Strip Search (2004)
Strip Search follows several parallel stories examining personal freedoms vs. national security in the aftermath of 9/11; two main subplots involve an American woman detained in China and an Arab man detained in New York City.
- Date of release
- 2004-04-27
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (51)
- Runtime
- 56m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Sidney Lumet
Casting
- Maggie Gyllenhaal — Linda Sykes
- Glenn Close — Karen Moore
- Dean Winters — Ned McGrath
- Ken Leung — Liu Tsung-Yuan
- Bruno Lastra — Sharif Bin Said
- Shing Ka — Chinese Police
- Austin Pendleton — James Perley
- Tom Guiry — Gerry Sykes
- Fred Koheler — Jimmy Briggs
- Jim Gaffigan — Reverend Craig Peterson
- Peter Jacobson — John Scanlon
- Justin Bartha
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: New Jersey
Strip Search is a drama film made for the HBO network, first aired on April 27, 2004. The film explores the status of individual liberties in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks and the approval of the USA PATRIOT Act. The film was directed by Sidney Lumet and written by Oz creator Tom Fontana. It stars Glenn Close, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ken Leung, Bruno Lastra and Dean Winters. The film initially was screened at the Monaco International Film Festival with Lumet presenting it in the presence of Fontana.
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