L'enlèvement secret par les États-Unis d'un terroriste présumé entraîne une vague d'attentats terroristes à New York, ce qui conduit à la déclaration de la loi martiale.L'enlèvement secret par les États-Unis d'un terroriste présumé entraîne une vague d'attentats terroristes à New York, ce qui conduit à la déclaration de la loi martiale.L'enlèvement secret par les États-Unis d'un terroriste présumé entraîne une vague d'attentats terroristes à New York, ce qui conduit à la déclaration de la loi martiale.
- Récompenses
- 2 victoires et 4 nominations au total
Lianna Pai
- Tina Osu
- (as Liana Pai)
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Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesAccording to an interview that screenwriter Lawrence Wright gave to CBS in 2007, the film was a box-office failure upon its theatrical release, "but it was the most-rented movie in America after 9/11." Wright also claimed that the initial release bombed because "Muslim and Arab protesters picketed the theaters. They were furious at being stereotyped as terrorists."
- GaffesSheik Ahmed Bin Talal is shown the be abducted in Lebanon, and a desert is shown. Lebanon is the only Arab country without a desert.
- Citations
General William Devereaux: The CIA didn't know the Berlin Wall was coming down until bricks started hitting them in the head.
- Versions alternativesSome post-2001 versions have the World Trade Center digitally removed from the New York skyline.
- Bandes originalesFirst You Cry
Written by Buddy Flett and David Egan
Performed by Little Buster And The Soul Brothers
Courtesy of Rounder Records
by arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group
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Watching the 1998 THE SIEGE in 2007 and then rolling through all the reviews of this film from the time of release to the present is a lesson in the power of the cinema. The obvious initial response was less about the film as a film than about the manner in which the FBI, CIA, Military, Terrorists, and public responded to the unimaginable: shouts of protests about 'glorification of occult terrorists', the Hollywood idea of the impossible happening, and the criticism of the fine cast of actors who steeped into roles 'beyond swallowing' are all here in these reviews.
Now, six years after 9/11 reviewers are taking a different view, though most still find the film pompous and obnoxious. Offensive versus defensive. And after viewing the movie as a movie it is gratifying to know that people feel strongly and are vocal about the depiction of the 'war against terrorism' we continue to lose. Movies that make people think and talk are valuable, and in that light the film is more successful than initially considered.
Yes, there are gaping holes in the script and the plot and the concept, but as a little thriller it maintains our attention throughout and offers some fine moments from actors such as Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Tony Shalhoub, Bruce Willis, Sami Bouajila, Ahmed Ben Larby, Aasif Mandvi among others. And then there are the panoramas of New York City under siege with the Twin Towers standing mightily in the cityscape... It begs the question: if scriptwriter Lawrence Wright and director Edward Zwick (Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Courage Under Fire, Glory, Leaving Normal, Legends of the Fall, etc) were thinking along these lines and finding flaws in our intelligence forces, why weren't the leaders in Washington, DC in tune with 'absurd possibilities'? It makes one think - and that is the best thing about this film. Grady Harp
Now, six years after 9/11 reviewers are taking a different view, though most still find the film pompous and obnoxious. Offensive versus defensive. And after viewing the movie as a movie it is gratifying to know that people feel strongly and are vocal about the depiction of the 'war against terrorism' we continue to lose. Movies that make people think and talk are valuable, and in that light the film is more successful than initially considered.
Yes, there are gaping holes in the script and the plot and the concept, but as a little thriller it maintains our attention throughout and offers some fine moments from actors such as Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Tony Shalhoub, Bruce Willis, Sami Bouajila, Ahmed Ben Larby, Aasif Mandvi among others. And then there are the panoramas of New York City under siege with the Twin Towers standing mightily in the cityscape... It begs the question: if scriptwriter Lawrence Wright and director Edward Zwick (Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Courage Under Fire, Glory, Leaving Normal, Legends of the Fall, etc) were thinking along these lines and finding flaws in our intelligence forces, why weren't the leaders in Washington, DC in tune with 'absurd possibilities'? It makes one think - and that is the best thing about this film. Grady Harp
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Langues
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Contra el enemigo
- Lieux de tournage
- Sociétés de production
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Box-office
- Budget
- 70 000 000 $US (estimé)
- Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 40 981 289 $US
- Week-end de sortie aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 13 931 285 $US
- 8 nov. 1998
- Montant brut mondial
- 116 672 912 $US
- Durée1 heure 56 minutes
- Couleur
- Mixage
- Rapport de forme
- 2.39 : 1
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