--- title: 'The Siege (1998)' type: 'film' director: 'Edward Zwick' released: '1998-01-01' runtime_minutes: 116 genres: - 'Action' - 'Crime' - 'Thriller' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-siege-1998' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133952/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Siege (1998) 1998 · 116 min · Action, Crime, Thriller · United States ## Synopsis The Siege is a 1998 American action thriller film directed and produced by Edward Zwick, who co-wrote the screenplay with Lawrence Wright and Menno Meyjes, from a story by Wright. Starring Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Tony Shalhoub, and Bruce Willis, the film concerns terrorist cells making several attacks in New York City and the police attempts to stop them. Released by 20th Century Fox on November 6, 1998, it received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office disappointment. ## Credits - **Director:** [Edward Zwick](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-zwick) - **Screenplay:** [Edward Zwick](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-zwick), [Lawrence Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-wright), [Menno Meyjes](https://cinepixo.com/people/menno-meyjes) - **Original Music Composer:** [Graeme Revell](https://cinepixo.com/people/graeme-revell) - **Director of Photography:** [Roger Deakins](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-deakins) - **Editor:** [Steven Rosenblum](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-rosenblum) ## Cast - [David Proval](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-proval) - [Will Lyman](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-lyman) - [Aasif Mandvi](https://cinepixo.com/people/aasif-mandvi) - [Chris Messina](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-messina) - [Dakin Matthews](https://cinepixo.com/people/dakin-matthews) - [Denzel Washington](https://cinepixo.com/people/denzel-washington) - [Matt Servitto](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-servitto) - [Susie Essman](https://cinepixo.com/people/susie-essman) - [Said Faraj](https://cinepixo.com/people/said-faraj) - [Jimmie Ray Weeks](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmie-ray-weeks) - [Mark Valley](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-valley) - [Lance Reddick](https://cinepixo.com/people/lance-reddick) - [Neal Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/neal-jones) - [Tony Shalhoub](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-shalhoub) - [Chip Zien](https://cinepixo.com/people/chip-zien) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.thesiege.com/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-siege-1998 Film facts: Wikidata (Q779658); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.