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Film about terrorists attacking in New York City made about three years before the September 11, 2001 attacks. The film was directed by Edward Zwick, previously known for (among others) Glory (1989) and Legends of the Fall (1994). Denzel Washington, Annette Benning, and Bruce Willis play patriotic characters with different ideas about the best way to defend America from terrorists.

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  • The Siege (film)
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  • Film about terrorists attacking in New York City made about three years before the September 11, 2001 attacks. The film was directed by Edward Zwick, previously known for (among others) Glory (1989) and Legends of the Fall (1994). Denzel Washington, Annette Benning, and Bruce Willis play patriotic characters with different ideas about the best way to defend America from terrorists.
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  • Film about terrorists attacking in New York City made about three years before the September 11, 2001 attacks. The film was directed by Edward Zwick, previously known for (among others) Glory (1989) and Legends of the Fall (1994). Denzel Washington, Annette Benning, and Bruce Willis play patriotic characters with different ideas about the best way to defend America from terrorists. The film opens with the bombing of American Army barracks in Saudi Arabia. There are multiple casualties and a terrorist cell under Sheikh Ahmed bin Talal is blamed. The action shifts to New York where a series of terrorist incidents occur, escalating in significance. Initially handled by FBI agents Anthony Hubbard (Washington) and Frank Haddad (Tony Shalhoub). Later, CIA agent Elise Kraft (Benning) gets involved. Later yet, the President declares martial law and the Army's 101st Airborne Division, under Major General William Devereaux (Willis), occupies and seals off Brooklyn in an effort to find the remaining terrorist cells. Devereaux has all young males of Arab descent, regardless of ideological affiliation, rounded up and detained in a makeshift prison camp at Yankee Stadium. This only helps worsen the situation. New Yorkers stage violent demonstrations against the army and the racial profiling of the Arabs. The Army has to fight to maintain control. There are reports of Army killings. Meanwhile, Devereaux starts interrogating suspects by torturing them. In one case to death. The situation further escalates. In hindsight, treated terrorism more maturely than many films before 9/11. Unfortunately , the way the public, the government, and the terrorists acted in the film turned out to be pretty inaccurate when a large scale terrorist attacks happened in Real Life. Well, mostly. Features cameos by a young Aasif Mandvi and Bill Clinton. Tony Shalhoub also figures, as an FBI agent of Middle Eastern origin, whose son is caught up in the profiling and internment. The film was a box office hit, its worldwide gross estimated to 116,672,912 dollars. However, only 41 million of these dollars came from the United States market. There it was the 49th most successful film of its year and received mixed reviews. At least a few critics appreciated it as "a thinking person's thriller".
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