Deadline (1987 film)

Deadline
Deadline
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Nathaniel Gutman
Written by
Produced by	Elisabeth Wolters-Alfs
Starring	Christopher Walken; Hywel Bennett; Marita Marschall;
Cinematography	Thomas Mauch; Amnon Salomon;
Edited by	Peter Przygodda
Music by	; ;
Release date	1987;
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	Israel; United States; West Germany
Language	English
Box office	$141,211 (US)

Deadline is a 1987 war drama film directed by Nathaniel Gutman. It stars Christopher Walken as journalist Don Stevens, who is set up amidst the Lebanese Civil War and is fed false information. An international co-production of Israel, the United States, and West Germany, the film was shot in Israel and was released in some countries under the title Witness in the War Zone.

Plot[]

Ace Reporter Don Stevens (Christopher Walken) is an American journalist who goes to Beirut, Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War. He stays in a hotel with English journalist Mike Jessop. He is promised an interview with a top PLO leader, Palestinian Yassin Abu-Riadd (Amos Lavi). However, this proves to be a set-up and he is duped into interviewing an impostor who claims the PLO are prepared to negotiate peacefully.

Outraged by this deception, Stevens becomes determined to find out the truth. In this quest he is helped by a Scandinavian doctor, Linda, who it emerges is Yassin's estranged girlfriend. Along the way, Stevens is hindered by everyone around him: The PLO threaten him, the Phalangists arrest him and the Israelis ignore him. Tricked and beaten, he gradually uncovers a murder plot, double agents, the bombing of the Phalangists headquarters and, most terrifying of all, a plan to massacre hundreds of civilians. In a story that takes the lid off events in Lebanon, Don Stevens becomes a reluctant hero, and in doing so, gets the scoop of a lifetime.

Cast[]

Christopher Walken as Don Stevens
as Linda Larsen
Hywel Bennett as Mike Jessop
as Hamdi Abu-Yussuf
Amos Lavi as Yassin Abu-Riadd
Etti Ankri as Samira
as Bernard
Moshe Ivgy as Abdul
Sasson Gabai as Bossam

Reception[]

Awards[]

Christopher Walken won the Magnolia Award for "Best Actor" at the Shanghai Television Festival.

References[]

^ Deadline at Box Office Mojo

External links[]

Deadline at IMDb
Deadline at Rotten Tomatoes

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[1] Deadline at Box Office Mojo

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