| Edition |
Martial law edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis, Tony Shalhoub, Sami Bouajila, Ahmed Ben Larby, Mosleh Mohamed, Lianna Pai, Mark Valley. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Roger Deakins ; editor, Steven Rosenblum ; music, Graeme Revell ; costume designer, Ann Roth ; production designer, Lilly Kilvert. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1998. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for violence, language and brief nudity. |
| Summary |
Islamic militants unleash terrorism by blowing up in a bus in Brooklyn. FBI Terrorism Task Force chief Anthony Hubbard investigates. Agents track a suspect through Brooklyn, while Hub teams with Middle East expert and NSA operative Elise Kraft. After the FBI wipes out three Arabs in a Brooklyn apartment, an explosion in a Broadway theater is followed by attacks on a school and the FBI headquarters. When the President declares martial law, neo-fascist Army General William Devereaux swings into action, deploying tanks through Brooklyn, capturing Arab-American males, and herding them into an open-air stadium detention camp. With the Army out of control, the power-crazed Devereaux devises plans for totrure and murder, turning his attention to Hub and Elise. |
| Note |
Special features: Audio commentary by producer/director Edward Zwick and executive producer Peter Schindler; "The siege: taking New York" featurette; "Martial law: freedom is history" featurette; international TV special (1998); The making of The siege; two theatrical trailers. |
| Language |
English or dubbed French dialogue, Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Terrorism -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Martial law -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Suicide bombings -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Concentration camps -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Drama.
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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
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Action and adventure films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Thriller -- Feature.
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Adventure -- Feature.
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Feature films.
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Suspense films.
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Adventure films.
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| Added Author |
Obst, Lynda Rosen.
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Zwick, Edward.
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Wright, Lawrence.
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Meyjes, Menno.
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Washington, Denzel, 1954-
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Bening, Annette.
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Willis, Bruce, 1955-
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Shalhoub, Tony, 1953-
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Bouajila, Sami.
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Larby, Ahmed Ben.
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Mohamed, Mosleh.
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Pai, Lianna.
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Valley, Mark, 1964-
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Revell, Graeme.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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Bedford Falls Productions (Firm)
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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| Standard No. |
024543433019 |
| Music No. |
2243303 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
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