Rosewater (film)
2014 film by Jon Stewart / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rosewater is a 2014 American political drama film written, directed and produced by Jon Stewart, based on the memoir Then They Came for Me by Maziar Bahari and Aimee Molloy.[8] It recounts Bahari's 2009 imprisonment by Iran, connected to an interview he participated in on The Daily Show that same year; Iranian authorities presented the interview as evidence that he was in communication with an American spy.[9] Due to the content of the film, Stewart has been accused by Iran's state TV of being funded by Zionists and working with the CIA.[10] The film was released in theaters on November 14, 2014.
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Directed by | Jon Stewart |
Screenplay by | Jon Stewart |
Based on | Then They Came for Me by Maziar Bahari and Aimee Molloy |
Produced by | Scott Rudin Jon Stewart Gigi Pritzker |
Starring | Gael García Bernal Kim Bodnia Haluk Bilginer |
Cinematography | Bobby Bukowski |
Edited by | Jay Rabinowitz |
Music by | Howard Shore[1] |
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Distributed by | Open Road Films[2] |
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Running time | 103 minutes[3] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $5–10 million[4][5][6][7] |
Box office | $3.2 million[5] |
The film received generally positive reviews for Bernal's performance, Stewart's direction, and its timely themes, but was criticized for its screenplay.