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The Looming Tower

  • TV Mini Series
  • 2018
  • TV-MA
  • 41m
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8.0/10
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The Looming Tower (2018)
"The Looming Tower" traces the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda in the late 1990s and how the rivalry between the FBI and CIA during that time may have inadvertently set the path for the tragedy of 9/11. The series follows members of the I-49 Squad in New York and Alec Station in Washington, D.C., the counter-terrorism divisions of the FBI and CIA, respectively, as they travel the world fighting for ownership of information while seemingly working toward the same goal - trying to prevent an imminent attack on U.S. soil.
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A look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan.A look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan.A look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan.

  • Creators
    • Dan Futterman
    • Alex Gibney
    • Lawrence Wright
  • Stars
    • Jeff Daniels
    • Tahar Rahim
    • Wrenn Schmidt
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    19K
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    POPULARITY
    2,932
    132
    • Creators
      • Dan Futterman
      • Alex Gibney
      • Lawrence Wright
    • Stars
      • Jeff Daniels
      • Tahar Rahim
      • Wrenn Schmidt
    • 114User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys
      • 15 nominations total

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    Jeff Daniels
    Jeff Daniels
    • John O'Neill
    Tahar Rahim
    Tahar Rahim
    • Ali Soufan
    Wrenn Schmidt
    Wrenn Schmidt
    • Diane Marsh
    Bill Camp
    Bill Camp
    • Robert Chesney
    Louis Cancelmi
    Louis Cancelmi
    • Vince Stuart
    Virginia Kull
    Virginia Kull
    • Kathy Shaughnessy
    Ella Rae Peck
    Ella Rae Peck
    • Heather
    Sullivan Jones
    Sullivan Jones
    • Floyd Bennet
    Michael Stuhlbarg
    Michael Stuhlbarg
    • Richard Clarke
    Peter Sarsgaard
    Peter Sarsgaard
    • Martin Schmidt
    Annie Parisse
    Annie Parisse
    • Liz
    Jamie Neumann
    Jamie Neumann
    • Toni-Ann Marino
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    Sharon Washington
    • Judith
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    • Leigh
    Alec Baldwin
    Alec Baldwin
    • George Tenet
    Katie Flahive
    Katie Flahive
    • Amy
    Tawfeek Barhom
    Tawfeek Barhom
    • Khalid al-Mihdhar
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      • Alex Gibney
      • Lawrence Wright
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    • Trivia
      At the Berlinale film festival showrunner Dan Futterman explains the rivalry between CIA and FBI in the late 90's. "The FBI was just starting to work as an international agency, and that was part of their problem with the CIA, who felt that was their turf, and the FBI's turf was America. They totally underestimated al-Qaeda."
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    I hope we are doing it different now, I fear we are not

    Aside from the excellent way it showed how the CIA and the FBI would not work together, they both had bad ideas of how to handle it. The CIA was mostly academic and the FBI was mostly just knock down doors. Both had the wrong prescription. I hope they are all doing it differently and together, but I fear that they are not. Bush didn't want to be "batting at flies" and I fear that Trump doesn't want to either.

    Condaleesa Rice's comment after the Twin Towers that "no one would have thought that someone would do that" is particularly galling, because in fact a person on her staff who was the old Security Advisor would have told her just that if she ever took time to listen and take him seriously. History should really reconsider what it is now saying about her in light of these revelations.

    The timing of the episodes seem perfectly timed to what was going on. It showed how we really didn't have much of a clue and the lack of sharing made each less knowledgeable and less able to get the needed incite.
    • rremmele
    • Apr 7, 2018
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    • Release date
      • February 28, 2018 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Hulu
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    • Languages
      • English
      • Arabic
      • Albanian
      • French
      • Turkish
    • Also known as
      • 塔樓蜃影
    • Filming locations
      • Morocco(Doubling for Yemen)
    • Production companies
      • Jigsaw Productions
      • Legendary Television
      • South Slope Pictures
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    • Runtime
      41 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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