Rendition (film)
| Rendition | |
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| Directed by | Gavin Hood |
| Written by | Kelley Sane |
| Produced by | Steve Golin David Kanter Keith Redmon Michael Sugar Marcus Viscidi |
| Starring | Jake Gyllenhaal Reese Witherspoon Peter Sarsgaard Alan Arkin Meryl Streep Omar Metwally Igal Naor Moa Khouas Zineb Oukach |
| Cinematography | Dion Beebe |
| Edited by | Megan Gill |
| Music by | Paul Hepker Mark Kilian |
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| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $27.5 million |
| Box office | $27 million |
Rendition is a 2007 American political thriller film directed by Gavin Hood, and starring Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Peter Sarsgaard, Alan Arkin, and Omar Metwally. The film centers on the controversial CIA practice of extraordinary rendition and is based on the true story of Khalid El-Masri, who was mistaken for Khalid al-Masri.
The film was produced by Level 1 Entertainment and Anonymous Content and distributed by New Line Cinema, and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2007, before being released theatrically in North America on October 19, 2007. The film received mixed reviews from critics and underperformed at the box office.