Release Date
April 22, 2016
DVD Release Date
August 9, 2016 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Tom Tykwer
Writer
Dave Eggers, Tom Tykwer
Cast
Tom Hanks, Ben Whishaw, Tom Skerritt, Sarita Choudhury
Studio
Running Time
97 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for some sexuality/nudity, language and brief drug use
Cultures collide when an American businessman (Tom Hanks) is sent to Saudi Arabia to close what he hopes will be the deal of a lifetime. Baffled by local customs and stymied by an opaque bureaucracy, he eventually finds his footing with the help of a wise-cracking taxi driver (Alexander Black) and a beautiful Saudi doctor (Sarita Choudhury).... Full synopsis »
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