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 | middle east | arab | terrorist | terrorism | 

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Taglines:

Beirut: 1982. The Paris of the Middle East Was Burning.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Official Sites:

Bleecker Street Media Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English Arabic

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, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$5,019,226, 14 June 2018

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$6,586,621, 14 June 2018

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kasbah-Film Tanger,Radar Pictures,ShivHans Pictures

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

While locations in the largely Islamic country of Morocco offered filmmakers a perfectly imperfect landscape as stand-in for 1980s-era Beirut, the production's timing proved to be challenging. This picture was filmed during the month-long Ramadan holiday, which requires devout Muslims to fast all day. "For all of our local crew members, nothing could pass the lips during daylight," producer Mark Weber said. "No water, no food. We had some very hot, sunny, dusty days and that made it challenging to work efficiently." Under the circumstances, Weber said, "The crew did a great job."

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Goofs

Mason Smiles (Jon Hamm) warns that the operation may "go sideways." The movie is set in 1982 but this phrase wasn't commonly used until the early 2000's.

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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Jon Hamm/Emily Ratajkowski/Patrick Reed/Khalid & Normani (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

A quality tense and gripping thriller.

Ignore the irrelevant comments and reviews, this is a terrifically told story and is entertaining. I heard that 'The Quiet Place' was filmed in a very noisy location so perhaps that deserves low reviews too.... Just go and enjoy Beirut, it's a great movie.