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A 4 page paper which examines how this film relates to America today. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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from the conflicts to be targeted. However, by the late 1990s, terrorism provided great escapist entertainment at the movies, with the pyrotechnic special effects and heart-stopping plot twists of
big-budget action films generating huge box-office receipts for major studios. One-time television director Edward Zwick was no stranger to action thrillers, having directed such films as Courage under Fire
(1996) and Glory (1989), both starring Denzel Washington. Zwick decided to collaborate once again with his favorite leading man in a film that would be more substance than style.
Zwick did not want to simply use terrorism as a backdrop for cinematic action; he wanted to probe the subject matter deeply and seriously consider the consequences of its
aftermath. From the moment it was released in America on November 6, 1998, The Siege found itself under siege in a firestorm of controversy. It was the subject of
angry editorials in The New York Times and The Washington Post. What was all the fuss about? The Siege was a film that considered the effects of a
series of terrorist attacks against New York City, Manhattans central business district in particular. When FBI agent Anthony "Hub" Hubbard investigates a bus bombing incident and after the attacks
intensify in violence and frequency, he becomes convinced these are not isolated incidents, but rather, acts of terrorism. Working with CIA operative Elise Kraft (Annette Bening), a woman with
a questionable past, and a loyal assistant of Middle East origin Frank Haddad (Tony Shalhoub), Hub infiltrates an intricate Muslim terrorist network presided over by Sheik Ahmed Bin Talal.
These attacks threw American law and order into considerable chaos until the President declared martial law, which was implemented by a gung-ho, ultraconservative Major General William Devereaux (Bruce Willis).
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