Extraordinary rendition law and legal definition uslegal. It stars jake gyllenhaal, reese witherspoon, peter sarsgaard, meryl streep, and alan arkin, and is about an american family affected by extraordinary rendition. Rendition is a 2007 american political thriller film directed by gavin hood and starring reese witherspoon, meryl streep, peter sarsgaard, alan arkin, jake gyllenhaal and omar metwally. On october 19, 2007, the feature film rendition, starring jake gyllenhaal. The cia is engaging in an unlawful practice extraordinary rendition abducting foreign nationals for detention and interrogation in secret overseas prisons. October 19, 2007 reese witherspoon, jake gyllenhaal, meryl streep, peter sarsgaard and alan arkin star in rendition, a thriller from director gavin hood tsotsi. H eres the first mainstream hollywood film about the cias practice of extraordinary rendition. It centers on the controversial cia practice of extraordinary rendition and is based on the true story of khalid elmasri, who was mistaken for khalid almasri. Extraordinary rendition trailer accent films youtube. Freeman then leaks the details of anwars detention to the american press. The department of justices arguments notwithstanding, the extraordinary rendition program is illegal.
Frontlineworld investigates one of the darkest sides of the bush administrations war on terror, its secret rendition and interrogation program. Extraordinary rendition, a lowbudget british production. Firsttime feature filmmaker jim threapleton takes inspiration from the case of a canadian citizen who was imprisoned and tortured in syria for an entire year to tell this tale of a man who is abducted on the streets of london and placed into a. The movie is supposed to leave the viewer thinking and struggling with the issues involved. Extraordinary rendition must be stopped before more victims are targeted. Rendition is a tense and engaging thriller full of strong performances, smart social commentary, and with a clever twist that adds context and emotional poignancy to everything which precedes it. Since 911, extraordinary rendition allowed the governments intelligence agency to extricate people unquestioningly without due process and use any means necessary in exchange for information. The trailer for the upcoming feature film extraordinary rendition starring andy serkis, omar berdouni and ania sowinski, directed by jim threapleton. It was released on dvd in early 2008, and screened by the bbc on 30 april 2008. Before delving into the topic of extraordinary rendition in lesson two, students will engage in a series of activities designed to introduce the topic of torture in an age appropriate manner. The audience was totally gripped by the film and gave it a loud applause afterwards.
A man is abducted from the streets of london and transported via secret flights to an unknown country. Seeing it in an arab country with a mixture of arabian and european audience gave it an extra level of atmosphere. Returned without explanation to the uk many months later, he is left to pick up the pieces of a shattered life in a world he no longer. Rendition 2007 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. I respect the intention of this film, but i would recommend researching. Extraordinary rendition and irregular rendition are terms used to describe the apprehension and extrajudicial transfer of a person from one state to another. Rendition 2007 full movie download full hd youtube. Rendition presents a very topical matter in the form of a very tense thriller. Rendition certainly makes the case that torture, whatever name it goes under, is indefensible, yet one can agree with that view entirely and still feel that the movie is just a borderline exploitation of what anyone who reads the papers already knows.
Read the extraordinary rendition movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. Omar berdouni in extraordinary rendition video dailymotion. Facing mounting criticism of the renditions policy, cia director michael hayden defended it in a september 2007 speech to the council on foreign relations. The movie sets into motion a chain of events caused by the illegal kidnapping. This short film explores his experiences while he was kept in custody in. Download free yts movies in 720p, 1080p, bluray the fastest downloads with the smallest size and yify subtitles in all language you can also find all netflix movies and amazon prime for free just here in ytstorrent. After 911, there is reason to believe the bush administration uses it frequently. It is clearly prohibited by the united nations convention against torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, ratified by the united states in 1992, and by congressionally enacted policy giving effect to cat. The website for the film is informative and full of interesting and useful links. A listen to extraordinary rendition is a perfect way to spend 52 minutes away from the days stresses and grumbles to indulge in a bit of muchneeded magic realism.
I watched the movie rendition last night and had to leave the room several times. Torture by proxy is used by some critics to describe situations in which the united states, the uk and others, has transferred suspected terrorists to countries known to practice torture. It centers on the controversial cia practice of extraordinary rendition, which is the governmentsponsored abduction and extrajudicial transfer of a person from one country to another so that you could torture a. Jake gyllenhaal guested on conan obrien to promote the movie and explained that rendition was a euphemism for obtaining information via torture. The extraordinary rendition of mamdouh habib full documentary.
Egyptianamerican family who fall victim to the us governments criminal policy of extraordinary rendition. I respect the intention of this film, but i would recommend researching the topic rather than watching meryl streep strutting around like a big movie star. When jacob asa butterfield discovers clues to a mystery that stretches across time, he finds miss peregrines home for peculiar children. This practice, known as an extraordinary rendition, was authorized, i am sorry to say, under the clinton administration.
The movie also has similarities to the case of maher arar. Miss peregrines home for peculiar children 2016 imdb. Held in solitary confinement and cut off from the outside world, he is plunged into a lawless nightmare of detention without trial, interrogation and torture. Rendition, the movie american civil liberties union. Extraordinary rendition 2007 cast and crew drugged and kidnapped, a suspected terrorist omar berdouni faces torture and interrogation in the middle east. Rendition is the real thing almost film the guardian. Extraordinary rendition is serious business, and unfortunately, the u. This is the dark story of extraordinary rendition, says grey, a secret program. The ultimate news source for music, celebrity, entertainment, movies, and current events on the web.
Extraordinary rendition feature film trailer youtube. The term extra ordinary rendition means the transfer of a person suspected of being a terrorist or supporter of a group to a foreign nation for imprisonment and interrogation on behalf of the transferring nation. Americans cannot tolerate kidnappings and secret prisons. Fictional movies on extraordinary rendition rendition, a hollywood movie. Extraordinary rendition, also called irregular rendition or forced rendition, is the governmentsponsored abduction and extrajudicial transfer of a person from one country to another with the purpose of circumventing the former countrys laws on interrogation, detention and torture. Extraordinary rendition 2007 drugged and kidnapped, a suspected terrorist omar berdouni faces torture and interrogation in the middle east. Firsttime feature filmmaker jim threapleton takes inspiration from the case of a canadian citizen who was imprisoned and tortured. Anwar returns to the us and is reunited with his family. Claudia pauleta omar berdouni in extraordinary rendition. Taking its lead from real events in the uk and reflecting the increasing trend of the kidnapping of terrorist suspects by western governments, extraordinary rendition is an essential film for.