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The Siege

An enemy they can't see. A nation under siege. A crisis they can't control.

The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but must also deal with an Army General gone rogue and a female CIA agent of uncertain loyalties.

1h 56m1998RTMDb 6.3

DramaActionThrillerCrime

English

Crew and Cast

Edward ZwickEdward ZwickDirectorDenzel WashingtonDenzel WashingtonAnthony 'Hub' HubbardAnnette BeningAnnette BeningElise Kraft · Sharon BridgerBruce WillisBruce WillisMajor-General William DevereauxTony ShalhoubTony ShalhoubAgent Frank HaddadSami BouajilaSami BouajilaSamir NazhdeAasif MandviAasif MandviKhalil SalehMark ValleyMark ValleyFBI Agent Mike JohanssenJack GwaltneyJack GwaltneyFred DariusDavid ProvalDavid ProvalDanny SussmanLance ReddickLance ReddickFBI Agent Floyd RoseWood HarrisWood HarrisOfficer HendersonDavid CostabileDavid CostabileFingerprint ExpertSaid FarajSaid FarajSleeper terrorist
Christian ChasePrisonerChip ZienChip ZienChief of Staff
Ahmed Ben LarbySheik Achmed Bin TalalLianna PaiLianna PaiTina OsuJacqueline AntaramianJacqueline AntaramianNajiba HaddadDonna HanoverDonna HanoverDistrict AttorneyDakin MatthewsDakin MatthewsSenator WrightJohn RothmanJohn RothmanCongressman MarshallJohn Henry CoxJohn Henry CoxSpeaker of the HouseE. Katherine KerrE. Katherine KerrAttorney General
Jimmie Ray WeeksArmy GeneralWill LymanWill LymanFBI DirectorVictor SlezakVictor SlezakColonel HardwickChris MessinaChris MessinaCorporalSusie EssmanSusie EssmanProtest SpeakerArianna HuffingtonArianna HuffingtonCapitol Week PunditBill ClintonBill Clinton

Storyline

The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but must also deal with an Army General gone rogue and a female CIA agent of uncertain loyalties.

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Info

Status
Released
Released
6 November 1998
Runtime
1h 56m
Rating
R
TMDB score
6.3 / 10 (1,564 votes)

Production

Director
Edward Zwick
Writers
Lawrence Wright, Menno Meyjes, Edward Zwick
Studios
Lynda Obst Productions, 20th Century Fox, Bedford Falls Productions
Countries
United States of America

Box Office

Budget
$70.0M
Revenue
$116.7M
Profit
$46.7M
Return
1.7×

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
Spanish, English, Arabic