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Director
  
Joseph Castelo

Duration
  

7/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

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Writer
  
,
Joseph Castelo
,
Tom Glynn

Release date
  
September 30, 2005 (2005-09-30)

Music director
  
David Holmes, Steve Hilton

Screenplay
  
Ayad Akhtar, Joseph Castelo, Tom Glynn

Cast
  
Ayad Akhtar
(Hassan), (Duri Choudhury), (Sayeed Choudhury), (Farida S Choudhury), (Abdul)

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The War Within is a 2005 American drama film directed by Joseph Castelo and written by Ayad Akhtar, Castelo, and Tom Glynn. Distributed by HDNet Films and released by Magnolia Pictures, the film stars Ayad Akhtar, Firdous Bamji, Nandana Sen and Sarita Choudhury. The War Within premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival.

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The War Within is the story of Hassan, a Pakistani engineering student in Paris, who is apprehended by American intelligence services for suspected terrorist activities. After his interrogation, Hassan undergoes a radical transformation and embarks upon a terrorist mission, surreptitiously entering the United States to join a cell based in New York City. After they have meticulously planned an event of maximum devastation, the members of the cell are arrested, except for Hassan, Khalid, and their cell leader Izzy.

With no alternative and nowhere else to turn, Hassan must rely on the hospitality of his former best friend Sayeed, who is living the American dream with his family in New Jersey. To go forward and carry out his own attack, Hassan takes advantage of Sayeed's generosity while plotting his strategy and amassing materials to create explosives. Eventually, Hassan's skewed religious fervor clashes with his feelings for Sayeed and his family, especially Sayeed's young son Ali, his eight-year-old daughter Rasheeda, and Sayeed's sister Duri, with whom Hassan begins to fall in love.

When Izzy is arrested, Khalid and Hassan decide to use the explosives in a suicide attack on Grand Central Station. Duri discovers Hassan mixing the explosives in her brother's house. When Sayeed tries to stop him, Hassan knocks him out and runs away. Duri follows Hassan to stop the attack. At the last minute, Khalid loses his nerve and Hassan goes to the target alone. Duri arrives at Grand Central Station just before Hassan detonates his explosive belt. After the attack, Sayeed is held by the police, who believe that he helped Hassan.

  • Ayad Akhtar as Hassan
  • Firdous Bamji as Sayeed
  • Nandana Sen as Duri
  • Sarita Choudhury as Farida
  • Charles Daniel Sandoval as Khalid
  • Varun Sriram as Ali
  • Anjeli Chapman as Rasheeda
  • John Ventimilgia as Gabe
  • Aasif Mandvi as Abdul
  • Ajay Naidu as Naveed
  • Kamal Marayti as the Imam
  • Samrat Chakrabarti as Interrogator
  • Wayman Ezeil as Izzy
  • Mike McGlone as Mike O'Reilly
  • Christopher Castelo as Steven
  • James Rana as Saudi Man
  • Christine Commesso as News Anchorwoman
  • John Zibell as Officer Carroll
  • Angel Desai as Reporter
  • Reception

    The War Within received mainly positive reviews from critics. It has an aggregate rating of 72% on Rotten Tomatoes and 61 out of 100 on Metacritic.

    DVD release

    The DVD for The War Within was released on January 17, 2006. It features commentary by Joseph Castelo and Ayad Akhtar, 8 deleted scenes and an alternate beginning.

    Awards

  • 2005 Nomination for Satellite Award for Best Film – Drama
  • 2005 Nomination for Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay
  • 2006 Nomination for Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay
  • 2006 Nomination for Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male - Firdous Bamji
  • References

    The War Within (film) Wikipedia
    The War Within (film) IMDb The War Within (film) themoviedb.org


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