Strip Search (2004)

Directed by

Sidney Lumet

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

56 min

Rated

R

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 50 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

After the September 11 attacks and the PATRIOT Act, the film follows several characters whose civil liberties come under threat. A Chinese American man is detained at the airport and interrogated. A porn actress is questioned by a talk show host. Their stories intersect under a government that is tightening its grip.

weightyconversationaltensepoliticalfrustratingearnesttime-capsulequietly angry

What happens

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. Different cuts of the film exist. There is supposedly a two-hour version. German TV showed an 86-minute version. The version released on DVD in the U.S. is 56 minutes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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