Caught in the crossfires of civil war, CIA operatives must send a former U.S. diplomat to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind.Caught in the crossfires of civil war, CIA operatives must send a former U.S. diplomat to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind.Caught in the crossfires of civil war, CIA operatives must send a former U.S. diplomat to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind.
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- 1 nomination
Khalid Benchagra
- Nadim
- (as Khalid Benchegra)
Yoav Sadian
- Karim (13 Years Old)
- (as Yoav Sadian Rosenberg)
Abdeslam Bounouacha
- Partygoer #3
- (as Abdesselam Abounouacha)
Youssef El Hibaqui
- Gunman
- (as Youssef El Hibaoui)
Hichame Ouraqa
- Abu Rajal
- (as Hicham Ouraqa)
Charley Broderick
- Boston Cop
- (as Charles Broderick)
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- TriviaThe city of Tangier in Morocco proved to be especially suitable as a stand-in for Beirut because of a quirky chapter in the city's recent history. "Tangier had a building boom ten years ago and it all came from drug money," producer Monica Levinson explained. "When the government figured that out, they immediately put a stop to the construction, so you have a ton of buildings in Tangier that are just half-built shells. The government didn't want squatters to dwell in these buildings so they took sledge hammers and bulldozers and reduced the buildings to rubble. It was incredible to find all of that existing in Tangier."
- GoofsAlice returns to an apartment in which Cal has been staying that is said to be in a very unsafe area of the city. It is not realistic that a CIA operative in Beirut with responsibilities for supervising all Middle East operations would be domiciled in a very unsafe sector of any city in which his station was located.
- Quotes
Mason Skiles: You're not hallucinating. It's me Mason.
Mason Skiles: [to sandy] I don't want to be anywhere near this murdering fuck
[to Abu Rajal in Arabic]
Mason Skiles: Today is you're lucky night... YOU SON OF A WHORE!
Featured review
I quite like John Hamm. The man has this natural charm about him, he just seems like a nice, fun guy to the point that even when he's not great, he's still enjoyable. Beirut is a great example of that because the movie itself is kinda underwhelming but I still enjoyed him in it for the most part. Can't say the same for Pike. I don't know what it is but most of her performances annoy me and this wasn't an exception. That's really the story of Beirut though. There are times when it's good, clever and entertaining and then times when it's just soooo bad and the rest of the time it's just super generic. Nothing is ventured and nothing is really gained.
This is a tough one because I want to call it background noise but that doesn't work because there are things happening and it wouldn't work if you don't pay attention, but it's not really worth giving your attention either so it's stuck in this weird limbo space of only really being suitable for people that just want to watch it for some reason. Definitely not one I'd recommend paying any money on, if you can't at least check it out for free first then don't bother.
This is a tough one because I want to call it background noise but that doesn't work because there are things happening and it wouldn't work if you don't pay attention, but it's not really worth giving your attention either so it's stuck in this weird limbo space of only really being suitable for people that just want to watch it for some reason. Definitely not one I'd recommend paying any money on, if you can't at least check it out for free first then don't bother.
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- Oct 13, 2020
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- High Wire Act
- Filming locations
- Tangier, Morocco(city: Beirut, environs: desert regions)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,019,226
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,734,497
- Apr 15, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $7,509,436
- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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