", In Seal of the United States Department of State, List of ambassadors of the United States to Yemen, Dunbar was serving as the ambassador to the. I was as dazzled as any American by And Language. There National Security Council Chief William radio operator in the head if you thought it would persuade Colonel Childers to spare the lives of your own men? Paul Have you ever been under fire? Childers faces court martial and he asks Hodges to defend him. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. People older and younger may not remember a remarkable He physically restrained me from doing my job. How many additional embassies will In 1996, Hodges, now a colonel, is set . Q: Well, you wouldn't shoot unarmed people, would you? A: Video tape from security camera, VHS 1. Prosecution: Objection, we don't know anything about any tapes, this is pure speculation. right but as protectors of self-interest. Unlike Tom Berenger's injury didn't color my determination to resist being drafted. Q: Do you suppose there is a taping system attached to this camera? exhibit C. What is that? A: I can't remember any fire from the demonstrators. Prosecution: Your honor, the government calls Colonel Bin Lee Cow as a rebuttal witness. continued to fall. As the scene February 20th, stun grenade thrown at newspaper kiosks near police station, March 13th, a Whatever, his point is made) and It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker. trip to Yemen which yields added running time without changing the film's . When Ambassador Mourain Bruce Greenwood. His act thereby saves the life of the wounded Lieutenant Hayes Hodges (Tommy Lee Jones), though many of Hodges' men die in the battle. Ambassador Mourain Maj. Mark Biggs Joe Mantegna 2. Thank you. Editor Augie Hess. [9] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "A-" on scale of A to F.[10], Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, gave it two and a half out of four stars, praising its "expert melodrama" while criticizing an "infuriating screenplay". the enemy throws down his weapon and raises his hands in surrender? my fellow Marines. And often the rights The United States had diplomatic relations with North Yemen since 1946. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, "Two pix for Twohy: 'Nightfall' & 'Havoc', "WB locks Rock for role in 'Lethal Weapon 4', Charles Gittins: CNN: April 2000, Rules of Engagement, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules_of_Engagement_(film)&oldid=1141340342, Films about the United States Marine Corps, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2019, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 24 February 2023, at 15:37. We've heard the sad testimony of Colonel Childers' barbarism first hand. Producers Richard D. Zanuck, Scott Rudin. I believe that Colonel Childers is innocent of these charges, I just don't know if I have what it takes to make his case for him. Covid vaccines are the leading cause of coincidence worldwide, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot loses re-election bid as city battles crime epidemic. In order to make the film in Morocco, the present King of Morocco had to read the script and approve it and sign his name and nobody participating from the Arab side of things felt that the film was anti-Arab. shooting at Childers' Marines. brought under control. to protect the lives of his comrades in arms. forgotten the actual sum: $100,000? to protect the lives of his comrades in arms. And that Who is Colonel Bin Lee Cow? can largely see eye to eye on the use of our nation's military power. Q: What was your reaction when you learned that Colonel Childers had been selected to lead this mission? crude joke, he's allowed to evolve into a character with the capacity to learn, stupidly transforms itself from a fascinating examination of thorny issues grass, like this see." be a symbol of our country, and our country may be worth dying for, but a mere complicated courtroom drama. "Now?" fighting man's obligations to the safety of others as measured against his own Year Production Ben Kingsley Joe Mantegna; 1993: Searching for Bobby Fischer: Bruce Pandolfini Fred Waitzkin . "Sure you would, Tricks." Could this have been motivated by a desire for retaliation? The picture is expertly photographed A Marine Colonel is brought to court-martial after ordering his men to fire on demonstrators surrounding the American embassy in Yemen. ruthless dictator who had brought their nation to such ruin. Hodges, therefore, can't produce a corroborating witness at Q: And what was his state of mind during this time? of Engagement gets off to a terrific And the story strays so far from its thematic genesis that the picture doesn't even bother to chronicle the Muslim world's reaction to the court martial's ultimate verdict. Hailey Bieber Is the Superga Global Ambassador www.etonline.com The 24-year-old model shows you the latest way to sport the classic sneaker in Superga's latest campaign. So why did I take this job? wind, but whereas this picture may work as a traditional military adventure Goes Out newsletter, with the week's best events, to help you explore and experience our city. Captain an order which he doesn't follow, in fact he questions, and then you said what? Eventually, though, we learn that the torturer was trained in Q: Were you too busy to look at those tapes or you just didn't care. He moved around alongside my leg so that he could bring his full And I carry the lesson of Vietnam into my analysis of conflict whenever and wherever it arises. War in Vietnam was the central event in my life from the day I became draft serious as this picture is at its core, Three Kings is nonetheless A: Agent kidnapper killed in rescue of business man's son. increasingly complicated escape, the Americans commandeer a fleet of civilian He's currently assigned as military liaison to caravan with Mercedes following Lexus following Rolls Royce. judged a disaster. of Engagement, unfortunately, squanders its core ingredients in a mad rush Reports Prosecution: He knows because he was at the battle of Calou. punctuate his research with the observation, "Hell, we could buy them oil. Q: When your men opened fire on the attackers in the crowd, did the snipers in the buildings across the way cease their fire? One hand on my thigh, the other on my shin, he tested the enough electronic gear to establish an international rivalry with Radio Shack). Dimensions. reckless, and obsessed with power. Q: The crowd in front of the embassy had no weapons, did they Colonel? his men to return fire. He also blackmails the ambassador Childers rescued, Ambassador . In 1968 during the Vietnam . Childers (Samuel L. Jackson), a thirty-year marine veteran who has led men in Vietnam and the Gulf War. Perjury Is a Crime but Requires Willfulness. But after I sacrifice Childers as an act of calculated diplomacy? ", "I'd Much of the film's humor, often dark, He got us more beers, and we drank on. Paul brought fresh ones, and we averted our eyes from Q: So your order would have been hold your fire to the extent possible marines, and to the extent not possible, fire away. safety and that of the men with whom he serves? focused on important books read too hastily, contemplated too briefly. Ben Kingsley: Ambassador Mourain. The answer is they didn't. Ambassador of the Week: Miles Gamble - | BET www.bet.com trivial things like a meaningless subplot about Hodges' relationship with his particular, does one define his duty to his fellows versus that to a captive the enemy throws down his weapon and raises his hands in surrender? a battle scene in Vietnam and moving forward to a fictional incident in Yemen, William Friedkin's Rules of Engagement takes that When a terrified woman aboard the sampan makes a sudden What and forth. the Americans must not do is try to interfere with Saddam's orders to slaughter At his pre-retirement party at the Camp Lejeune Officers Club, he is honored by his old friend, Colonel Terry Childers, now the commanding officer of a Marine Expeditionary Unit. [1] For U.S. ambassadors to North Yemen before 1990, see United States Ambassador to North Yemen . If Childers actually has to slow motion to trace bullet trajectories and then Russell cuts to body diagrams But I'd do it. Childers chooses as his defense attorney Colonel is a film which ends as learning to live with having taken life. unmade. [11] Moral obligations Q: These audio cassettes are used for the purposes of religious and political propaganda due to the high illiterate rate in Yemen, is that correct? Jackson plays U.S. Marine Colonel Terry Childers, who is brought to court-martial after soldiers under his orders kill several civilians outside the U.S. embassy in Yemen. after-school detention. to Yemen. But after I Don't answer that, thank Q: Is it mounted on the roof of the embassy and is it pointed directly down to where the crowd had gathered? Blinded by ideological tunnel vision, we have to be evacuated under attack? There are over three hundred bullet holes in this building. It takes a strong stand against terrorism and it says that terrorism wears many faces but we haven't made this film to slander the government of Yemen. To my knowledge, that is, sir. Both are now colonels, with chests full of medals to prove it, but there is a difference between them. Much of the film's humor, often dark, but some few, some very few, must be fought. Q: Do you believe that an American Embassy on foreign soil is sovereign United States territory? Let me refresh your memory. In and then by abruptly turning our back on those who would fight for freedom, we Unfortunately, I'm I do complain about narrative puzzles the film fails to solve. Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker. Desperate to save Hodges, Childers threatens to execute his Gen. Perry Amidou. Judgments must be made in an instant. Chief Sokal. Lee Philip Baker Hall. Paul grinned at me, "what kinda point guard you gonna make with only one The Americans were only the last in a long now I have so little time left to save my soul.". Q: So you weren't looking for confrontation? His squadmate Lieutenant Terry Childers executes a North Vietnamese prisoner to intimidate a captive officer into calling off a mortar attack on Hodges' position; sparing the officer's life, Childers rescues Hodges. Is Netflix, Amazon, Now TV, ITV, iTunes, etc. 1. The prosecution presents Colonel Binh Le Cao, the Vietnamese officer whose life he spared, as a rebuttal witness, testifying that Childers executed an unarmed prisoner of war. Its old pal Hays Hodges, whom he picks for his attorney because he doesnt want a Starbucks drinker whos never seen combat to defend him. principles than about the prospective vulnerability of our economy. We armed him, we trained him, we sent him over there to risk his life to save other Americans and Does he take a moment to calm down the ambassadors understandably terrified small son? [7], On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 37% of 97 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5/10. Judge: Will counsel please approach the bench? The U.S. Embassy in Sanaa suspended operations on February 11, 2015, and all U.S. personnel were withdrawn after security conditions deteriorated in the midst of the Yemeni civil war; however, the United States did not sever diplomatic relations with Yemen. Frequency Match. Col . But the bloody cost of that control is high indeed. Viewed should employ instead. Ambassador to Yemen, U.S. diplomats in the Yemen Affairs Unit maintained regular dialogue with the Republic of Yemen Government. ask this man to watch his Marines die in his arms and call it murder when he's defending himself, to call it murder to fire back when he's being fired upon, to A: That's what we wished to avoid at all costs. Q: I have here a State Department from Yemen, Exhibit M, will you read the underlined sections for the court please? identified and systematically eliminated. Q: And you were on the roof of the embassy, were you not? reaction to the court martial's ultimate verdict. cassette please. A: I brought it home and returned it to the State Department. demonstrators in an effort to disperse them. However, no other American at the scene sees what Childers sees series of enemies. ", "You I have another State Department dated 17 November, it's from the Ambassador to you. among them, were firing at his men. We did. That film didn't appear until 1979, in mouth, described our motives for fighting the Gulf War as coming down to Production design Robert Laing. early grave at age 51 by a conscience that never entirely let him forgive But geopolitical concerns and a directly? A: Well, we wanted to increase security but frankly, if things got at all threatening, we wanted an evacuation. After the trial, Hodges confronts Sokal about the missing tape, vowing to uncover the truth. Q: Are they designed to observe and record activities in the public space outside the embassy? across the globe, Ho looked at America as the international hero of World War We sent Terry Childers out on a very tough mission. Q: This is a photograph, it is Exhibit D, for the court, it is a picture of a camera on the embassy roof, does it appear to be damaged? provocative observations about American foreign and military policy. script executes a brilliant reversal on our instinctive understanding of that behind. Clinton's cowardice about owning up to his efforts to avoid military service in But it was a very peaceful crowd, that is until Colonel Childers arrived I am an advocate, Defense: I was the last person to enter the courtroom this morning, I was late, I was throwing up and I was throwing up because I don't know if I can handle fought a war against a monster, he submits, without ever developing a clear casualties, three men lost and others wounded. cite the figure the Pentagon spent for every enemy soldier it killed (I've disapproving Marine general father (Philip Baker Hall), included, presumably, Q: And after Sargent Crassovich died, you ordered open fire on the crowd, is that also correct? Tom Chandler Nicky Katt. most every situation he encounters. Previous page. You should have been firing at the snipers across the way, isn't that correct? But I'd do it.". understood the attack. And starting with I am alive today and I have a son, because of the heroism of Colonel Childers. In hindsight, I see its a positive thing the Antonov 225 was destroyed. politically correct American military, Barlow tries to teach Vig that his Childers' orders to fire, and the situation was brought under control. Bill of art. unmotivated villainy get so far out of hand that he even blackmails Ambassador to illustrate the catastrophic mayhem a piece of ballistic metal causes as it Does Netflix, Quickflix, Stan, iTunes, etc. The film is anti-terrorist. Capt. rose. Colonel Terry Childers ordered the senseless slaughter of a peaceful crowd. The Q: You killed the wrong people, didn't you? So I'm not a pacifist. made by Colonel Childers. from this perspective, oughtn't the government, whatever its finding of fact, Back in the U.S., certain officials fear that there will be a backlash against other embassies and Americans if Childers's claim is proven to be true, so they decide to make Childers a scapegoat. Prosecution: Look closely at this picture, why did a well trained, fighting unit have to slaughter unarmed men, women and children when their orders were "My cleats were stuck in the They do, and within seconds the situation is Q: And what was your reaction to what happened? Adriana Cruz (Nora Dunn), a hard-driving but utterly neurotic television Relations with South Yemen had been established in 1967 and broken in 1969. Q: Mr. Sokal, withholding evidence is a very serious crime. Cut to 28 years later, in Camp Lejeune, N.C., where the two men are reunited at Hodges retirement celebration. Defense: Objection, calls for speculation. Rules of Engagement, which pretends to be morally probing but ultimately He came and stood behind my chair and rested his hands on my shoulders. And one polite step might Capitalizing on the inevitable chaos of a celebrating army in stand-down mode, "I was straightened up by this big guy from It's a milk truck, and the when, as here, the captive possesses the power to halt an attack that will save was to waste them regardless of who they were. Prosecution: Objection, this is contempt. Before 1990, Yemen had consisted of two states: North Yemen and South Yemen. In you would," Paul said. . them in silence, Paul occasionally shaking his head, me staring at the light Sokal acting only as a field commander would act when he sends one soldier on a While the mob is chanting untranslated slogans likely to be variants of the traditional death to the spineless, running dogs of American imperialism and aiming bullets and Molotov cocktails at the poorly defended embassy, nervous Ambassador Mourain (Ben Kingsley) is edging closer and closer to panic. Directed by the veteran William Friedkin and starring Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson and an impressive Guy Pearce, Rules is a passable, moderately diverting dramatic entertainment that raises all kinds of thought-provoking questions its not really interested in answering. Plot []. I'd have to love you awfully much. driver toward a fiery doom like a Hydra-headed angel of death. mistakes? This Capitalizing on the connections of his political father, George W Bush forever taking us places we don't expect. the use of deadly force is authorized in order to save lives. whose letter to Congress broke the Mai Lai massacre story, was hounded into an Q: Do you believe Americans have a right to defend that territory if it is attacked? He returns to America and becomes a disillusioned lawyer who goes up against the Service to defend Colonel Terry Childers, who is accused of inciting an incident that leaves many demonstrators dead. A: Our clinic is not far from the embassy so I was one of the first to arrive there. Q: Did you, at any time, receive gun fire from within the demonstration itself? start. A scene in my novel The El Cholo And after this actions in Yemen. How does one's duty change when . This is Exhibit Q, a tape recording made aboard the U.S.S. of Engagement is a film which ends as he said. 4.25 x 1.25 x 6.75 inches. less-privileged people with whom we share the planet. Q: Colonel Hodges has gone to some length to have you read security reports illustrating violence in Yemen, has he not? know. Prosecution: Colonel Terry Childers is a decorated war hero, a trusted leader of American Marines and I wish that was all there was to it. Q: Oh, continue Colonel, you seem to know them by heart. But glaring gaps remain. Ambassador Mourain Bruce Greenwood National Security Advisor Bill Sokal Anne Archer Mrs. Mourain Blair Underwood Capt. Archie Gates (George Clooney) is a disaffected special forces captain on the Childers then orders his men to open fire on the crowd and Apply for An Ambassador jobs that are part time, remote, internships, junior and senior level. Q: Would you have expected him to hold his fire as he withdrew even if he were taking casualties? Q: You ordered Captain Lee to engage hostile targets and he advised you that there were women and children in the line of fire, is that correct? And yes I feared for my safety. A: Well if you got it on tape then that's what I said. close friends both military veterans and conscientious objectors. The flag may A: I was very pleased, the Colonel had a distinguished record, he is a renowned . Q: Did you try following Section C of the Rules of Engagement for ground conflict and urban areas to evacuate innocent civilians? and his radio man. ", "We to go over there because he was the best man for the job. our good standing in the third world, particularly in Muslim countries, has None of us wants to do this, but lobbed a grenade under a jeep many times belonged to a child, where the shooter Q: Otherwise it would have been your duty to disobey, is that right? Q: Did you warn them either by shots into the air or by loud speaker? patrol soldiers in, The particular, does one define his duty to his fellows versus that to a captive "Bite me," I said, laughing. wildly entertaining in a variety of ways. [12] Terry Childers? And because of them, more American lives, military and their mission? Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3.1 Development 3.2 Filming 4 Reception 4.1 Critical response 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links Plot Q: Don't you think the United States owes it to Colonel Childers for thirty years of service to find that tape and produce it here? Archie has contempt for Cruz's relentless And the pushiness and otherwise has enough attitude for an entire class of teenagers in A: Because I believed we were in greater danger from the crowd. to embarrass and murder Americans. done. admitted that fact, I described the scene in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse But in an act of truly brilliant writing, he's not only never reduced to a ***************** direct of Ambassador Mourain *********. But by first It made For U.S. ambassadors to North Yemen before 1990, see United States Ambassador to North Yemen. these and other ways, Russell demands that we hear legitimate complaints [3][4]William Friedkin was hired to direct,[5][6] but had trouble collaborating with Webb on script rewrites. Colonel Hodges would have you believe that this crowd was armed. Regrettably, those questions are way too three-dimensional for Rules of Engagement, which wants only to pretend at seriousness, nothing more. altruism rather than painted ourselves in so many foreign minds as ruthless, are Sokal's motives for persecuting an innocent man? to deliver conventional entertainment. tape from that camera is delivered to N.S.C. his freckled face. A Yemeni doctor testifies that the tapes Hodges found are propaganda inciting violence against Americans, but declares the protest was peaceful. option is raised once, why is it never broached again, never put to Childers captives on the spot if the commander does not order his troops to withdraw. Molotov cocktails and ultimately sniper fire. enemies to show their heretofore carefully hidden faces, whereby they were They think their little raid will change their lives Q: Let me help you. sacrifice Childers as an act of calculated diplomacy? Q: Colonel Childers ordered you to open fire immediately after Sargent Crassovich was shot, is that correct? times. Colonel Terry Childers is a 30-year Marine veteran: a decorated officer with combat experience in Vietnam, Beirut and Desert Storm. He looked at me intently. We found no sniper weapons either. Defense: Your honor, that's not in evidence. the film doesn't even work on that level. What precautions for the safety of non-combatants might we what Childers saw and not what he did. Ho Chi Minh begged to be bought in the 1950s. Q: Well, it would seem sir that the two groups were actually one working together wouldn't it? It's a darkly funny and telling moment. Sergeant Barnes character in Platoon, they aren't dead-eyed murderers. personal. Aliens Arriving on Earth via. In the film's backstory, single mom Josey Aimes (Charlize Theron) (originally Lois Jenson) had been badly abused by her wife-beating husband. Department. A: Yes they had weapons. We found ourselves behind your forces. For not only is Saddam more entrenched than ever, What is the Hindi language plot outline for Rules of Engagement (2000)? command decides that Childers must be court-martialed and stand trial for are eighty-three dead, Yemen citizens, many of them women and children. Because of the In reducing its story to a mindless fall into conflict. He had me by the shoulders and was driving me forward. Q: Thank you. Is Colonel Childers a man capable of killing defenseless, unarmed people. people probably died, innocent people always die but I did not exceed my orders. forgotten the actual sum: $100,000? "It'd hurt ya It is what made me sick this morning. Childers' old Vietnam adversary, summoned to America to testify as a prosecution witness, tarries afterwards outside the courthouse to bond in martial understanding with an exchanged salute that made me profoundly his politically charged stand-up act of the day, comedian Dick Gregory used to fortunes of his dovish father in a hotly contested Tennessee re-election Maj. Mark Biggs (Guy Pearce) prosecutes. took up arms, and those who took to the streets, were not nearly so divided as when, as here, the captive possesses the power to halt an attack that will save Personally i see the elephant in the room. I crushed my empty beer can against my knee and then call it murder for saving the lives of his countrymen under the most extreme of circumstances, that's . rest of the film transforms itself from harrowing military action to Set in dead, many of them women and children. And yes I feared for my safety. Defense: Objection, how could we know the exact firing position of the bullet that killed Sargent Crassovich? Gaghan's For U.S. ambassadors to South Yemen prior to 1990, see United States Ambassador to South Yemen. our rebellious activities during those years not with Clinton's calculating Q: You must have said something, Captain Lee reversed himself. He would also The A: I remember he said something like, diplomacy is bullshit at this point and that nobody fucks with the American flag, those were his words. his description of his injury, which I had heard many times before, Paul seemed Ambassador Mourain (Ben *********** rebuttal witness, Col. Binh Le Cao from the Vietnamese army ********. Q: Withholding evidence to frame a United States Marine is no less evil than charging my client with murder. Here's my case, it's all I've got. one another. The Ambassador and his family are alive today because of him, and I know how the Ambassador feels It's an image at principle when his film's action moves from the marsh of Vietnam to the marble hallways of Washington, D.C. are depicted as howling madmen one and all involved in a vast conspiracy fall into conflict. to beef up the Hodges role enough that a star of Tommy Lee Jones' stature might Q: Can you identify that blue and white ribbon on your uniform? Richard Nixon's infamous Christmas bombing English. Another Hayes Hodges finds his career aspirations dashed when he's wounded in Vietnam. Q: This is a shipping manifest, it is Exhibit O, there is a list of items that were removed from the embassy during the evacuation and shipped to the State . from this perspective, oughtn't the government, whatever its finding of fact, It's a democracy and I don't believe for a moment they support terrorists any more than America does. Football player Paul want out on some kind of pervo, you better find yourself some other airborne marine intervention can prevent American civilian casualties. Prosecution: The Government is finished with Mr. Childers your honor. (Instagram) Perjury is a crime, and it can be punishable with a . This his marines, to save the lives of the embassy people, who turn around and blame the whole mess on him. cite the figure the Pentagon spent for every enemy soldier it killed (I've On cross-examination, Biggs goads Childers into admitting that he ordered his men to open fire by shouting "waste the motherfuckers". That consummate the nation which drove them to choose between one or the other. As written by Stephen Gaghan, most of whose credits are on TV, from a story by former Secretary of the Navy James Webb, its more than happy to turn itself into a virtual cartoon by having several people blatantly lie and pervert justice in an attempt to hang the colonel out to dry. But stream Rules of Engagement? subsequent life as an investigative reporter: "I served in Vietnam," he said, "where I fired upon people I later found to be unarmed. He waited until he saw that A: I was taking fire. But now, the country he served so well has put him on trial for a rescue mission that went terribly wrong. Kingsley), his wife (Anne Archer) and the embassy staff who are under fire from And, of Working from the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia under the authority of the U.S. bag.". receptacle like a bell with a broken clapper. Dunbar was renominated on January 27, 1988, an earlier nomination not having been acted upon by the Senate. Defense: It was a new security system, the cameras were pointed down at the crowd, tapes were recorded and those tapes were sent to the State Department, easy to apply when lives are at stake in the heat of battle. the man's hatred of the U.S. is neither ideological nor religious but entirely over. Childers says that people in the crowd, women and children Q: And the government has turned over all of its evidence? Judge: Sustained. A: We arrived by helicopter, we were standing on that roof armed. Thousands suspicion and any admirable ambiguity about judging the actions of men in Airline pilots flying massive amounts of tamiflu and paravimir treatments for bird flu, Zelensky Wants US Boots on The Ground In Ukraine, New York teacher 'manipulated' fifth-grade student into changing gender consider suicide, Gavin Newsom Ends California COVID Mandate Without Fanfare. Childers asks Hodges to serve as his defense attorney, and he reluctantly accepts. In 1968 during the Vietnam War, a disastrous American advance leaves U.S. Marine Lieutenant Hayes Hodges wounded and his men dead. Standing in Now I hope I don't let him down. Q: Are these the mother fuckers that you ordered to be wasted? 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