Main Cast: Kathy Bates, Colin Firth, Natasha Richardson, Jay O. Sanders, Josef Sommer
Release Year: 1993
Country: UK/US
Run Time: 90 minutes
Plot
Hostages is a made-for-cable film that chronicles the captivity of several Western hostages who were held in Lebanon for five years during the mid-'80s. Combining newsreel footage with re-enactment's, the film captures the horror of the hostages--Americans Terry Anderson, Thomas Sutherland, Frank Reed; British citizens John McCarthy, Terry Waite; and Irish teacher Brian Keenan--as they are held by the Muslim fundamentalist group, the Hezbollah. It also follows the trials and tribulations of their families, who struggle against government bureaucracy to free their loved ones. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide
Harry Dean Stanton - Frank Reed; Conrad Asquith - Terry Waite; Colin Bruce - Robie Burke; Tony Doyle - Badraig Murphy; Ciarán Hinds - Brian Keenan; Rosaleen Linehan - Brenda; Ruth McCabe - Elaine; Brian McGrath - Connor; Patrick Pearson - Lowther; Colin Stinton - Mike Mulholland; Dan Turgeman - Mahmoud; Harry Ditson - David Say; Rolf Saxon - Plaskett; Stephen Dillane - Chris Pearson
Credit
Carolyn Bartlett - Casting, David Wheatley - Director, Anthony Ham - Editor, Colin Callender - Executive Producer, Richard Harvey - Composer (Music Score), John Hooper - Cinematographer, Bernard MacLaverty - Screenwriter
