Body of Lies (2008)

Director:

Ridley Scott

Writers (WGA):

William Monahan (screenplay)
David Ignatius (novel)

Release Date:

10 October 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Trust no one. Deceive everyone.

Plot:

Roger Ferris uncovers a lead on a major terrorist leader suspected to be operating out of Jordan.

Plot Keywords:

Jordan | Terrorist | Architect | CIA | Cell Phone

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio	...	Roger Ferris
Russell Crowe	...	Ed Hoffman
Mark Strong	...	Hani Salaam
Golshifteh Farahani	...	Aisha
Oscar Isaac	...	Bassam
Ali Suliman	...	Omar Sadiki
Alon Abutbul	...	Al-Saleem (as Alon Aboutboul)
Vince Colosimo	...	Skip
Simon McBurney	...	Garland
Mehdi Nebbou	...	Nizar
Michael Gaston	...	Holiday
Kais Nashif	...	Mustafa Karami
Jamil Khoury	...	Marwan (as Jameel Khoury)
Lubna Azabal	...	Aisha's sister Cala
Ghali Benlafkih	...	Aisha's Nephew Rowley
Youssef Srondy	...	Aisha's Nephew Yousef
Ali Khalil	...	Zayed Ibishi
Giannina Facio	...	Hoffman's Wife
Chase Edmunds	...	Hoffman's Son Timmy
Morgan A. Vick	...	Hoffman's Daughter
Michael Stuhlbarg	...	Ferris' Attorney
Sherif Eltayeb	...	Executioner
David Ganly	...	Doctor at Qatar Military Base
Bijan Daneshmand	...	Amman Clinic Doctor
Houda Zbit	...	Hani's Wife
Omar Berdouni	...	Al-Saleem's Lieutenant
Richard De Mayo	...	Tony
Clara Khoury	...	Bassam's Wife
Abdu Rahim Kashmir	...	Safe House Jihadist
Sami Samir	...	Taxi Driver - Syrian Border
Xanthe Elbrick	...	Manchester News Reporter
Ali Alvi	...	Manchester Bomber #1
Vedant Gokhale	...	Manchester Bomber #3
Ran Nikfam	...	Amsterdam Bomber
Albert Twanmo	...	Japanese Tourist Husband with Camera
Ellie K. Wang	...	Japanese Tourist Wife
Allen Lidkey	...	Medic in Helicopter
Drif Said	...	Turkish Engineer / Explosives Expert
Zakaria Atifi	...	Al-Masri
William Meredith	...	Soldier in Qatar
Howard W. Overshown	...	Predator Room Captain #1
Kathy K. Brady	...	Predator Room Captain #2
Quentin Mare	...	Predator Operator Langley #1
Matt Gulbranson	...	Predator Operator Langley #2
Jill Wolsey	...	Soccer Mom
Annabelle Wallis	...	Hani's Girlfriend in Bar
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Neil Dickson	...	BBC Newsreader (voice)
Devin Rumer	...	Predator Operator
Michael Alban	...	Mission Commander (uncredited)
Larry Carter	...	CIA agent (uncredited)
Brandon Cordon	...	Turkish Man (uncredited)
Thomas Joe Craig	...	Manchester Policeman (uncredited)
Justin Doescher	...	Dutch Policeman (uncredited)
Robin Atkin Downes	...	News Correspondent (uncredited)
Michael James Faradie	...	Special Forces Sergeant (uncredited)
Bill Gentry	...	SAS Agent (uncredited)
Art Hall	...	Machester News Cameraman (uncredited)
Rami Hilmi	...	Attendant Syria (uncredited)
Shredi Jabarin	...	Jihadist (uncredited)
Kawan Kean	...	Amsterdam Hooligan (uncredited)
Aubrohn King	...	SAS Agent (uncredited)
Jordan Lage	...	CIA analyst (uncredited)
Kirk Lambert	...	Special Air Service (uncredited)
Todd A. Langenfeld	...	Russian Worker in Amsterdam Market (uncredited)
Kevin Leigh	...	Dubai Baggage Handler (uncredited)
Travis McHenry	...	SAS Agent (uncredited)
J. Matthew Miller	...	Young Detective (uncredited)
Dino A. Muminovic	...	Airport Security Guard (uncredited)
Douglas Nelson	...	Turkish Gang Member (uncredited)
Christopher Phillips	...	Predator Room Mission Coordinator #2 (uncredited)
Sasha Rajic	...	Manchester Resident (uncredited)
Lil Rhee	...	Shopper (uncredited)
Vasanth Santosham	...	Sikh Milkman (uncredited)
Patrick Michael Strange	...	Manchester UK Resident / Dubai Baggage Handler (uncredited)
Tom Townsend	...	Heckler (uncredited)
Al Twanmo	...	Japanese husband with camera (uncredited)
Towanda Underdue	...	African Diplomat (uncredited)
Juan Pablo Veizaga	...	Dubai Traveler (uncredited)
Terry Ward	...	Manchester Hooligan (uncredited)

Directed by
Ridley Scott

Writing credits (WGA)
William Monahan		(screenplay)
David Ignatius		(novel "Body of Lies")

Produced by
Zakaria Alaoui	....	line producer: Morocco
Michael Costigan	....	executive producer
Donald De Line	....	producer
Charles J.D. Schlissel	....	executive producer
Ridley Scott	....	producer

Original Music by
Marc Streitenfeld

Cinematography by
Alexander Witt		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Pietro Scalia

Casting by
Jina Jay
Avy Kaufman

Production Design by
Arthur Max

Art Direction by
Robert Cowper		(as Rob Cowper)
Alessandro Santucci		(as Alexandro M. Santucci)
Marco Trentini		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Sonja Klaus

Costume Design by
Janty Yates

Makeup Department
Aicha Ameziane	....	makeup artist
Audrey L. Anzures	....	hair department head
Zineb Bendoula	....	hair stylist
Zhor Bennani	....	makeup artist
Kathryn Blondell	....	hair stylist: Mr. DiCaprio (as Kathy Blondell)
Ardis Cohen	....	hair stylist
Anthony Grayson	....	wig designer: Washington D.C.
Sian Grigg	....	makeup artist: Mr. DiCaprio
Charmaine Henninger	....	hair stylist: Washington D.C.
Laura Hill	....	contact lens technician
Paula Kelly	....	makeup artist: Mr. Crowe
Cheryl 'Pickles' Kinion	....	makeup artist: Washington D.C. (as Cheryl Kinion)
Don Kozma	....	head makeup artist
Barbara Lacy	....	makeup artist: Washington D.C.
Craig Lyman	....	makeup artist: Washington D.C.
Bernadette Mazur	....	key makeup artist
Brahim Naim	....	hair stylist
Candace Neal	....	key hair stylist: Washington D.C.
Simon Rose	....	senior prosthetic technician
Josh Turi	....	makeup artist: Washington D.C. (as Jopshua Turi)
Toni-Ann Walker	....	hair stylist: Mr. Crowe
Debi Young	....	makeup artist: Washington D.C.
Vesna Giordano	....	prosthetic technician (uncredited)
Duncan Jarman	....	prosthetic makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Omar Chraibi	....	unit manager: Morocco
L. Dean Jones Jr.	....	unit production manager
Teresa Kelly	....	post-production supervisor
T. David Pash	....	unit manager: Ouarzazate (as David Theodore Pash)
Charles J.D. Schlissel	....	unit production manager
Stefano Spadoni	....	unit manager
Lucio Trentini	....	production manager
John Watson	....	unit manager: locations
Mark Scoon	....	executive in charge of production (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mohamed Essaghir Aabach	....	third assistant director
Tarik Ait Ben Ali	....	second second assistant director: Morocco
Kenny Chaplin	....	additional second second assistant director: Washington D.C.
Yann Mari Faget	....	second assistant director: Morocco
Gary Romolo Fiorelli	....	second assistant director
Sallie Anne Hard	....	second assistant director (as Sallie Hard)
Kali Harrison	....	second second assistant director: Washington D.C.
Ahmed Hatimi	....	first assistant director: Morocco
Peter Kohn	....	first assistant director
Megan Roberts	....	third assistant director
Noureddine Aberdine	....	first assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Chris Ashley	....	leadman: Washington D.C.
Abdellah Baadil	....	assistant art director
Charley Beal	....	supervising art director: Washington D.C.
Francesca Birri	....	art department coordinator
Sally Black	....	on-set dresser
John Bornman	....	construction medic
Rebecca Castle	....	scenic painter: Washington D.C.
Carl Catanese	....	set dresser: Washington D.C.
Joseph Timothy Conway	....	assistant props: Washington D.C. (as Joseph Conway)
Xavier Corby	....	on-set dresser: Washington D.C.
Jen Day	....	art department staff assistant: Washington D.C. (as Jennifer Day)
Joe Dipple	....	stand-by props
Scott Doran	....	leadman: Washington D.C. (as R. Scott Doran)
Brad Einhorn	....	property master: Washington D.C.
Franco Fabietti	....	construction foreman: Washington D.C.
Nancy Gomes	....	paint foreman: Washington D.C.
Pat Gomes	....	paint supervisor: Washington D.C. (as Patrick Gomes)
Peter J. Hampton	....	supervising art director: Washington D.C. (as Peter Hampton)
Eric Hunsaker	....	assistant props: Washington D.C.
Mark Kimber	....	supervising chargehand props
Hinju Kim	....	art director: Washington D.C.
Bryan McBrien	....	greens coordinator: Washington D.C. (as Bryan A. McBrien)
Alex McCarroll	....	set designer: Washington D.C.
Wendy Means	....	art department coordinator: Washington D.C. (as Wendy Stanton)
Mike Medina	....	assistant construction coordinator: Washington D.C. (as Mike 'Chachi' Medina)
Aziz Mhand	....	stand-by props
Ed Natividad	....	storyboard artist: Washington D.C. (as Edwin L. Matividad)
Andrea Nowowiejski	....	scenic painter: Washington D.C.
Nancy Nye	....	set decorator: Washington D.C.
Sean O'Harra	....	set dresser: Washington D.C.
Imiaa Ougdal	....	art department production assistant
Michael Panevics	....	assistant props: Washington D.C. (as Michael A. Panevics)
Dan Pemberton	....	construction coordinator: Washington D.C. (as Daniel M. Pemberton)
Julie Pitt	....	assistant set decorator
Lester Poser	....	assistant props: Washington D.C.
Younes Rahoui	....	art department production assistant
Tony Roche	....	assistant set decorator
Rich Romig	....	set designer: Washington D.C.
Ronald H. Sachs	....	greens stand-by: Washington D.C. (as Ronald Sachs)
Monica Sallustio	....	assistant art director
Saverio Sammali	....	assistant art director
Bridget Shaw	....	art department staff assistant: Washington D.C.
Stephen G. Shifflette	....	set dresser: Washington D.C.
Zoe Smith	....	assistant set decorator
Bob Spore	....	assistant props: Washington D.C.
Jeff Stacy	....	set dresser: Washington D.C.
Antonio Tarolla	....	assistant art director
Ivano Todeschi	....	head painter
Dave Trevino	....	stand-by painter: washington D.C.
Fernando Valento	....	construction manager: Washington D.C.
Francesco Valento	....	construction foreman: Washington D.C.
Terry Wells Jr.	....	assistant property master (as Terry John Wells Jr.)
Laurence William Wells	....	supervising chargehand props
Terry Wells	....	property master (as Terrty Wells Sr.)
Clive Wilson	....	stand-by chargehand prop
Zachary Zirlin	....	graphic artist: Washington D.C.
Abdellah Achir	....	assistant art director trainee (uncredited)
Mark Bentley	....	props (uncredited)
John D. Bert	....	assistant props (uncredited)
Mjid Boulane	....	assistant property master (uncredited)
Rachid Boulane	....	constructor (uncredited)
Laurence Castello	....	painter gangboss (uncredited)
Tina Charad	....	graphic designer (uncredited)
Randy Culberhouse	....	propmaker foreman (uncredited)
Gary Dawson	....	dressing props (uncredited)
Giancarlo Di Fusco	....	painter (uncredited)
Billy Edwards	....	props buyer (uncredited)
Luke Edwards	....	set decorating assistant (uncredited)
Colin Fox	....	drapes master (uncredited)
Leslie Heins	....	signwriter (uncredited)
Trent Hevener	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Glauco Isidori	....	painter (uncredited)
Thomas D. Krausz	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Claudio Magrini	....	senior carpenter (uncredited)
Eric A. Martin	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Elizabeth Morris	....	buyer (uncredited)
Ollie Novadnieks	....	prop buyer (uncredited)
Paul Pastorelli	....	gang boss (uncredited)
Domenico Reordino	....	painter (uncredited)
Amin Rharda	....	props buyer (uncredited)
Michael Ruby	....	supervising signwriter (uncredited)
Zoe Wilson	....	prop coordinator (uncredited)

Sound Department
Brahim Ait Belkas	....	cable man (as Brahim Aitbelkas)
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
Christopher Assells	....	sound effects editor
Karen M. Baker	....	supervising sound editor (as Karen Baker Landers)
Bob Beemer	....	sound re-recording mixer
John T. Cucci	....	foley artist (as John Cucci)
Dino Dimuro	....	sound effects editor (as Dino R. Dimuro)
Per Hallberg	....	supervising sound editor
Dan Hegeman	....	sound effects editor (as Daniel Hegeman)
Chris Hogan	....	dialogue editor (as Christopher W Hogan)
Craig S. Jaeger	....	supervising foley editor
Chris Jargo	....	supervising adr editor
Kraig Kishi	....	boom operator
Michael Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
Philip D. Morrill	....	assistant sound editor
Tony Negrete	....	assistant sound editor (as Tony R. Negrete)
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Michelle Pazer	....	adr editor
Frederick H. Stahly	....	dialogue editor
Peter Staubli	....	sound effects editor
Richard Van Dyke	....	production sound mixer
David Young	....	sound engineer (as David M. Young)
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer (uncredited)
Travis MacKay	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
Craig Mann	....	sound mix technician (uncredited)
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Charles Adcock	....	senior pyrotechnic technician (as Charlie Adcock)
Kirk Barton	....	special effects technician: Washington D.C. (as Kirk M. Barton)
Grant Boulton	....	special effects technician
Caimin Bourne	....	special effects senior technician
Ambrose Buchanan	....	assistant special effects technician
William Catania	....	special effects technician: Washington D.C. (as William Cataria)
Robbie Clot	....	special effects gang boss: Washington D.C. (as Robert Clot)
Ryan Conder	....	assistant special effects technician
Christopher Corbould Jr.	....	assistant special effects technician (as Chris J. Corbould)
Paul Corbould	....	special effects supervisor
Aaron Cox	....	special effects technician
John Cramman	....	special effects technician
Joe Digaetano	....	special effects power foreman: Washington D.C. (as Joe DiGaetano)
Thomas Fife	....	special effects technician: Washington D.C. (as Thomas W. Fife)
Joe Halford	....	special effects technician (as Joseph Halford)
Thomas Kittle	....	special effects technician: Washington D.C.
Wes Mattox	....	special effects technician: Washington D.C.
Marc McCord	....	special effects technician: Washington D.C.
John McLeod	....	special effects coordinator: Washington D.C.
Dominic Mewburn-Crook	....	special effects technician
Andrew Miller	....	special effects shop foreman: Washington D.C. (as Andrew Miller)
Tim Mitchell	....	special effects technician (as Timothy Mitchell)
Brian Montgomery	....	special effects technician: Washington D.C.
Hanin Ouidder	....	assistant special effects technician
David Pahoa	....	special effects technician: Washington D.C.
Simon Quinn	....	special effects technician
Mike Reedy	....	special effects gang boss: Washington D.C. (as Michael Reedy)
Shaun Rutter	....	special effects senior technician
David Scheper	....	special effects technician: Washington D.C.
Nigel Sinclair	....	special effects technician
Mohamed Steila	....	assistant special effects technician
Frank W. Tarantino	....	special effects company operator: Washington D.C. (as Frank Tarantino)
Abdelmajid Tib	....	assistant special effects technician
Tom Turnbull	....	special effects technician: Washington D.C.
Matthew Veale	....	special effects technician
Joseph Walker	....	special effects technician: Washington D.C.
Paul Waller	....	special effects technician
Daniel Yates	....	special effects technician: Washington D.C.
Hank Atterbury	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
David Fantham	....	special effects driver (uncredited)
Keith Haynes	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
James W. McCormick	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Scott McGowan	....	special effects (uncredited)
Jeff Miller	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
David 'Pinkie' Thomas	....	special effects buyer (uncredited)
Gareth Wingrove	....	special effects floor supervisor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Jacquie Barnbrook	....	visual effects producer
Brian C. Davis	....	visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Jesus De Santiago	....	visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Sheena Duggal	....	visual effects supervisor
Dick Edwards	....	visual effects: Invisible Effects
Fish Essenfeld	....	visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Julia Frey	....	visual effects producer
Todd Fullerton	....	graphics supervisor: Washington D.C.
Isaac Marcos Gonzalez	....	visual effects production assistant
Jason Greenblum	....	visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Walter F. Hyneman	....	visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Daniel Kuehn	....	visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Tom Lynnes	....	visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
John Monos	....	visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Manuel Plank-Jorge	....	visual effects: Invisible Effects
Billy Rich	....	visual effects editor
Candice Scott	....	visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Wesley Sewell	....	visual effects: Invisible Effects (as Wes Sewell)
Kevin Paul Sheedy	....	visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Messrob Torikian	....	visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Guy Wiedmann	....	visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Lauralee Wiseman	....	visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Bjorn Zipprich	....	visual effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Richard Alonso	....	computer graphics (uncredited)
Lynn Basas	....	visual effects: SPI (uncredited)
Michael Boggs	....	scanning manager (uncredited)
Sarah Coatts	....	visual effects producer: PIC (uncredited)
Ian Doss	....	on set surveyor: Washington D.C., SPI (uncredited)
Minh Duong	....	modeler (uncredited)
Frederick Gaudreau	....	lighting and compositing technical director (uncredited)
Holly Gosnell	....	data wrangler: Morocco (uncredited)
Brian Hamblin	....	editorial technical manager: SPI (uncredited)
Val Kharitonashvili	....	effects technical director: SPI (uncredited)
Steven Messing	....	digital matte artist (uncredited)
Koji Morihiro	....	animator (uncredited)
Michael Hugh O'Donnell	....	digital coordinator (uncredited)
Andrea Lackey Pace	....	manager of production services and resources (uncredited)
Balaji Ramakrishna	....	compositor: imageworks india (uncredited)
Sandesh Ramdev	....	rotoscope lead (uncredited)
Toby Rosen	....	visual effects technician (uncredited)
David Satchwell	....	computer graphic supervisor (uncredited)
Rick Shick	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Rick Shick	....	senior Flame artist (uncredited)
Tomoko Shin	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Sukumaran Lalithambika Vijin	....	roto artist: imageworks india (uncredited)
Joe Wehmeyer	....	data wrangler (uncredited)
John Welborn	....	software engineer (uncredited)

Stunts
Driss Abad	....	stunts
Mohammed Abarach	....	stunts
G.A. Aguilar	....	stunt coordinator
Bougharough Attawi	....	stunts
Faycal Attougui	....	stunts
Benamara Azeddine	....	stunts (as Benamara Azodine)
Bobby Beckles	....	stunts
Mohammed Bemilla	....	stunts
Hamid Bourhza	....	stunts
Jill Brown	....	stunts
Scott Burik	....	stunts
Jared Burke	....	stunts
Chris Cenatiempo	....	stunts
John Cenatiempo	....	stunts
Victor Chan	....	stunts
Lena Clark	....	stunts
Bob Colletti	....	stunts
John Copeman	....	stunts
Blaise Corrigan	....	stunts
Ned Corrigan	....	stunts
Stacy Courtney	....	stunts
Abdel-Ali El Ghachi	....	stunts
Mijo El Ghachi	....	stunts
Youssef El Hibaqui	....	stunts
Tarik El Mountehi	....	stunts
Peter Epstein	....	stunts
Aissa Et Brahim	....	stunts
Mark Fichera	....	stunts
Jeffrey Lee Gibson	....	stunts
Rudolph Gonckal	....	stunts
Abdilla Grichi	....	stunts
Tarick Hadouch	....	stunts (as Tarik Hadouch)
Cort Hessler	....	stunts
Abdu Rahim Kashmir	....	stunts
Sean Kelly	....	stunts
Caroline Leppanen	....	stunts (as Caroline Vexler)
Gabriel Manja	....	stunt assistant (as Sarki Gabriel Manja)
Gabriel Manja	....	stunt performer
Tim McAdams	....	stunts
Youssef Merchouki	....	stunts
Hamid Mezry	....	stunts
Melissa H. Morgan	....	stunts (as Melissa Morgan)
Abdellah Oukseh	....	stunts
Imad Oukseh	....	stunts
Hakim Oumossa	....	stunts
Claudio Pacifico	....	stunt performer
Christopher Place	....	stunts
Thomas Place	....	stunts
Dave Pope	....	stunts
Stephen A. Pope	....	stunts (as Stephen Pope)
Cedric Proust	....	stunts (as Cedrick Proust)
Steve Ritzi	....	stunts (as Steven Ritzi)
J.C. Robaina	....	stunts
Florian Robin	....	stunt performer
Essadik Samali	....	stunts
Keith Siglinger	....	stunts
Jason Silvis	....	stunts
Derrick Simmons	....	stunts
Aaron Vexler	....	stunts
Christiana Zephir	....	stunts
Rachid Abbad	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mark Fichera	....	stunt double: Leonardo DiCaprio (uncredited)
Othman Ilyassa	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Stephen A. Pope	....	assistant stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Don Whatley	....	precision driver (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Matthew Alexander	....	video coordinator: Washington D.C.
Arin Artounian	....	video playback operator: Washington, D.C.
Ian Axilrod	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera, Washington D.C.
Mustapha Badredinne	....	second assistant camera: "c" camera (as Mustapha Baddredine)
John C. Barber	....	dolly grip: "b" camera, Washington D.C. (as John 'JB' Barber)
Chris Beattie	....	best boy grip: Washington D.C.
Josh Blakeslee	....	second assistant camera: "d" camera, Washington D.C.
Sarah Brandes	....	camera loader: Washington D.C.
Kevin 'Vinnie' Campbell	....	rigging best boy: Washington D.C.
Ricky Carrillo	....	rigging gaffer: Washington D.C.
Alessandro Chiara	....	camera operator: "d" camera (as Alexxandro Ghiara)
Richard Cronn	....	assistant chief lighting technician: Washington D.C. (as Richard Cronn Jr.)
Richard Crown	....	rigging gaffer
David Deever	....	video assist operator (as Dave Deever)
Claudio Del Gobbo	....	dolly grip
Massimiliano Dessena	....	best boy grip
François Duhamel	....	still photographer (as Francois Duhamel)
Giuseppe Falcone	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Gian Claudio Giacomini	....	second assistant camera: "c" camera (as Gianclaudio Giacomini)
Jack Glenn	....	dolly grip
James Goldman	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera, Washington D.C.
William J. Gray	....	first assistant camera: additional "a" camera, Washington D.C. (as William T. Gray)
Mason Hersey	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera, Washington D.C.
Ronald Hersey	....	camera operator: "b" camera, Washington D.C. (as Ron Hersey)
Scott Hillman	....	key rigging grip
Stefan H. Fritz Hummel	....	camera operator: remote head camera
Larry Huston	....	first assistant camera: "c" camera
David Insley	....	camera operator: "d" camera, Washington D.C. (as Dave Insley)
Trevor Loomis	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera, Washington D.C.
Marcostavros Maggi	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera (as Marco Stavros Maggi)
Stefano Marino	....	key gaffer
John Marzano	....	aerial director of photography
Daniele Massaccesi	....	Steadicam operator: "b" camera
Ivan Massaccesi	....	second assistant camera: "d" camera
Larry McConkey	....	Steadicam operator: Washington D.C.
Larry McConkey	....	camera operator: "c" camera, Washington D.C.
Tommaso Mele	....	key grip
David B. Nowell	....	aerial director of photography: Washington D.C. (as David Nowell)
Giorgio Perluigi	....	additional second assistant camera
Francisco Pintore	....	first assistant camera: "d" camera
Ben Plant	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Jem Rayner	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Marco Sacerdoti	....	camera operator: "c" camera
Mark Sannes	....	key grip: Washington D.C.
Mark Schmidt	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Pierson Silver	....	second assistant camera: "c" camera, Washington D.C.
Massimiliano Simotti	....	remote head technician
Ian Speed	....	remote head technician
Robert Steadman	....	key gaffer
Don Steinberg	....	first assistant camera: "d" camera, Washington D.C. (as Donal Steinberg)
Monte Swann	....	24 frame supervising engineer: Washington D.C.
Antonio E. Vega Varela	....	camera operator: remote head camera
Giacomo Zampieri	....	camera loader
Adil Arbouch	....	electrician (uncredited)
Shawn C.H. Baron	....	rigging grip (uncredited)
Leonardo Beltrame	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Joey Bruce	....	grip (uncredited)
Jeff Callow	....	grip (uncredited)
Stefano Di Pasquali	....	grip (uncredited)
Jason Dunn	....	grip (uncredited)
Doriano Forti	....	rigging grip (uncredited)
Michael Gearhart	....	grip (uncredited)
Edward Hohman	....	rigging grip (uncredited)
William T. Iversen	....	grip (uncredited)
John J. Moers	....	camera operator: video segment (uncredited)
Giorgio Pezzotti	....	grip (uncredited)
Marco Sticchi	....	best boy electric (uncredited)
Wade Tyree	....	electrician (uncredited)
Daniele Verdenelli	....	electrician (uncredited)
J. Glyn Williams	....	first assistant camera: aerial (uncredited)
Franz Wise	....	additional electrician (uncredited)
Marc Wolff	....	pilot: camera helicopter (uncredited)

Casting Department
Billy Dowd	....	extras casting
Lois J. Drabkin	....	casting associate
Jason Fischman	....	casting assistant: Washington D.C.
Lucinda Johnston	....	casting assistant: Washington D.C.
Alain Aswani	....	extras casting assistant (uncredited)
Zinedine Ibnou Jabal	....	casting: Morocco (uncredited)
Hervé Jakubowicz	....	casting contact: France (uncredited)
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson	....	adr voice casting (uncredited)
Omar Tisli	....	casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Abdelkrim Akallach	....	costume supervisor: Morocco (as Abdelkarim Akallach)
Susan Antonelli	....	costumer: Washington D.C.
Michael Castellano	....	costumer: Mr. Crowe
Peter k Christopher	....	military standby costumer
Mary Ann Creamer	....	costumer: Washington D.C.
Bruno de Santa	....	principal costumer
Zineb El Idrissi	....	costume assistant (as Zineb El Indrissi Mendili)
Jody Felz	....	costumer: Washington D.C. (as Jody Ann Felz)
Betsy Glick	....	costumer: Washington D.C.
Joe Kowalewski	....	assistant costume supervisor (as Neil Josef Kowalewski)
Louise Lewis	....	costumer: Washington D.C. (as Louise P. Lewis)
Cookie Lopez	....	costumer: Mr. DiCaprio (as Cookie Lopez Fahey)
Martin Mandeville	....	costume coordinator
Michael Mooney	....	assistant costume designer: UK
Jim Morse	....	costumer: Washington D.C.
Christopher Peterson	....	assistant costume designer: Washington D.C.
Mark Peterson	....	costume supervisor: Washington D.C. (as Mark A. Peterson)
Sunita Singh	....	principal costume coordinator (as Sunita Nadine Singh)
Clare Spragge	....	costume supervisor
Hartsell Taylor	....	key costumer: Washington D.C.
Maurizio Torti	....	set costume supervisor
Maria Tortu	....	assistant costume designer
Brenda M. Ware	....	key costumer: Washington D.C. (as Brenda Ware)
John M. 'Jack' Wright	....	key costumer: Washington D.C. (as John M. Wright)
Jessica Albertson	....	costume researcher (uncredited)
Kadija Bangura	....	costume production assistant (uncredited)
Abderrahim Benkhayi	....	costume assistant (uncredited)
Melissa Binder	....	costume textile artist (uncredited)
Rob Brown	....	costume assistant (uncredited)
Zineb Drissi	....	assistant costume supervisor (uncredited)
Rebecca M. Graves	....	costume assistant (uncredited)
Otmane Khammari	....	wardrobe supervisor (uncredited)
Linda O'Reilly	....	costume assistant (uncredited)
Helen L. Simmons	....	costumer (uncredited)
Joanna Weaving	....	costume breakdown (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Peter Lambert	....	assistant editor
Kathleen Latlip	....	assistant editor
Robert Mead	....	assistant editor
Nick Monton	....	digital intermediate supervisor: Company 3
Stephen Nakamura	....	digital intermediate colorist: Company 3
Billy Rich	....	first assistant editor
Stefan Sonnenfeld	....	digital intermediate executive producer: Company 3
Alex Romano	....	digital intermediate on-line editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Joseph Bonn	....	assistant music editor
Bruce Fowler	....	orchestrator
Walt Fowler	....	orchestrator
Rick Giovinazzo	....	orchestrator
Tom Hardisty	....	protools engineer (as Tom Hardesty)
Jamie Luker	....	music scoring engineer
Malcolm Luker	....	music scoring mixer
Malcolm Luker	....	score recordist
Yvonne S. Moriarty	....	orchestrator (as Yvonne Moriarty)
Mike Nowak	....	conductor
Joel J. Richard	....	protools engineer
Del Spiva	....	music editor
Jeremy Borum	....	music coordinator (uncredited)
Nick Delaplane	....	assistant to composer (uncredited)
Greg Hayes	....	score recordist (uncredited)
Richard Wheeler Jr.	....	scoring crew (uncredited)
Booker White	....	head of music preparation (uncredited)
Gina Zimmitti	....	music contractor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Khalid Ameskane	....	transportation captain
Ali Bakkioui	....	transportation coordinator (as Ali Bakkioui El Otmani)
Daniel Davis	....	transportation co-captain: Washington D.C.
Bob Foster	....	picture car captain: Washington D.C.
Charles Heidet	....	picture vehicle supervisor
Franklin G. Matts	....	transportation co-captain: Washington D.C.
Gary Shephard	....	transportation coordinator: Washington D.C.
Larry Shephard	....	transportation captain: Washington D.C.
Aaron Skalka	....	transportation co-captain: Washington D.C.
Verdell E. Veney	....	transportation co-captain: Washington D.C.
Francisco Rojo Villada	....	transportation
James Edward Watson	....	transportation co-captain: Washington D.C.
Jalal Aqdim	....	picture vehicle assistant coordinator (uncredited)
Dan Buckman	....	driver: Mr. DiCaprio (uncredited)
Ian Clarke	....	picture vehicle technician (uncredited)
Chris Ferrence	....	transportation office coordinator (uncredited)
Teresa Haney	....	transportation (uncredited)
Graham Kelly	....	picture vehicle supervisor (uncredited)
Michael Rich	....	driver (uncredited)
Sean Thornton	....	picture vehicle floor supervisor (uncredited)

Other crew
Youssef Abagourram	....	assistant location manager
Barbara Adducci	....	assistant production coordinator
Mustapha Adidou	....	animal wrangler
El Mahjoub Ahbid	....	production assistant
Saad Ajedigue	....	production assistant
Matthew Alexander	....	computer coordinator: Washington D.C.
Monique Allen	....	set staff assistant
Russell Allen	....	travel coordinator
Olivier Arnesen	....	production coordinator: Washington D.C.
Amal Baggar	....	assistant: Mr. Scott
Khalid Banoujaafar	....	assistant location manager
Elhoussaine Baouzine	....	assistant accountant (as El Houssaine Baouzine)
Michael Barron	....	location assistant: Washington D.C.
Taoufio Belemqadem	....	security coordinator
Driss Benchhiba	....	location manager
Bouchra Bentayeb	....	assistant production coordinator
Mustapha Bentayeb	....	production assistant
Zachary Book	....	location assistant: Washington D.C.
Kristen Boulé	....	set staff assistant: Washington D.C. (as Kristen Boule)
Emma Brazier	....	assistant accountant
Benjamin Cantler	....	location assistant: Washington D.C.
Mohamed Chawqui El Indrissi	....	location assistant
Brian M. Chilcoat	....	set staff assistant: Washington D.C.
J. Chan Claggett	....	location manager: Washington D.C. (as Chan Claggett)
Greg Corke	....	armorer (as Gregory Corke)
Tianni L. Craig	....	office staff assistant: Washington D.C.
Kyle David Crosby	....	office staff assistant: Washington D.C. (as Kyle D. Crosby)
Sylvia Davis	....	location assistant: Washington D.C.
Judy Dickerson	....	dialect coach: Mr. Crowe (as Judi Dickerson)
Hedi El Ayoubi	....	set production assistant (as Hedi Elayoubi)
Loubna Elhassani	....	production secretary
Dan Erstad	....	assistant: Mr. DeLine
Dave Evans	....	armorer
Carla Ferroni	....	assistant production coordinator
Carol Flaisher	....	location manager: Washington D.C.
Scott Foster	....	set staff assistant: Washington D.C.
Kate Galbraith	....	assistant production coordinator: Washington, D.C.
Rafael Garcia Velasco	....	caterer
Dan Gates	....	assistant: Mr. Scott
Christopher Geair	....	assistant location manager: Washington D.C.
Travis Greene	....	office staff assistant: Washington D.C.
Lisa Hagenmeyer	....	assistant location manager: Washington D.C.
Faical Hajji	....	assistant location manager
Mohamed Hamza Zough	....	assistant location manager
Danielle Hartzell	....	assistant production coordinator: Washington D.C. (as Danielle E. Hartzell)
Candice Haynes	....	location assistant: Washington D.C.
Richard Hooper	....	armorer
Redouane Inzig	....	location set production assistant (as Ridouane Inzig)
Jason Irizarry	....	security: Mr. DiCaprio, SISS Ltd.
Christine Irons	....	assistant: Mr. Schlissel
Michael James	....	security: Mr. Crowe
April A. Janow	....	accountant: Washington D.C. (as April Janow)
Mustapoha Jdaa	....	nurse: special effects
Bobbie Johnson	....	financial controller
Carrie Johnson	....	unit nurse
Jeff Johnson	....	set medic: Washington D.C.
Octavius Lee Johnson	....	location assistant: Washington D.C.
Douglas M. Jones	....	set staff assistant: Washington D.C. (as Doug Jones)
Gareth Jones	....	security coordinator
Lynsey Jones	....	assistant to producer
Najib Kerroumi	....	caterer: Morocco
Tim Kossa	....	key location assistant: Washington D.C.
Steven Lafferty	....	set staff assistant: Washington D.C.
Daniel Leaderman	....	key office staff assistant: Washington D.C.
Dana Lewis	....	set staff assistant: Washington D.C.
Michael Lippman	....	assistant: Mr. DiCaprio (as Mike Lippman)
Michael Lippman	....	set staff assistant: Washington D.C.
Ken Little Jr.	....	location assistant: Washington D.C. (as Kenneth Little Jr.)
Dr. Mohamed Lofti	....	medic
Myriam Loukili	....	accountant: Morocco
Greg Lubin	....	office staff assistant: Washington D.C.
Natascha Maksimovic	....	assistant: Mr. Scott
Ernie Malik	....	unit publicist
Jean Martin	....	set staff assistant
Norma Marie Mascia	....	supervising production coordinator
Michael Maxwell	....	caterer: Mike Maxwell & Co. (as Mike Maxwell)
Terry McAllister	....	security: Mr. Crowe
Jacqui McBride	....	assistant accountant (as Jacqueline McBride)
Mary McGrady	....	studio teacher: On Location Education
Christian McWilliams	....	location manager
Karin Mercurio	....	first assistant accountant
Tim Monich	....	dialect coach: Mr. DiCaprio
Elena Moscatt	....	key craft services: Washington D.C.
My Mustapha Oikil	....	medic (as Dr. Oikil My El Mustapha)
David Paris	....	aerial coordinator: Washington D.C.
Eric B. Plummer	....	assistant location manager: Washington D.C.
Eric Plummer	....	set staff assistant: Washington D.C.
Maresa Pullman	....	assistant: Mr. Costigan
Rachid Quiat	....	assistant location manager
Billy Raum	....	location assistant: Washington D.C.
Ayana Reece	....	production secretary: Washington D.C.
Michael J. Regina	....	office staff assistant: Washington D.C.
Mohammed Hamza Regragui	....	production assistant: Morocco
Miguel Reyes	....	assistant: Mr. Costigan
Deborah Ricketts	....	video researcher
Keith Rodger	....	assistant: Mr. Crowe
Kevin Roy	....	set staff assistant
Marvin Ruffin	....	location assistant: Washington D.C. (as Marvin Earl Ruffin)
Nancy Ryan	....	assistant: Mr. Scott
Sam Sako	....	dialect coach
Michelle Schrauwers	....	set staff assistant
Christopher Scott	....	set staff assistant: Washington D.C.
Mostafa Selmani	....	production assistant
John Semedik	....	first assistant accountant: Washington D.C.
Neville Shulman	....	special advisor: Mr. Scott
Wannapa 'Gai' Sinthunawa	....	assistant accountant: New York (as Wannapa Sinthunawa Gai)
Tony Smith	....	security coordinator
David Szymanski	....	location assistant: Washington D.C.
Widad Taha	....	production coordinator
Sarah Trowse	....	production accountant
Shane Tunney	....	location assistant: Washington D.C.
Jarik Van Sluijs	....	creative director: main titles
Sheila Waldron	....	script supervisor: Washington D.C.
Annie Watton	....	script supervisor (as Annie Penn Watton)
Marc Wolff	....	aerial coordinator
Kadija Bangura	....	production secretary (uncredited)
Anthony Batarse	....	adr voice (uncredited)
Moncef Belam	....	production staff (uncredited)
Kathy K. Brady	....	technical advisor (uncredited)
Eddy Challita	....	dialect coach: arabic (uncredited)
Sherry L. Dera	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Jake Edmonds	....	health and safety advisor (uncredited)
Todd Feaser	....	accounting assistant (uncredited)
Robert L. Fiks	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Nicholas Glekas	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Marci Graber	....	second assistant accountant (uncredited)
Pamela B. Green	....	producer: main titles (uncredited)
Yerman Gur	....	adr voice (uncredited)
Yasmine Hanani	....	additional voices (uncredited)
Sallie Keena	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Aymen Khalifa	....	cultural consultant (uncredited)
Michael Lloyd	....	runner (uncredited)
Laura Miles	....	script supervisor (uncredited)
J. Matthew Miller	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Brian Muelhaupt	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Heidi Brook Myers	....	adr loop group (uncredited)
Aladine Naamou	....	adr voice (uncredited)
Philip Pickford	....	aerial safety coordinator (uncredited)
Jonathan Reich	....	location scout: Washington, DC (uncredited)
Brieann Rich	....	set medic (uncredited)
Nicholas Rich	....	technical advisor (uncredited)
Alya Sako	....	adr loop artist (uncredited)
Joanie Selden	....	payroll accountant (uncredited)
Setareh	....	adr voice (uncredited)
Elizabeth Sherman	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Hadeel Sittu	....	additional voices (uncredited)
Megan Taylor	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Maurizio Torti	....	set supervisor (uncredited)
Kevin Trehy	....	production executive (uncredited)
Alexander von Roon	....	adr talent (uncredited)
Judith Walder	....	construction accountant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• De Line Pictures
• Scott Free Productions

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2008) (Malaysia) (theatrical)
• Continental Film (2008) (Slovakia) (theatrical)
• Karo Premiere (2008) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Roadshow Films (2008) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB (2008) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Village Films (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2008) (Finland) (all media)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (Sweden) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI)
• Invisible Effects (visual effects)

Other Companies

• ARRI  camera equipment
• Adacc  
• American Actors International  animal trainer: Washington D.C.
• Audiolink Radio Communications  satellite phone rentals
• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies
• Behind the Scenes Freight  shipping by
• Bloomberg Television News  footage provided by (as Bloomberg)
• Cable News Network (CNN)  footage provided by (as CNN)
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Company 3  digital intermediate
• Compuhire  computer and video playback
• Corbis  images
• Digital Vortechs  Avid editing equipment provided by
• Film Art  artwork
• Flying Pictures  aerial services provided by
• Getty Images  images
• Hollywood Studio Symphony  music performed by
• Hot Body International Inc.  images
• MID Foundation  dialect coaches
• Media Safety  health & safety
• Mike Maxwell & Co.  catering: Washington D.C.
• Movie Movers  hair and make-up trailers
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• On Location Education  studio teachers: Washington D.C.
• On Tour Productions  grip and lighting equipment
• PIC Agency  titles (as PIC)
• Packair Airfreight  international logistics
• Paramount Transportation Services  transportation services
• SISS Ltd.  security: Mr. DiCaprio
• Scarlet Letters  end titles
• Technicolor  dailies
• Transportation Resources  transportation equipment
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack
• Walt Disney Studios Negative Cutting  negative cutting
• Wildfire Studios  adr facility

Also Known As:

Chatter (USA) (working title)
House of Lies (USA) (working title)
Penetration (USA) (working title)
Red de mentiras (Argentina) (Mexico) (Peru) (Spain) (Venezuela) [es]
Der Mann, der niemals lebte (Germany) [de]
I plektani (Greece) [el]
Labyrint lzí (Czech Republic) [cs]
Mensonges d'état (France) [fr]
Nessuna verità (Italy) [it]
O Corpo da Mentira (Portugal) [pt]
Pavucina izí (Slovakia) [sk]
Rede de Mentiras (Brazil) [pt]
Tijelo od lazi (Croatia) [hr]
Une vie de mensonges (Canada: French title) [fr]
Valede rägastik (Estonia) [et]
Valheiden verkko (Finland) [fi]
W sieci klamstw (Poland) (poster title) [pl]
Wârudo obu raizu (Japan) [ja]
World of Lies (Japan: English title) [en]
Yalanlar üstüne (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence including some torture, and for language throughout.

Runtime:

128 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Arabic

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #44537) | Ireland:15A | Finland:K-15 | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/Ontario) | UK:15 | Netherlands:16 | South Africa:16LV | Canada:18A (British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia) | Australia:MA | Singapore:NC-16 | New Zealand:R16 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | South Korea:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Japan:PG-12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | France:U | Argentina:16 | Brazil:16 | India:A | Sweden:15 | Malaysia:18SG | Peru:14 | Norway:15 | Taiwan:R-12

Filming Locations:

Annapolis, Maryland, USA

Company:

De Line Pictures

Trivia:

During one Munich scene (actually filmed on a busy urban US street corner), civilian vehicle traffic was stopped only during actual filming. Just before and after filming, the prop streetsigns (written in German) were in place while the street was still open to thru traffic. Thus, some unknowing motorists went from seeing typical streetsigns (which said things like "Central Avenue" or "Washington Street") to reading differently-colored German signs for, say, "CharlottenStraße".

Goofs:

Errors in geography: When Hoffman and Ferris are at a Jordanian airport, the scenery in the background reveals the airport to be Dulles International Airport, which is in the United States, not Jordan.

Quotes:

Ed Hoffman: Ain't nobody likes the Middle East, buddy. There's nothing here to like.

Movie Connections:

References The Lion King (1994)

Soundtrack:

If The World

Who Can You Trust?

Does trust go out the window in the time of war? It's the question the audience may ponder during the course of this film where it seems that even those on the same team aren't always working in each other's best interests.

Leonard DiCaprio stars as Roger Farris, a CIA agent who is seeking to capture a terrorist in Jordan. Farris is in constant contact with Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe), a US government official with no respect or time for Farris' calls to work with Jordanian officials to solve their case.

After a mishap jeopardizes Farris lead, he teams up with Hani (Mark Strong), a charismatic and enigmatic, Jordanian covert operations official.

What follows is the push and pull between the three men's methodology on capturing the terrorist.

While "Body of Lies" is definitely a product of a post-911 world, it does not feel like the numerous post-911 political thrillers such as "Syriana" due to it's subtlety. It's more of spy thriller with a cautionary tale on America's foreign relations mixed in.

One minor complaint is the pacing of the film. There are a few stops and starts as Farris deals with the reality of the effectiveness of his enemies. As he adjusts his plans it feels as if the story starts back from the top.

But the performances are excellent from DiCaprio; who is the only actor his age who could tackle this role with the any type credibility and depth. Crowe and Strong, down to Golshifteh Farahani as Aisha, the nurse DiCaprio is drawn to and especially Oscar Isaac who plays Bassam, DiCaprio's go-to guy for information.