Eye in the Sky (2015)
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Synopsis
A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” As American pilot Steve Watts is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone, triggering an international dispute reaching the highest levels of US and British government over the moral, political, and personal implications of modern warfare.
Cast
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Helen Mirren
as Colonel Katherine Powell
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Aaron Paul
as Steve Watts
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Alan Rickman
as Lieutenant General Frank Benson
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Barkhad Abdi
as Jama Farah
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Jeremy Northam
as Brian Woodale
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Phoebe Fox
as Carrie Gershon
- Armaan Haggio as Musa Mo'Allim
- Aisha Takow as Alia Mo'Allim
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Monica Dolan
as Angela Northman
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Richard McCabe
as George Matherson
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Babou Ceesay
as Sergeant Mushtaq Saddiq
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John Heffernan
as Major Harold Webb
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Michael O'Keefe
as Ken Stanitzke
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Laila Robins
as Ms. Jillian Goldman
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Iain Glen
as James Willett
- Faisa Hassan as Fatima Mo'Allim
- Bob Chappell as Simon Powell
- Alex Gallafent as Reporter
Crew
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Gavin Hood
Director
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Haris Zambarloukos
Director of Photography
- Megan Gill Editor
- Paul Hepker Original Music Composer
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Mark Kilian
Original Music Composer
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Colin Firth
Producer
- Ged Doherty Producer
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David Lancaster
Producer
- Guy Hibbert Writer
