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The Kingdom
This fall, at least five movies will explore conflict in the Middle East. With The Kingdom being one of the first in theaters, Hollywood will be watching closely to see if director Peter Berg can bridge the divide between popcorn and prestige by serving up flashy mainstream entertainment that addresses current events with sophistication and sensitivity.
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”It’s kind of like tricking a kid to do his homework,” says Berg, whose track record of unlikely crowd-pleasers includes Friday Night Lights and The Rundown. ”You’ve got to make it fun.”
On paper, The Kingdom‘s plot, which kicks off with a large-scale terrorist attack that kills American contractors and their families, doesn’t sound so enjoyable.
But Berg was interested in terrorism primarily as a setup for a fast-paced procedural thriller. The film is loosely based on the FBI’s investigation of the 1996 bombings of Khobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Berg first ran the idea by his neighbor, director Mich