Strip Search

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Strip Search is a film made for the HBO network, first aired in April 27, 2004 at 9:30 p.m. (ET/PT). The film explores the precarious status of individual liberties in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks and the approval of the USA PATRIOT Act. The film was directed by the acclaimed Sidney Lumet and written by Oz creator Tom Fontana. It stars Glenn Close, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dean Winters and Bruno Lastra. The film was first screened at the Monaco Film Premiere with Sidney Lumet in person presenting it, in the presence of writer Tom Fontana [1].

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The film is built around two main parallel stories - each containing identical dialogues - one involving Linda Sykes (Maggie Gyllenhaal), an American woman detained in the People's Republic of China and the other involving Sharif Bin Said (Bruno Lastra), an Arab man detained by the FBI in New York City. Both characters are graduate students detained with no hard evidence and interrogated about activities which may be related to terrorist plots. As implied by the title, the characters of Sykes and Bin Said are - against their will - strip-searched by government officers who are intent on eliciting information to protect the national security in the face of the threat of imminent terrorist attack.

The film ends with the question: "Must security and safety come at the price of freedom?".

Spoilers end here.

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Films directed by Sidney Lumet

12 Angry Men • Stage Struck • That Kind of Woman • The Fugitive Kind • A View from the Bridge • Long Day's Journey Into Night • The Pawnbroker • Fail-Safe • The Hill • The Group • The Deadly Affair • Bye Bye Braverman • The Sea Gull • The Appointment • King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis • Last of the Mobile Hot Shots • The Anderson Tapes • Child's Play • The Offence • Serpico • Lovin' Molly • Murder on the Orient Express • Dog Day Afternoon • Network • Equus • The Wiz • Just Tell Me What You Want • Prince of the City • Deathtrap • The Verdict • Daniel • Garbo Talks • Power • The Morning After • Running on Empty • Family Business • Q & A • A Stranger Among Us • Guilty as Sin • Night Falls on Manhattan • Critical Care • Gloria • Strip Search • Find Me Guilty


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