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Strip Search

2004
Drama
TV Movie
2h 0m
Strip Search follows several parallel stories examining personal freedoms vs. national security in the aftermath of 9/11; two main subplots involve an American woman detained in China and an Arab man detained in New York City. (imdb)

Directed by:

Sidney Lumet
Sidney-Lumet
64 total credits
Sidney Lumet (June 25, 1924 - April 9, 2011) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter with over 50 films to his name, including 12 Angry Men (1957), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Network (1976) and The Verdict (1982), all of which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Director.

Writer:

Tom Fontana
Tom-Fontana
14 total credits
Credits include: Oz, Homicide: Life on the Street, Strip Search and Copper

Starring:

Glenn Close
Glenn-Close
84 total credits
Glenn Close is an American actress and singer of stage and screen, known for her roles as a femme fatale (the scheming marchioness of Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons (1988), and deranged stalker Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction (1987). She is also known for playing Cruella de Vil in 101 Dalmatians (1996), and its sequel 102 Dalmatians (2000). She has been more recently known for her Emmy winning role as Patty Hewes in the FX TV series Damages...(Wikipedia)
,
Tom Guiry
Tom-Guiry
24 total credits
Credits include: Mystic River, Black Hawk Down, The Sandlot, U-571 and Brawl in Cell Block 99
,
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Maggie-Gyllenhaal
39 total credits
Margaret Ruth "Maggie" Gyllenhaal is an American actress. She is the daughter of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal (née Achs) and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal. She made her screen debut when she began to appear in her father's films. Gyllenhaal later achieved recognition in a supporting role in the indie cult hit Donnie Darko (2001). She made her breakthrough role in the 2002 sadomasochistic romance Secretary...(Wikipedia)
,
Austin Pendleton
Austin-Pendleton
46 total credits
Credits include: My Cousin Vinny, Short Circuit, The Muppet Movie, What's Up, Doc? and Uptown Girls
,
Ken Leung
Ken-Leung
31 total credits
Credits include: Saw, Vanilla Sky, Rush Hour, Inside Man and Red Dragon
,
Jim Gaffigan
Jim-Gaffigan
86 total credits
Credits include: Three Kings, Super Troopers, 13 Going on 30, 17 Again and It's Kind of a Funny Story
,
Dean Winters
Dean-Winters
28 total credits
Credits include: John Wick, P.S. I Love You, Oz, Rough Night and Hellraiser: Hellseeker
,
Bruno Lastra
Bruno-Lastra
3 total credits
Credits include: Strip Search, The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam and Ramona

Genre:

Drama

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Strip Search

2004
Drama
TV Movie
2h 0m
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Ratings & Reviews

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Average Percentile: 39.25%
18 Mar 2024
31
19th
Man, this was bad. This was originally 2 hours long??? That's a LONG time to hear that drivel twice. Once is too much. Glenn Close is the only one who emerges relatively unscathed, and even she slips up a few times...bad writing can be a powerful thing. Ken Leung really descends into some high-school-drama-club schmacting, poor guy. And Sidney...dude...what happened? I hope you got paid--A LOT. As someone who agrees completely with this thing's message: this exercise is just embarrassing.
27 May 2019
61
46th
Writing this review some 15+ years after watching this a lot of details have become a bit foggy. I believe it was good at showing cultural differences and potential consequences, but becomes a bit heavy-handed message (subtly) at times.
07 Oct 2017
15
8th
I'm shocked that HBO got Sidney Lumet to direct this crap. The script is preachy, contrived, appallingly ignorant of cultural differences, and altogether abysmal, written by Tom Fontana the creator of some of those abysmal aughties TV dramas. What shook me even more is how fucking awful the acting is from Gyllenhaal, Leung and Lastra. And this is Lumet, the guy known for getting their finest performances out of so many of the finest actors of all time. It's the lowest point in his career.
10 Aug 2014
80
50th
Lumet collaborates with one of the most hard-boiled writers in modern TV for a welcome return to the stark, no-nonsense style of his '60s work. It's revealing to see just how much times have changed. Lumet's Fail-Safe was a terrifying cautionary tale made at the height of Cold War tensions. Strip Search tackles tough questions of civil liberties and was made at the height of post-9/11 abuse of prisoners. It was cut from 120 minutes to 56 and aired only once on HBO.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Sidney Lumet
Sidney-Lumet
64 total credits
Sidney Lumet (June 25, 1924 - April 9, 2011) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter with over 50 films to his name, including 12 Angry Men (1957), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Network (1976) and The Verdict (1982), all of which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Director.

Writer:

Tom Fontana
Tom-Fontana
14 total credits
Credits include: Oz, Homicide: Life on the Street, Strip Search and Copper

Starring:

Glenn Close
Glenn-Close
84 total credits
Glenn Close is an American actress and singer of stage and screen, known for her roles as a femme fatale (the scheming marchioness of Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons (1988), and deranged stalker Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction (1987). She is also known for playing Cruella de Vil in 101 Dalmatians (1996), and its sequel 102 Dalmatians (2000). She has been more recently known for her Emmy winning role as Patty Hewes in the FX TV series Damages...(Wikipedia)
,
Tom Guiry
Tom-Guiry
24 total credits
Credits include: Mystic River, Black Hawk Down, The Sandlot, U-571 and Brawl in Cell Block 99
,
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Maggie-Gyllenhaal
39 total credits
Margaret Ruth "Maggie" Gyllenhaal is an American actress. She is the daughter of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal (née Achs) and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal. She made her screen debut when she began to appear in her father's films. Gyllenhaal later achieved recognition in a supporting role in the indie cult hit Donnie Darko (2001). She made her breakthrough role in the 2002 sadomasochistic romance Secretary...(Wikipedia)
,
Austin Pendleton
Austin-Pendleton
46 total credits
Credits include: My Cousin Vinny, Short Circuit, The Muppet Movie, What's Up, Doc? and Uptown Girls
,
Ken Leung
Ken-Leung
31 total credits
Credits include: Saw, Vanilla Sky, Rush Hour, Inside Man and Red Dragon
,
Jim Gaffigan
Jim-Gaffigan
86 total credits
Credits include: Three Kings, Super Troopers, 13 Going on 30, 17 Again and It's Kind of a Funny Story
,
Dean Winters
Dean-Winters
28 total credits
Credits include: John Wick, P.S. I Love You, Oz, Rough Night and Hellraiser: Hellseeker
,
Bruno Lastra
Bruno-Lastra
3 total credits
Credits include: Strip Search, The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam and Ramona

Genre:

Drama

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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