Product Description
Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Peter Sarsgaard and Alan Arkin star in Rendition, a thriller from director Gavin Hood (Tsotsi). Witherspoon stars as the American wife of an Egyptian-born chemical engineer who disappears on a flight from South Africa to Washington. The woman desperately tries to track her husband down, while a CIA analyst (Gyllenhaal) at a secret detention facility outside the U.S. is forced to question his assignment as he becomes party to the maníc, unorthodox interrogation.
Mark Kilian and Paul Hepker lend their breathtaking score to Gavin Hood s film in an integral way similiar to their work on his Academy Award®-winning film, Tsotsi. Their mixing of traditional orchestral composition, beautiful vocal phrasing and contemporary techniques create a unique musical experience.
Review
This political thriller, with thematic resemblance to Syriana and The Bourne Identity, reflects the culture of fear and paranoia in the post 9/11 era. A stellar cast, headed by Reese Witherspoon, Meryl Streep, and Jake Gyllenhaal, promises an event movie. --Emmanuel Levy
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