Beirut (2018)

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.

Director:

Brad Anderson

Writer:

Tony Gilroy

Stars:

Jon Hamm, Jay Potter, Khalid Benchagra

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jon Hamm	...	Mason Skiles
Jay Potter	...	Congressman
Khalid Benchagra	...	Nadim (as Khalid Benchegra)
Ania Josse	...	Partygoer #1
Angus John Crisford Pritchard-Gordon	...	Partygoer #2
Yoav Sadian	...	Karim (13 Years Old) (as Yoav Sadian Rosenberg)
Leïla Bekhti	...	Nadia Skiles
Kate Fleetwood	...	Alice Riley
Mark Pellegrino	...	Cal Riley
Abdesselam Bounouacha	...	Partygoer #3 (as Abdesselam Abounouacha)
Colin Stinton	...	Mr. Jones
Mustapha Touki	...	Gunman
Youssef El Hibaqui	...	Gunman (as Youssef El Hibaoui)
Aziz Attougui	...	Gunman
Hichame Ouraqa	...	Abu Rajal (as Hicham Ouraqa)

Storyline

Mason Skiles had a great life as a diplomat in Beirut. He and his wife, Nadia, live in a beautiful house and have been mentoring a thirteen year-old Palestinian boy named Karim. The opening scene is a party that the Stiles are hosting for other dignitaries. Karim is helping out serving the guests. When a CIA friend of Mason, Cal, comes to the party he is interested only in taking Karim in for questioning about an older brother Mason doesn't know about. What happens that night changes Mason's life forever, along several others at the party...

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Plot Keywords:

beirut | arab | middle east | terrorist | terrorism | 

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Taglines:

The Americans want to keep their secrets. The Israelis want to raise the stakes. He only wants to save a life.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, some violence and a brief nude image

Did You Know?

Trivia

The period of principal photography on this picture, according to producer Monica Levinson, was just thirty-three days.

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Goofs

Alice 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.

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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!

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Connections

Referenced in Midnight Screenings: Blumhouse's Truth or Dare/Beirut (2018)

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Soundtracks

Samba So
Written by Tereza Souza & Walter Santos Souza
Performed by Claudette Soares
Courtesy of Mr. Bongo Worldwide Ltd.

User Reviews

Its okayish

The film is nothing special to me. Its normal if you wanna wasted some minutes. I give it 5 stars, man.

Details

Official Sites:

Bleecker Street Media Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English Arabic French

Release Date:

11 April 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

High Wire Act

Filming Locations:

Tangier, Morocco

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,734,497, 15 April 2018

Gross USA:

$5,019,226

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$7,509,436

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kasbah Films, Radar Pictures, ShivHans Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1