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Deadline is a 1987 war drama film directed by Nathaniel Gutman. It stars Christopher Walken as journalist Don Stevens, who is set up amidst the Lebanese Civil War and is fed false information. An international co-production of Israel, the United States, and West Germany, the film was shot in Israel and was released in some countries under the title Witness in the War Zone.




Plot


Ace Reporter Don Stevens (Christopher Walken) is an American journalist who goes to Beirut, Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War. He stays in a hotel with English journalist Mike Jessop. He is promised an interview with a top PLO leader, Palestinian Yassin Abu-Riadd (Amos Lavi). However, this proves to be a set-up and he is duped into interviewing an impostor who claims the PLO are prepared to negotiate peacefully.
Outraged by this deception, Stevens becomes determined to find out the truth. In this quest he is helped by a Scandinavian doctor, Linda, who it emerges is Yassin's estranged girlfriend. Along the way, Stevens is hindered by everyone around him: The PLO threaten him, the Phalangists arrest him and the Israelis ignore him. Tricked and beaten, he gradually uncovers a murder plot, double agents, the bombing of the Phalangists headquarters and, most terrifying of all, a plan to massacre hundreds of civilians. In a story that takes the lid off events in Lebanon, Don Stevens becomes a reluctant hero, and in doing so, gets the scoop of a lifetime.




Cast


Christopher Walken as Don Stevens
Marita Marschall as Linda Larsen
Hywel Bennett as Mike Jessop
Arnon Zadok as Hamdi Abu-Yussuf
Amos Lavi as Yassin Abu-Riadd
Etti Ankri as Samira
Martin Umbach as Bernard
Moshe Ivgy as Abdul
Sasson Gabai as Bossam




Reception






= Awards

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Christopher Walken won the Magnolia Award for "Best Actor" at the Shanghai Television Festival.




See also


Sabra and Shatila massacre




References






External links


Deadline at IMDb
Deadline at Rotten Tomatoes

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