Beirut Trailer 04/13/2018
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Beirut (Bleecker Street)
In 1972 Beirut, American diplomat Mason Skiles (Jon Hamm) hosts a cocktail party accompanied by his wife and Karim, the 13-year old Lebanese orphan (Yoau Saian Rosenberg) whom they hope to adopt. The festivities are disrupted when Mason’s best friend, CIA Agent Cal Riley (Mark Pellegrino) arrives with startling information about Karim. Seconds later, terrorists attack the party with tragic results.
Ten years later, Mason, now an alcoholic working as a mediator for labor disputes in Boston, gets approached by a stranger in a bar, who hands him a passport, cash and a plane ticket along with an urgent invitation from mutual “friends” that he travel to Beirut. Reluctantly, Mason arrives in Beirut only to find that the formerly picturesque city on the sea has become a violence-ridden warzone. Mason soon discovers the real reason he’s been called back. CIA and Embassy officials Donald Gaines (Dean Norris), Gary Ruzak (Shea Whigham) and Ambassador Frank Whalen (Larry Pine) explain that terrorists have kidnapped a CIA agent. Mason’s mission: negotiate a swap for the release of terrorist leader Abu Rajal (Hicham Ouraqa), believed to be imprisoned by Israeli secret police, in exchange for the American.
Navigating the rubble-strewn city with the help of his Embassy-assigned handler, savvy “cultural attaché” Sandy Crowder (Rosamund Pike), Mason secretly meets with the kidnappers and uncovers clues that help him unravel competing agendas advanced by Israeli military boss Roni Niv (Alon Aboutboul), American politicians, Palestinian Liberation Front minister Bashir (Ahmed Said Arif) and corrupt bureaucrats. Confronting ghosts from his past, Mason faces a formidable question: Who do you trust in a world where the truth emerges only when it’s convenient — or profitable? A taut action thriller from director Brad Anderson and writer-producer Tony Gilroy, Beirut takes an unflinching look at the cost of freedom.
Starring
Jon Hamm (“Mad Men,” Baby Driver), Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Hostiles), Dean Norris (“Breaking Bad,” “Under the Dome”), Mark Pellegrino (Capote, Mulholland Drive), Larry Pine (Vanya on 42nd Street, The Grand Budapest Hotel), Shea Whigham (American Hustle, Take Shelter), Alon Moni Aboutboul (The Dark Knight Rises, Body of Lies), Idir Chender (Carbone, Occidental) and Jonny Coyne (Nightcrawler, Gangster Squad).
Directed By Brad Anderson
Produced By Mike Weber (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Spring Breakers), Tony Gilroy, Shivani Rawat (Trumbo, Captain Fantastic) and Monica Levinson (Captain Fantastic, Borat).
Executive Produced By Ted Field (The Last Samurai, Runaway Bride) and Steven Saeta (The Island, Spider-Man)
In 1972 Beirut, American diplomat Mason Skiles (Jon Hamm) hosts a cocktail party accompanied by his wife and Karim, the 13-year old Lebanese orphan (Yoau Saian Rosenberg) whom they hope to adopt. The festivities are disrupted when Mason’s best friend, CIA Agent Cal Riley (Mark Pellegrino) arrives with startling information about Karim. Seconds later, terrorists attack the party with tragic results.
Ten years later, Mason, now an alcoholic working as a mediator for labor disputes in Boston, gets approached by a stranger in a bar, who hands him a passport, cash and a plane ticket along with an urgent invitation from mutual “friends” that he travel to Beirut. Reluctantly, Mason arrives in Beirut only to find that the formerly picturesque city on the sea has become a violence-ridden warzone. Mason soon discovers the real reason he’s been called back. CIA and Embassy officials Donald Gaines (Dean Norris), Gary Ruzak (Shea Whigham) and Ambassador Frank Whalen (Larry Pine) explain that terrorists have kidnapped a CIA agent. Mason’s mission: negotiate a swap for the release of terrorist leader Abu Rajal (Hicham Ouraqa), believed to be imprisoned by Israeli secret police, in exchange for the American.
Navigating the rubble-strewn city with the help of his Embassy-assigned handler, savvy “cultural attaché” Sandy Crowder (Rosamund Pike), Mason secretly meets with the kidnappers and uncovers clues that help him unravel competing agendas advanced by Israeli military boss Roni Niv (Alon Aboutboul), American politicians, Palestinian Liberation Front minister Bashir (Ahmed Said Arif) and corrupt bureaucrats. Confronting ghosts from his past, Mason faces a formidable question: Who do you trust in a world where the truth emerges only when it’s convenient — or profitable? A taut action thriller from director Brad Anderson and writer-producer Tony Gilroy, Beirut takes an unflinching look at the cost of freedom.
Starring
Jon Hamm (“Mad Men,” Baby Driver), Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Hostiles), Dean Norris (“Breaking Bad,” “Under the Dome”), Mark Pellegrino (Capote, Mulholland Drive), Larry Pine (Vanya on 42nd Street, The Grand Budapest Hotel), Shea Whigham (American Hustle, Take Shelter), Alon Moni Aboutboul (The Dark Knight Rises, Body of Lies), Idir Chender (Carbone, Occidental) and Jonny Coyne (Nightcrawler, Gangster Squad).
Directed By Brad Anderson
Produced By Mike Weber (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Spring Breakers), Tony Gilroy, Shivani Rawat (Trumbo, Captain Fantastic) and Monica Levinson (Captain Fantastic, Borat).
Executive Produced By Ted Field (The Last Samurai, Runaway Bride) and Steven Saeta (The Island, Spider-Man)