews with six former heads of Shin Bet, Israel's spy agency, have been assembled and, therefore, shaped by the director, what emerges is nevertheless astounding. To be sure there are significant differences of opinion on some issues -- like the efficacy of targeted assassinations, for example--and those differences have been obscured in some reviews of this documentary. But what unites the six is a good deal more significant than what divides them. They all regard the occupation as a disaster. They are all pessimistic about the future. They have contempt for most of Israel's politicians, who, they say, are consumed by tactical considerations but have no strategy. To a man, they want peace and see it slipping away. To a man they blame settlers and extremist rabbis, together with the politicians who have enabled them. (Only Yitzhak Rabin is admired by any of the six.) Yes, it's depressing. But reality is often depressing, and this is a necessary dose of reality from men who have spent their lifetimes in Israel's service.
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    • Release date
      • March 14, 2013 (Singapore)
    • Countries of origin
      • Israel
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • Hebrew
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Los guardianes
    • Production companies
      • Mac Guff Ligne
      • Cinephil
      • Dror Moreh Productions
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,415,727
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $61,552
      • Feb 3, 2013
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,573,616
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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