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Features cameos by a young [[The Daily Show|Aasif Mandvi]] and [[Bill Clinton]]. Tony Shalhoub also figures, as an FBI agent of Middle Eastern origin, whose son is caught up in the profiling and internment. The film was a box office hit, its worldwide gross estimated to 116,672,912 dollars. However, only 41 million of these dollars came from the United States market. There it was the 49th most successful film of its year and received mixed reviews. At least a few critics appreciated it as "a thinking person's thriller". |
Features cameos by a young [[The Daily Show|Aasif Mandvi]] and [[Bill Clinton]]. Tony Shalhoub also figures, as an FBI agent of Middle Eastern origin, whose son is caught up in the profiling and internment. The film was a box office hit, its worldwide gross estimated to 116,672,912 dollars. However, only 41 million of these dollars came from the United States market. There it was the 49th most successful film of its year and received mixed reviews. At least a few critics appreciated it as "a thinking person's thriller". |
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* [[Anachronism Stew]]: During the scene where Deveraux is describing what the occupation of New York would entail, he distinctly mentions the "M16A1 assault rifle"; the Army had upgraded to the M16A2 years before the events of the film. |
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: During the scene where Deveraux is describing what the occupation of New York would entail, he distinctly mentions the "M16A1 assault rifle"; the Army had upgraded to the M16A2 years before the events of the film. |
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