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The siege / 20th Century Fox ; Bedford Falls Productions ; produced by Lynda Obst, Edward Zwick ; story by Lawrence Wright ; screenplay by Lawrence Wright and Menno Meyjes and Edward Zwick ; directed by Edward Zwick.

Summary:

Islamic militants unleash terrorism by blowing up in a bus in Brooklyn. FBI Terrorism Task Force chief Anthony Hubbard investigates. Agents track a suspect through Brooklyn, while Hub teams with Middle East expert and NSA operative Elise Kraft. After the FBI wipes out three Arabs in a Brooklyn apartment, an explosion in a Broadway theater is followed by attacks on a school and the FBI headquarters. When the President declares martial law, neo-fascist Army General William Devereaux swings into action, deploying tanks through Brooklyn, capturing Arab-American males, and herding them into an open-air stadium detention camp. With the Army out of control, the power-crazed Devereaux devises plans for totrure and murder, turning his attention to Hub and Elise.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (115 min.) : digital, sound, color
  • Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Film Corp., 1998.
  • Distributor: Vaughan, ON : Criterion-on-Demand, [2013]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture by 20th Century Fox Film Corp., 1998.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access restricted to subscribers.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Roger Deakins ; editor, Steven Rosenblum ; music, Graeme Revell ; costume designer, Ann Roth ; production designer, Lilly Kilvert.
Participant or Performer Note:
Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis, Tony Shalhoub, Sami Bouajila, Ahmed Ben Larby, Mosleh Mohamed, Lianna Pai, Mark Valley.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: R; for violence, language and brief nudity.
System Details Note:
Content available as downloadable file or streaming video.
Source of Description Note:
Title from distributor's web site (viewed February 27, 2015).
Subject: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation > Drama.
Terrorism > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Martial law > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Suicide bombings > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Concentration camps > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Terrorismo > Nueva York (Estados Unidos) > Nueva York > Teatro.
Bombardeos, suicidio > Nueva York (Estados Unidos) > Nueva York > Teatro.
Action and adventure films.
Thrillers (Television programs)
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Crime films.
Feature films.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Drama.
Genre: Streaming video.


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