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- BFI identifier508196
- Date2000 (Copyright)
- Production countryUSA, Germany
- Production company
- SynopsisLegal drama. The lifelong friendship between soldiers Terry Childers and Hays Hodges stretches back to the Vietnam War, when Childers saved Hodges' life. Years later, Colonel Childers is the leader of a group of Marines flying helicopters to Yemen to rescue the US ambassador from angry crowds. When the situation escalates, Childers gives orders to fire towards the mob, and nearly a hundred Arabs are killed and many more injured. Back at home Childers is informed he is to face a court martial. Set to take the blame for the tragedy, he asks Hodges to act as his lawyer. (Synopsis)
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- CreditsDirector: William Friedkin
©/In association with: MFP Munich Film Partners GmbH
©/In association with: ROE Productions KG
view all - CastTommy Lee Jones (Colonel Hays Hodges)
Samuel L. Jackson (Colonel Terry Childers)
Guy Pearce (Major Mark Biggs)
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Title
Rules of Engagement (Original)
Category
Fiction- Collections
- Scripts / Documents
- Posters / Designs
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- ArticlesFilm Review n604 April 2001 - Video ReviewFilm Score Monthly v5 n4 Apr/May 2000 - ArticleVariety 3 Apr 2000 - Credits, Review, SynopsisEmpire n134 August 2000 - Short ArticleScreen International n1254 14 Apr 2000 - Credits, Review, Synopsisview all
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- Rules of Engagement
Work - 508196 - 2000 (Copyright)
USA - Film - Fiction
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