Body of Lies (2008)

Director:

Ridley Scott

Writers (WGA):

William Monahan (screenplay)
David Ignatius (novel)

Release Date:

10 October 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A former journalist injured in the Iraq war is hired by the CIA to track down an Al Qaeda leader in Jordan. Based on the novel "Body of Lies" by David Ignatius. |

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Status:

Completed

Comments:

Status Updated:

23 May 2008

Note:

Because this project is categorized as being in production, the data is subject to change; some data could be removed completely.

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio	...	Roger Ferris
Russell Crowe	...	Ed Hoffman
Mark Strong	...	Hani
Carice van Houten	...	Gretchen Ferris
Oscar Isaac	...	Bassam
Vince Colosimo	...	Skip
Michael Gaston	...	Holiday
other cast:
Ali Suliman	...	Omar Sadiki
Ben Youcef	...	The Caller
Omar Berdouni	...	Al- Saleen's LT
Jennifer Rouse	...	Soccer Mom
Lubna Azabal
Clara Khoury	...	Bassam's Wife
Allen Lidkey	...	Medic
Vedant Gokhale	...	Pakastani Teenager 2
Alexander von Roon	...	Dutch Chief of Police
Zef Balbona	...	Pakistani Teenager
Alon Abutbul
Ali Khalil	...	Zayed Ibishi
Matt Gulbranson	...	Captain Leaderman - Predator Pilot
Terry Ward	...	Manchester Hooligan
Bijan Daneshmand	...	Embassy Doctor
Mehdi Nebbou	...	Nizar
Larry Carter	...	CIA Agent
Alexander Rajic	...	Manchester Resident
Sami Samir	...	Syrian Border Driver
Quentin Mare	...	Predator Operator
Janan Ferdosi	...	UEA Prince
Travis McHenry	...	SAS Commando
Shredi Jabarin	...	Jihadist
Dino A. Muminovic	...	Turkish Man
Jamil Khoury	...	Marwan

Also Known As:

Chatter (USA) (working title)
House of Lies (USA) (working title)
Penetration (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence including some torture, and for language throughout.

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Annapolis, Maryland, USA

Company:

De Line Pictures

Trivia:

While the derelict-but-surviving US neighborhood where the Manchester Scenes were filmed had plenty of its own street litter and urban debris, the Hollywood crew (in the effort to make the area look like an English slum) had left certain piles of prop rubbish in precise places. For scene continuity, such rubbish needed to remain present --even when scenes took multiple days to film. To protect against unwitting community litter cleanup, "essential" debris was flagged overnight and on weekends with "hot set" tape (a specialized version of other American yellow hazard tapes which say things like "caution caution caution", "wet paint", or "police line do not cross").

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Ed Hoffman: Our world as we know it is much simpler...to put to an end than you might think.

Action Packed -- Very Entertaining !!!

I saw a screening of this film last week and I really did enjoy it. Leonardo gave an excellent performance. The story line was concrete and definitely held your interest from beginning to end. Lots of action and the explosions were awesome - looked and felt realistic. There were definitely some gruesome parts but this is reality of what is going over there in Jordan. This film definitely will do very well at the box office. Seems like every time I see I see Leonardo, he gets better and better. I hated the character of Russell Crowe but it fit in with the story line and I would see it again. The only thing I was change is to cut it down a little bit in length. It was a little too long, maybe cut out 10-15 minutes -- just a suggestion. But overall I would very highly recommend this film and eventually having it in your home library when it comes out on DVD.