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A new drama takes viewers back to the events that led to the 9/11 attacks. Hulu’s "The Looming Tower," based on Lawrence Wright’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, retells the true story of the hunt for Osama bin Laden in the years before the fall of 2001, and how U.S. intelligence services withheld information from each other at critical junctures. Jeffrey Brown reports. Photo Credit: Siobhan Day/PBS NewsHour

‘The Looming Tower’ – Interview:

23 September, 2023 Siobhan Marie Day 0 Comments 3 categories

Pre-9/11 drama ‘The Looming Tower’ explores the failure of intelligence… On February 23, 2018, the week that The Looming Tower premiered on Hulu, PBS NewsHour produced a report summarizing the miniseries that details the events

Genre: Drama, Created by Dan Futterman, Alex Gibney, and Lawrence Wright, Based on "The Looming Tower" by Lawrence Wright, Starring: Jeff Daniels, Tahar Rahim, Wrenn Schmidt, Bill Camp, Louis Cancelmi, Virginia Kull, Ella Rae Peck, Sullivan Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, Peter Sarsgaard, with Composer: Will Bates, No. of episodes: 10, Executive producers: Dan Futterman, Alex Gibney, Lawrence Wright, Craig Zisk, and Adam Rapp, with Producers Ali Soufan, Peter Feldman, and Lauren Whitney, Production locations: New York City, Johannesburg, and Morocco, with Cinematography by Jim Denault, Frederick Elmes, and Ivan Strasburg, with Editors: Daniel A. Valverde, Meg Reticker, and Joe Hobeck, Running time: 46–51 minutes, Production companies: Wolf Moon Productions, South Slope Pictures, Jigsaw Productions, and Legendary Television, Original Network: Hulu (2018)

‘The Looming Tower’ – Official Trailer:

3 September, 2023 Siobhan Marie Day 0 Comments 2 categories

The Looming Series… The Looming Tower is a television miniseries, based on Lawrence Wright‘s 2006 book of the same name, which premiered on Hulu on February 28, 2018. The 10-episode drama series was created and executive produced by Dan Futterman, Alex Gibney,

"Films & Sterren" interviews Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard and Reese Witherspoon for "Rendition" (2007) Phoot Credit: YouTube

‘Rendition’ – Interview…

18 August, 2023 Siobhan Marie Day 0 Comments 3 categories

Films & Sterren Extraordinary Interview… In the 2007 Films & Sterren interview for the film Rendition, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, and Reese Witherspoon delved into the complexities of their respective roles and the thought-provoking themes

‘Rendition’ – Official Trailer:

4 August, 2023 Siobhan Marie Day 0 Comments 2 categories

EXTRAORDINARY MEANS OF PROTECTING A NATION… Rendition is a 2007 political thriller directed by Gavin Hood, and starring Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Peter Sarsgaard, Alan Arkin, and Omar Metwally. It centers on the controversial CIA practice of extraordinary rendition and is based on the true story of Khalid El-Masri,

"Fareed Zakaria: GPS" and "The real "Argo": Fareed Zakaria talks with Tony Mendez" Fareed Zakaria has a 1-on-1 interview with Tony Mendez, the man behind "Argo." on Oct 15, 2012. Photo Credit: CNN

‘Argo’ – Interview:

17 May, 2023 Siobhan Marie Day 0 Comments 2 categories

In 2012, CNN's Fareed Zakaria: GPS featured a compelling interview with Tony Mendez, the real-life CIA operative whose remarkable story of the "Canadian Caper" served as the inspiration for the acclaimed film Argo. Hosted by

‘Argo’ – Official Trailer:

3 May, 2023 Siobhan Marie Day 0 Comments 3 categories

Argo is a 2012 historical drama thriller film directed, produced by, and starring Ben Affleck. The screenplay, written by Chris Terrio, was adapted from the 1999 memoir The Master of Disguise by U.S. C.I.A. operative Tony Mendez and the 2007 Wired article "The Great Escape: How the CIA

The Sum of All Fears – Interview:

27 May, 2022 Siobhan Marie Day 0 Comments 2 categories

This is a promotional interview compilation for the film in 2002. It includes an interview with Ben Affleck on the set of The Sum of All Fears along with Morgan Freeman and Bridget Moynahan on

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