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20 February 1993 (USA) morePlot:
Fictionalized account of British, Irish, and American hostages taken in Lebanon in late 1980's. Dark... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Totally Riveting moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Kathy Bates | ... | Peggy Say |
 | Colin Firth | ... | John McCarthy |
 | Ciarán Hinds | ... | Brian Keenan |
 | Natasha Richardson | ... | Jill Morrell |
 | Jay O. Sanders | ... | Terry Anderson |
| Josef Sommer | ... | Tom Sutherland |
 | Harry Dean Stanton | ... | Frank Reed |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Rasan Abbas | ... | Head Kidnapper |
| Conrad Asquith | ... | Terry Waite |
| Colin Bruce | ... | Robie Burke |
| Colum Convey | ... | Art Agnew |
| Stephen Dillane | ... | Chris Pearson |
| Harry Ditson | ... | David Say |
| Tony Doyle | ... | Badraig Murphy |
| Paul Jaynes | ... | Newsman |
 | Amir M. Korangy | ... | Ghassemmi |
| Gooey Law | ... | Newsman |
| Rosaleen Linehan | ... | Brenda Gilham |
| Ruth McCabe | ... | Elaine Spence |
| Brian McGrath | ... | Connor |
| Juliano Mer | ... | Ali |
| Gabrielle O'Brien | ... | Belfast Woman |
| Patrick Pearson | ... | Lowther |
| John Pickles | ... | Pat McCarthy |
| Raad Rawi | ... | Moussavlan |
| Sami Samir | ... | Ahmad |
| Rolf Saxon | ... | Plaskett |
 | Mozaffar Shafeie | ... | Translator |
 | Colin Stinton | ... | Mike Mulholland |
| Dan Turgeman | ... | Mahmoud |
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I was totally riveted to this film from start to finish. In order for the film to work the performances have to be excellent and they are. Even the actors playing minor characters are compelling. Particularly great are Jay O. Sanders and Ciaran Hinds. Also Kathy Bates, Colin Firth, and Harry Dean Stanton turn in winning performances.
While the film may be to a certain extent fictionalized, it does give a very powerful portrayal of the experiences of the hostages, and what they were put through. One particular sequence that is chilling is the recreation of the videos featuring Terry Anderson that were sent to the International News Media.
The film also makes you more aware of how international politics works and how scary our own and other government bureaucracies can be.