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Say what you will about the situation in the Middle East, but THE KINGDOM -- taking its name as the shortened version for "The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" -- is mostly just set there; it's a U.N.-sensibility cop drama -- one fish out of water while the other fish knows the pond all too well -- that delivers one smokin' knock-out punch opener (pun intended), some pretty taut action sequences, and acceptable if not predictable acting performances. Jamie Foxx … more
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November 15, 2008
Background: Once upon a time, the government of Saudi Arabia granted permission for an American company to dig some exploratory holes around the country. As luck would have it, instead of water they found oil, and lots of it, and so began the Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco.) This discovery and the resulting agreements for profit sharing gave the Saudi monarchy the wherewithal to purchase yachts with gold toilets and other such necessities, but also brought about the … more
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Cast:
Jamie Foxx,
Anna Deavere Smith,
Gino Salvano,
Richard Jenkins,
Kyle Chandler,
Chris Cooper,
Maryellen Aviano,
Jennifer Garner,
Ashley Scott,
Danny Huston,
Jeremy Piven,
Jason Bateman,
David Brown,
Sean Donnellan,
Sarah Hunley,
Antonio Evans,
Uri Gavriel,
Sala Baker,
Tim McGraw,
Brian Mahoney,
Frances Fisher,
Ashraf Barhoum,
Ali Suliman,
Minka Kelly,
Kelly Au Coin,
Amy Hunter,
T.J. Burnett,
Omar Berdouni,
Raad Rawi,
Mahmoud Said,
Hezi Saddik,
Nick Faltas,
Ahmed Badran,
Eli Georges El-Khoury,
Tom Bresnahan,
Yasmine Hanani,
Trevor St. John,
Bordy Tardy,
Hope Fogle,
Sidney Ortiz,
Noah Pittenger,
Damian Foster,
Kevin Brief,
Martin Foxwell,
Kavita Parbhakar,
Hrach Titizian,
Munthir Salih,
Merik Tadros,
Richard Klein,
John Paul Castorena,
Marc Flanagan,
Brian Gehl,
Ali Abboud,
Firas Salloum,
Anthony Batarse,
Nabeel Kort,
Shant Demirjian,
Assad Mohamed,
Yaser Alamoodi,
Haider Almosawi,
Saleem Hassan Erekat,
Jasim Tahir,
Maitham Al-Zubfidy,
Alawi Al-Bidery,
Waleed Alsadi,
Mohammed Mohammed,
Fouad Al-Hamedany,
Ahmed Al-Ibrahim,
Yunus Hassan,
Charbel Tourna,
Anthony Salibi,
Bassam O. Saeed,
Hasan Chaudhry,
Nick Hermz,
Eyad Elbitar,
Kasem Al-Tamimi,
Damian Hajjar,
Mario Mercado II,
Gaith Al-Jaberi
Director:
Peter Berg
Genre:
Drama,
Action,
Adventure
Release Date:
September 28, 2007
MPAA Rating:
R
Runtime:
1hr 49min
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