Rendition / New Line Cinema presents in association with Level 1 Entertainment, an Anonymous Content production, a Gavin Hood film ; produced by Steve Golin, Marcus Viscidi ; written by Kelley Sane ; directed by Gavin Hood. - Widescreen version. - [Burbank, Calif.] : New Line Home Entertainment, c2008. - 1 videodisc (capproximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

English track: Dolby digital 5.1. Title from disc label. Originally released as a motion picture in 2007. Special features: 'Outlawed' documentary; 'Intersections: the making of Rendition' documentary; deleted scenes including an alternate ending; director commentary; theatrical trailer; sneek peaks.

Director of photography, Dion Beebe ; editor, Megan Gill ; music, Paul Hepker, Mark Kilian ; costume designer, Michael Wilkinson ; production designer, Barry Robison. Director of photography, Dion Beebe ; editor, Megan Gill ; music, Paul Hepker, Mark Kilian ; costume designer, Michael Wilkinson ; production designer, Barry Robison.

Jake Gyllenhaal, Reese Witherspoon, Peter Sarsgaard, Omar Metwally, Yigal Naor, Moa Khouas, Zineb Oukach, Alan Arkin, Meryl Streep.

The policy of "extraordinary rendition" allows for 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.

MPAA rating: R; for torture/violence and language.


DVD.


English and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

0780680049

794043112928

1000036230 New Line Home Entertainment


United States. Central Intelligence Agency --Drama.


Extraordinary rendition--United States--Drama.
Political prisoners--Abuse of--Africa, North--Drama.
Questioning--Africa, North--Drama.


Africa, North--Drama.


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