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Overview
Release Date:
10 October 2008 (USA) morePlot:
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. | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)Plot Keywords:
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Crowe: "DiCaprio Was Still a Virgin at 17" (From WENN. 29 October 2007)
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Action Packed -- Very Entertaining !!! moreProduction Notes/Status:
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23 May 2008Note:
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Cast
(Credited 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 | |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Chatter (USA) (working title)House of Lies (USA) (working title)
Penetration (USA) (working title)
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Rated R for strong violence including some torture, and for language throughout.Parents Guide:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
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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"). moreQuotes:
[from trailer]Ed Hoffman: Our world as we know it is much simpler...to put to an end than you might think.
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| I didn't like the trailer | selacious9 |
| script | jenna_hodge2003 |
| Roger Ferris | littletrickceo |
| Oscar Isaac's Role | emjay-4 |
| Oscar Worthy | littlemissbubbles28 |
| Running time? | reddog_61 |
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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.