Extraordinary Rendition (Original title)Rendition (Working title)
Date: 2007 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Jim Threapleton
Synopsis: Drama, thriller. Zaafir is snatched from the streets and transported to an unknown destination. He is held by an unknown government for unspecified reasons, and, totally cut off and imprisoned in a small cell, various interrogation techniques are used in an attempt to break him down and confess his guilt. He is bundled into a jet plane and taken to another prison in a hot country, where he is tortured. Psychologically, Zaafir begins to fall apart, with no hope and no-one in the world aware of where he is and why, apart from his interrogators.
Genre: Thriller
Releases
Date: 2007not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: HDCAM - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 77 mins Dialogue (original): English
Title: When LUFF comes to townAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: PreviewLanguage: English
Description: Preview of the 2007 London UK Film Focus, including details of its organisation and expectations for this years event. I ncludes a brief listing of the films due to be premiered dur ing LUFF.
In: Screen International n1606 10 Aug 2007 Pages: 16-17
Title: Best of British: The Michael Powell AwardArticle type: AdvertisementLanguage: English
Description: Promotional preview of the films that have been shortlisted for the Michael Powell Award at the 2007 Edinburgh Internati onal Film Festival.
In: Screen International n1607 17 Aug 2007 Page: 22
Title: Reviews: Extraordinary RenditionAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Variety 20 Aug 2007 Page: 28
Title: Film ReviewsAuthor: ELLEY, Derek Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1561 1 Sep 2006 Page: 14
Title: Stolen momentsAuthor: MITCHELL, Wendy Article type: Short ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Director Jim Threapleton and producer Andy Noble explain how they made their first low budget feature film, RENDITION, wi thout a firm script and their reason for choosing the topic of rendition.
Date: 2007 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Jim Threapleton
Synopsis: Drama, thriller. Zaafir is snatched from the streets and transported to an unknown destination. He is held by an unknown government for unspecified reasons, and, totally cut off and imprisoned in a small cell, various interrogation techniques are used in an attempt to break him down and confess his guilt. He is bundled into a jet plane and taken to another prison in a hot country, where he is tortured. Psychologically, Zaafir begins to fall apart, with no hope and no-one in the world aware of where he is and why, apart from his interrogators.
Genre: Thriller
Releases
Date: 2007not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: HDCAM - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 77 mins Dialogue (original): English
Credits
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Production Company: Ultrafilm, Executive Producer: Ben Pugh, Executive Producer: Rory Aitken, Executive Producer: Stuart Wheeler, Executive Producer: Jonathan Hopkins, Producer: Andrew Noble, Director of Photography: Duncan Telford, Editor: Matt Scragg, Editor: Brian Hovmand, Production Designer: Kristian Milsted, Costume Designer: Alex Watherston, Music: James Edward Barker, Sound: Sam Pullen, Stunt Co-ordinator: Jamie Edgell
Cast
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Omar Berdouni (Zaafir), Andy Serkis (interrogator), Jimmy Yuill (Dean), Ania Sowinski (Ewa), Hugh Ross (solicitor), Zamira Wicking (Zaafir's mother), Naoufal Ousellam (Zaafir's brother), Ham Zanoun (Zaafir's father), Goran Kostic (Radovan), Nick Bartlett (Sergei Illyich), Roddy Mcdevitt (Dan), Aleksanda Mikic (Ante), Laurentiu Possa (Octavian), Munir Khairdin (interrogator's colleague), Davood Ghadami, Rami Hilmi, Emilio Doorgasingh (guard)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Screen International n1600 22 Jun 2007 Page: 19Title: When LUFF comes to townAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: PreviewLanguage: English
Description: Preview of the 2007 London UK Film Focus, including details of its organisation and expectations for this years event. I ncludes a brief listing of the films due to be premiered dur ing LUFF.
In: Screen International n1606 10 Aug 2007 Pages: 16-17
Title: Best of British: The Michael Powell AwardArticle type: AdvertisementLanguage: English
Description: Promotional preview of the films that have been shortlisted for the Michael Powell Award at the 2007 Edinburgh Internati onal Film Festival.
In: Screen International n1607 17 Aug 2007 Page: 22
Title: Reviews: Extraordinary RenditionAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Variety 20 Aug 2007 Page: 28
Title: Film ReviewsAuthor: ELLEY, Derek Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1561 1 Sep 2006 Page: 14
Title: Stolen momentsAuthor: MITCHELL, Wendy Article type: Short ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Director Jim Threapleton and producer Andy Noble explain how they made their first low budget feature film, RENDITION, wi thout a firm script and their reason for choosing the topic of rendition.