The siege

Resource Information

The work The siege represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sno-Isle Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The siege

Statement of responsibility

Twentieth Century Fox presents a Lynda Obst production, an Edward Zwick film ; directed by Edward Zwick ; screenplay by Lawrence Wright and Menno Meyjes & Edward Zwick ; story by Lawrence Wright ; produced by Lynda Obst, Edward Zwick

Contributor

• Washington, Denzel, 1954-
• Lyman, Will, 1948-
• Bouajila, Sami
• Proval, David, 1942-
• Slezak, Victor, 1957-
• Willis, Bruce, 1955-
• Zien, Chip
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• Obst, Lynda Rosen
• Bening, Annette
• Deakins, Roger A., 1949-
• Shalhoub, Tony, 1953-
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
• Wright, Lawrence, 1947-
• Zwick, Edward
• Meyjes, Menno
• Revell, Graeme

Subject

• Arabs
• Drama
• Suicide bombings
• Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama
• Concentration camps -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Terrorism
• Martial law -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Action and adventure films
• Suicide bombings -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• United States, Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Drama
• New York (State) -- New York
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Feature films
• Martial law
• Action and adventure films
• United States, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• New York (State) -- New York | Brooklyn
• Terrorism -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Concentration camps
• Arabs -- Drama

Genre

• Feature films
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Action and adventure films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Drama

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

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 torture and murder, turning his attention to Hub and Elise

Cataloging source

JP3

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Roger Deakins ; editor, Steven Rosenblum ; music, Graeme Revell

Intended audience

MPAA rated R

Language note

English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.S5383

PerformerNote

Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis, Tony Shalhoub, Sami Bouajila, David Proval, Lance Reddick, Mark Valley, Liana Pai, Jack Gwaltney, Chip Zien, Victor Slezak, Will Lyman, Dakin Matthews, John Rothman, E. Katherine Kerr, Jimmie Ray Weeks, Aasif Mandvi

Runtime

116

Technique

live action