Published
Burbank, CA : New Line Home Entertainment :, 2008, c2007.
ISBN
0780680049, 9780780680043
Notes
General Note
DVD release of the 2007 motion picture.
General Note
Special features include: "Outlawed" ; Intersections: the making of Rendition ; deleted/alternate scenes ; feature audio commentary with director Gavin Hood ; theatrical trailer ; sneak peeks.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Dion Beebe ; editor, Megan Gill ; music, Paul Hepker, Mark Kilian ; costume designer, Michael Wilkinson ; production designer, Barry Robison.
Participants/Performers
Jake Gyllenhaal, Omar Metwally, Reese Witherspoon, Peter Sarsgaard, Yigal Naor, Moa Khouas, Zineb Oukach, Alan Arkin, Meryl Streep.
Description
The policy of "extraordinary rendition" began under the Clinton administration and accelerated after September 11, 2001. The policy allows for the handing over of suspected terrorists to countries that use torture as an interrogation tool. Anwar El-Ibrahimi is an Egyptian-born man who disappears on a flight from Africa to Washington, DC. He is sent to a North African country where torture is practiced and the CIA gives approval. Anwar's pregnant American-born wife wants to know what happened to her husband. A reluctant CIA agent begins to question his assignment after witnessing an unorthodox interrogation. A severe interrogator plys his trade on Anwar while a U.S. terrorism honcho is willing to turn a blind eye to the unpleasantness, especially if it stops a terrorist attack.
System Details
DVD ; region 1 ; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound, stereo surround sound ; DVD-9.
Language
In English with optional English or Spanish subtitles.
Language
Closed-captioned.