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Released 18 years ago.
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Traitor
"The truth is complicated."
2008 1h 54m EN
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6.7
SOLID
★6.7TMDB · 751
DramaActionThrillerCrime
Synopsis
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When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer Samir Horn.
“The truth is complicated.”
Cast
Don Cheadle
Samir Horn
Guy Pearce
Roy Clayton
Neal McDonough
Max Archer
Saïd Taghmaoui
Omar
Jeff Daniels
Carter
Alyy Khan
Fareed Mansour
Raad Rawi
Nathir
Hassam Ghancy
Bashir
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Jeffrey Nachmanoff
- Writers
- Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Steve Martin
- Languages
- Arabic, English, French
- Countries
- United States of America
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Arabic, English, French.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff, shot by J. Michael Muro. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Mark Kilian. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Billy Fox shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce and Neal McDonough carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "The truth is complicated.".
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IMDB entry: tt0988047 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Jeffrey Nachmanoff directs. J. Michael Muro behind the camera. Mark Kilian scores. Billy Fox cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Arabic, English, French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 18 years ago.
- 2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Arabic, English, French.
- 3Directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff, shot by J. Michael Muro. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by Mark Kilian. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Editor Billy Fox shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce and Neal McDonough carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "The truth is complicated.".
- 8IMDB entry: tt0988047 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Classified under 10 themes, including "prison", "escape", "bomb", "alcohol".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- J. Michael Muro
- Original score
- Mark Kilian
- Editing
- Billy Fox
- Production design
- Laurence Bennett
- Costume design
- Gersha Phillips
- Runtime
- 114 min · 1h 54m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $22,000,000
- Box office
- $23,530,831
- Return
- 107% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- PG-13
- IMDB
- Traitor (2008)
Also by
Jeffrey Nachmanoff
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Trailers & featurettes
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Production companies
Who made it
Mandeville Films
US
Hyde Park Entertainment
US
- CR
Crescendo Productions
US
Overture Films
US
Paramount Vantage
US
Key crew
- Executive ProducerAshok Amritraj
- ProducerDon Cheadle
- Executive ProducerArlene Gibbs
- ProducerDavid Hoberman
- Executive ProducerKay Liberman
- ProducerTodd Lieberman
- Executive ProducerSteve Martin
- ProducerGlynis Murray
- ProducerRichard Schlesinger
- ProducerJeffrey Silver
- EditorBilly Fox
- StuntsVirginie Arnaud
- Associate ProducerAnjalika Mathur Nigam
- CastingDeborah Aquila
- CastingRobin D. Cook
- CastingNicole Hilliard-Forde
- CastingTricia Wood
- Production DesignLaurence Bennett
- Costume DesignGersha Phillips
- Script SupervisorDaniela Saioni
- Digital CompositorMichael Roderick
- StuntsRobert Racki
- CompositorDaniel Karlsson
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- prison
- escape
- bomb
- alcohol
- faith
- kidnapping
- traitor
- delinquent
- car bomb
- devout
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2008-08-27PG-13
Also known as
International titles
- Az árulóHU
- TraidorES
- Traitor - Zwischen den FrontenDE
- TrahisonFR
- TraidorPT
- O TraidorBR
- خائنIR
- TrădătorulRO
- SatqınAZ
