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    MPAA Rating: R | Year: 2008 | Running Time: 129 minutes

    Fresh off of their success with director Martin Scorsese's The Departed, star Leonardo DiCaprio and screenwriter William Monahan team with director Ridley Scott for this screen adaptation of David Ignatius' novel -Body of Lies. When CIA operative Roger Ferris (DiCaprio) uncovers evidence indicating ...more

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    • Body of Lies - Russell Crowe as Ed Hoffman and Leonardo DiCaprio as Roger Ferris in "Body of Lies."
    • Body of Lies - Leonardo DiCaprio as Roger Ferris and Russell Crowe as Ed Hoffman in "Body of Lies."
    • Body of Lies - Leonardo DiCaprio as Roger Ferris in "Body of Lies."
    • Body of Lies - Russell Crowe as Ed Hoffman in "Body of Lies."

    "What side of the cross are you on?" Russell Crowe's Ed Hoffman asks Leonardo DiCaprio's Roger Ferris during a climactic moment in Body of Lies. Hoffman continues, "We need nailers, not hangers." Is Ferris a nailer or a hanger? Has he been set up by the government as a pawn, or is he actually carving a dent in the War on Terror? Smaller questions lead to much bigger questions, making Body of Lies an intriguing espionage thriller. There's a lot going on in this complex spy-under-pressure ...more

    Ridley Scott's Body of Lies follows the increasingly complex machinations of CIA agent Roger Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio), who begins the film as a field agent in the Middle East attempting to secure information that would stop upcoming terrorist attacks. Ferris maintains regular phone contact with his boss Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe), a CIA bigwig -- forever on his cell phone -- dispensing directives while attending to domestic duties like kiddie soccer games. After a promotion, Ferris becomes the ...more

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    • Oct 26
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    • 3
    • Nov 09
    • 12
    • $2,365,000
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    • 1414
    • $34,612,000
    • 4


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