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* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/TonyShalhoub agreed to be a part of this because he felt it was refreshing to be in a movie that humanized Arabs compared to most Americans movies.
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* LifeImitatesArt: Three years after the movie came out, 9/11 happened, with many parallels to the film. Edward Zwick was shocked of how his movie became reality.
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* LifeImitatesArt: Three years after the movie came out, 9/11 happened, with many parallels to the film. Edward Zwick was shocked of how his movie became reality.reality and even [[CreatorBacklash cringes]] from seeing the image of the Twin Towers in the background of his own movie's poster.
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* LifeImitatesArt: Three years after the movie came out, 9/11 happened, with many parallels to the film.
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* LifeImitatesArt: Three years after the movie came out, 9/11 happened, with many parallels to the film. Edward Zwick was shocked of how his movie became reality.
-->'''Zwick:''' [[https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/siege-struck-close-home-sept-11-attacks-article-1.2786028 The leap of imagination it took to perform that horrific act exceeded my own imagination. Because my imagination happily does not go to as dark a place as that]].
-->'''Zwick:''' [[https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/siege-struck-close-home-sept-11-attacks-article-1.2786028 The leap of imagination it took to perform that horrific act exceeded my own imagination. Because my imagination happily does not go to as dark a place as that]].
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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/TonyShalhoub, generally known as a goofy sitcom actor, here plays an angry, snarking [=FBI=] agent.
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** Played with: the Lebanese-American agent Frank Haddad is played by Tony Shalhoub, who, although born in America, has Lebanese ancestry (his father Joseph was from Lebanon and immigrated to the US when he was 10, and his mother Helen was a second-generation Lebanese-American). His character immigrated to the US from Lebanon though.
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** Played with: the Lebanese-American agent Frank Haddad is played by Tony Shalhoub, Creator/TonyShalhoub, who, although born in America, has Lebanese ancestry (his father Joseph was from Lebanon and immigrated to the US when he was 10, and his mother Helen was a second-generation Lebanese-American). His character immigrated to the US from Lebanon though.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: That patrol cop at the second bus hostage scene who tells Hubbard that there are kids on the bus? That's Wood Harris, before he became better known as Avon Barksdale in ''Series/TheWire''. And Floyd Rose is played by Lance Reddick, who ''Wire'' fans will better know from playing Cedric Daniels.
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** Played with: the Lebanese-American agent Frank Haddad is played by Tony Shalhoub, who, although born in America, has Lebanese ancestry (his father Joseph was from Lebanon and immigrated to the US when he was 10, and his mother Helen was a second-generation Lebanese-American). His character immigrated the US from Lebanon though.
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** Played with: the Lebanese-American agent Frank Haddad is played by Tony Shalhoub, who, although born in America, has Lebanese ancestry (his father Joseph was from Lebanon and immigrated to the US when he was 10, and his mother Helen was a second-generation Lebanese-American). His character immigrated to the US from Lebanon though.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: That patrol cop at the second bus hostage scene who tells Hubbard that there are kids on the bus? That's Wood Harris, before he became better known as Avon Barksdale in ''Series/TheWire''. And Floyd Rose is played by Lance Reddick, who ''Wire'' fans will better know from playing Cedric Daniels.
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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** It's [[Film/AmericanGangster Frank Lucas]] leading an FBI counterterrorism unit. Among his agents are [[Series/{{Monk}} Adrian Monk]], [[Series/TheSopranos Richie Aprile]], [[Series/TheWire Cedric Daniels]], and [[Series/BostonLegal Brad Chase]].
** [[Film/DieHard John McClane]] is a US Army General
** A person of interest is Khalil, who is played by ''Series/TheDailyShow'' correspondent Aasif Mandvi.
** [[Film/AmericanBeauty Carolyn Burnham]], aka [[Film/TheAmericanPresident Sydney Ellen Wade]], is a CIA agent
** Series/{{Monk}} isn't treated much better by the FBI than he will be by the SFPD.
** It's [[Film/AmericanGangster Frank Lucas]] leading an FBI counterterrorism unit. Among his agents are [[Series/{{Monk}} Adrian Monk]], [[Series/TheSopranos Richie Aprile]], [[Series/TheWire Cedric Daniels]], and [[Series/BostonLegal Brad Chase]].
** [[Film/DieHard John McClane]] is a US Army General
** A person of interest is Khalil, who is played by ''Series/TheDailyShow'' correspondent Aasif Mandvi.
** [[Film/AmericanBeauty Carolyn Burnham]], aka [[Film/TheAmericanPresident Sydney Ellen Wade]], is a CIA agent
** Series/{{Monk}} isn't treated much better by the FBI than he will be by the SFPD.
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** Series/{{Monk}} isn't treated much better by the FBI than he will be by the LAPD.
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** Series/{{Monk}} isn't treated much better by the FBI than he will be by the LAPD.SFPD.
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** Series/{{Monk}} isn't treated much better by the FBI than he will be by the LAPD.
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** Maybe subverted into an ActorAllusion, as Samir Nazhde is played by French ([[OohMeAccentsSlipping you can hear it]]) of Tunisian descent Sami Bouajila, and even though he is Palestinian, Haddad suggests to deport him to Tunis (although there are Palestinians all over the Arab world now).
** Played with: the Lebanese-American agent Frank Haddad is played by Tony Shalhoub, who, although born in America, has Lebanese ancestry (his father Joseph was from Lebanon and immigrated to the US when he was 10, and his mother Helen was a second-generation Lebanese-American).
** Played with: the Lebanese-American agent Frank Haddad is played by Tony Shalhoub, who, although born in America, has Lebanese ancestry (his father Joseph was from Lebanon and immigrated to the US when he was 10, and his mother Helen was a second-generation Lebanese-American).
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** Maybe subverted into an ActorAllusion, as Samir Nazhde is played by French ([[OohMeAccentsSlipping you can hear it]]) of -of Tunisian descent descent- actor Sami Bouajila, and even though he is Palestinian, Haddad suggests to deport him to Tunis (although there are Palestinians all over the Arab world now).
** Played with: the Lebanese-American agent Frank Haddad is played by Tony Shalhoub, who, although born in America, has Lebanese ancestry (his father Joseph was from Lebanon and immigrated to the US when he was 10, and his mother Helen was a second-generation Lebanese-American). His character immigrated the US from Lebanon though.
** Played with: the Lebanese-American agent Frank Haddad is played by Tony Shalhoub, who, although born in America, has Lebanese ancestry (his father Joseph was from Lebanon and immigrated to the US when he was 10, and his mother Helen was a second-generation Lebanese-American). His character immigrated the US from Lebanon though.
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** It's [[Film/AmericanGangster Frank Lucas]] leading an FBI counterterrorism unit
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** It's [[Film/AmericanGangster Frank Lucas]] leading an FBI counterterrorism unitunit. Among his agents are [[Series/{{Monk}} Adrian Monk]], [[Series/TheSopranos Richie Aprile]], [[Series/TheWire Cedric Daniels]], and [[Series/BostonLegal Brad Chase]].
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** This A person of interest is Khalil, who is the closest you can get to seeing [[Series/{{Monk}} Adrian Monk]] fighting terroristsplayed by ''Series/TheDailyShow'' correspondent Aasif Mandvi.
** [[Film/AmericanBeauty Carolyn Burnham]], aka [[Film/TheAmericanPresident Sydney Ellen Wade]], is a CIA agent
** [[Film/AmericanBeauty Carolyn Burnham]], aka [[Film/TheAmericanPresident Sydney Ellen Wade]], is a CIA agent
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* FakeNationality: Maybe subverted into an ActorAllusion, as Samir Nazhde is played by French ([[OohMeAccentsSlipping you can hear it]]) of Tunisian descent Sami Bouajila, and even though he is Palestinian, Haddad suggests to deport him to Tunis (although there are Palestinians all over the Arab world now).
* LifeImitatesArt: Three years after the movie came out, the U.S. suffered its worst terrorist attack in its history, with many parallels to the film.
* LifeImitatesArt: Three years after the movie came out, the U.S. suffered its worst terrorist attack in its history, with many parallels to the film.
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* FakeNationality: Maybe FakeNationality:
**Maybe subverted into an ActorAllusion, as Samir Nazhde is played by French ([[OohMeAccentsSlipping you can hear it]]) of Tunisian descent Sami Bouajila, and even though he is Palestinian, Haddad suggests to deport him to Tunis (although there are Palestinians all over the Arab world now).
**Played with: the Lebanese-American agent Frank Haddad is played by Tony Shalhoub, who, although born in America, has Lebanese ancestry (his father Joseph was from Lebanon and immigrated to the US when he was 10, and his mother Helen was a second-generation Lebanese-American).
* HeyItsThatGuy:
**It's [[Film/AmericanGangster Frank Lucas]] leading an FBI counterterrorism unit
**[[Film/DieHard John McClane]] is a US Army General
**This is the closest you can get to seeing [[Series/{{Monk}} Adrian Monk]] fighting terrorists
* LifeImitatesArt: Three years after the movie came out,the U.S. suffered its worst terrorist attack in its history, 9/11 happened, with many parallels to the film.
**Maybe subverted into an ActorAllusion, as Samir Nazhde is played by French ([[OohMeAccentsSlipping you can hear it]]) of Tunisian descent Sami Bouajila, and even though he is Palestinian, Haddad suggests to deport him to Tunis (although there are Palestinians all over the Arab world now).
**Played with: the Lebanese-American agent Frank Haddad is played by Tony Shalhoub, who, although born in America, has Lebanese ancestry (his father Joseph was from Lebanon and immigrated to the US when he was 10, and his mother Helen was a second-generation Lebanese-American).
* HeyItsThatGuy:
**It's [[Film/AmericanGangster Frank Lucas]] leading an FBI counterterrorism unit
**[[Film/DieHard John McClane]] is a US Army General
**This is the closest you can get to seeing [[Series/{{Monk}} Adrian Monk]] fighting terrorists
* LifeImitatesArt: Three years after the movie came out,
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* FakeNationality: Maybe subverted into an ActorAllusion, as Samir Nazhde is played by French ([[OohMeAccentsSlipping you can hear it]]) of Tunisian descent Sami Bouajila, and even though he is Palestinian, Haddad suggests to deport him to Tunis.Tunis (although there are Palestinians all over the Arab world now).
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* FakeNationality: Maybe subverted into an ActorAllusion, as Samir Nazhde is played by French ([[OohMeAccentsSlipping you can hear it]]) of Tunisian descent Sami Bouajila, and even though he is Palestinian, Haddad suggests to deport him to Tunis.
* LifeImitatesArt: Three years after the movie came out, the U.S. suffered its worst terrorist attack in its history, with many parallels to the film.
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* FakeNationality: Maybe subverted into an ActorAllusion, as Samir Nazhde is played by French ([[OohMeAccentsSlipping you can hear it]]) of Tunisian descent Sami Bouajila, and even though he is Palestinian, Haddad suggests to deport him to Tunis.
* LifeImitatesArt: Three years after the movie came out, the U.S. suffered its worst terrorist attack in its history, with many parallels to the film.
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