State of siege / original scenario by Costa-Gavras and Franco Solinas ; written by Franco Solinas ; directed by Costa-Gavras ; produced by Jacques Henri Barratier, Jacques Perrin, Léon Sanz.
Edition:
Director approved two-DVD special edition ; DVD edition ; widescreen.
Title from container. Widescreen (1.66:1) aspect ratio. DVD release of the1972 motion picture. Special features: New conversation between director Costa-Gavras and film scholar Peter Cowie ; NBC News excerpts from 1970 on the kidnapping of Dan Mitrione, on which the film is based ; essay by journalist Mark Danner. Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, O.E. Hasse, Jacques Weber.
Summary:
Costa-Gavras puts the United States' involvement in South American politics under the microscope in this arresting thriller. An urban guerilla group, outraged at the counterinsurgency and torture training clandestinely organized by the CIA in their country (unnamed in the film), abducts a U.S. official to bargain for the release of political prisoners; soon the kidnapping becomes a media sensation, leading to violence.
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