Extraordinary Rendition

This film contains some strong language.

PLANE PASSES OVERHEAD

< DISTANT CLATTER

This is private property! How did you get in here?

Stand still!

Jesus Christ!

Morning.

Why so early?

Because I have got to be at work.

-In 45 minutes. What time have you got to be in?

-I have got a meeting - the Dean wants to see me.

-Are you in trouble?

-Some stuff happened yesterday.

-I have got to get ready to go.

-What are you cooking?

-I am not cooking!

-Who is going to cook?

-You're going to cook!

-Me?!

-Yes!

I'll be back at 6:30.

I expect it on the table. OK?

See you later.

# It comes to you begging you to stop

# Waken up

# But you just move your hands upon the clock

# Throw coins in the wishing well for us. #

Thanks, buddy. I'm so lost.

I'm not sure.

-What are you doing?!

-Shut the fuck up! Get your head down!

Please!

Let go of me!

No! Argh!

LAUGHTER

I've learnt a few lessons about you!

Best thing you've done today.

-So what's her name?

-Valeria.

-Valeria?

-Yeah. On the head!

Tell me. Give me a straight answer.

-Straight answer?

-Yes. Is she your girlfriend,

-or not?

-It's nothing serious.

-Just fooling around?

-A laugh.

Slam dunk it, Jordan!

Is she Muslim?

-Well, kind of. She drinks.

-That's good.

-Yeah, yeah.

Better than an English girl.

-What's wrong with English girls?

-HE LAUGHS

Has Dad phoned ya?

Say you are not living in a democratic state and you are being oppressed.

-How do you fight for your rights?

-You resort to that kind of thing cos you're not being listened to.

You don't have that right, to take somebody else's life.

-You have to resort to means that extreme.

-Nelson Mandela, for example.

American independence. Let's go back to the 1900s.

-Women's rights. What do we know?

-I don't think you can compare the suffragettes to terrorists.

-But they're freedom fighters, surely? They're fighting for political equality.

-But that's history.

Sorry, that was 50 years ago, OK? Things have changed since then.

A government are labelling a group "terrorists", because a perpetual war is in their interests.

How many people vote nowadays? How far would you take it individually to fight for your cause?

I've just seen my five-year-old son killed, I've just had my house destroyed...

-Yeah, but then there's going to be a chain of exactly that kind of thing.

-You're living in a fantasy world.

Reality's much different, OK?

Adam, now you're telling me terrorism is legitimate.

This is what I'm trying to make you guys thinking about.

How many times in history did violent struggle lead to democracy?

BELL RINGS

Apologise to your classmate, OK?

Well, I need to know what you want me to do here. >

He's our asset, we need our time with him. >

Then take it across the river. >

I need a decision from Vauxhall. >

They won't wait. >

No, they want immediate... >

HE COUGHS

Where am I?

Tell me what you want with me.

Do you speak languages?

Mais evidemment tu parles francais, non?

Parce que ici c'est l'enfers vivant.

Si tu sors, tu vas manquer cette cellule, comme ta maison.

Et nous, moi, si tu es porte la bas,

comme ta famille.

I heard someone talking in an English accent.

I want to talk to him.

Who are you?

WHO ARE YOU?!

WHO ARE YOU?!

WHO ARE YOU?!

DOOR CLOSES

Nnnng...

BELL RINGS

Mr Ahamdi! Zaafir!

Morris.

How goes it, young man?

Remember that chat we had,

about six months ago?

-Yes, I do, James?

-Yeah.

Well, unfortunately, we had a... couple of students round last night

and it was the same thing.

-My students?

-Yeah.

-James, it's my job to challenge...

-I know, I know.

You're very good at it. That's why I employed you.

Maybe just have a little look at it? Would you come and see me tomorrow?

-Is that necessary, James?

-Yeah.

-11:30?

-OK.

Good man.

-You all right?

-How are you? Nice to see you.

His mother made them this morning!

I know you don't like them but it's gonna make her happy.

-It's Pakistan first, and then what?

-Then probably India.

-And how long... Probably?

-Yeah, yeah.

-No.

We're taking every day as it comes. Don't want to plan too far ahead.

-How is Ewa?

-She's good.

-She's coming, yeah?

She really wanted to come, but she couldn't. She has a deadline.

He teaches as well, just like his father!

-I used to teach him things.

-You've told this story 10,000 times.

He's laughing at me now, you see?

What are you gonna do? How are you gonna get to Pakistan, to India?

-Buses?

-Mm.

-He doesn't know what he's going to do.

-Come on.

-He has no idea.

I know what I'm doing, all right?

I thought she was coming.

She's really busy.

Let me try to call her.

If she finishes early, maybe she can make it, OK?

PHONE RINGS

'Hey, this is Ewa, leave a message. I'll call you back.'

-You have a cigarette?

-Yeah.

You're still smoking?

I'll pay you back.

Don't worry about it.

It's not a problem.

PLANE RUMBLES

Birth of Socrates, 470BC.

Death of Alexander the Great,

323BC.

Roman invasion of Britain, 55BC.

Fall of Constantinople, 410AD.

Discovery of the Americas, 1492.

Spanish Armada, 1558.

US Declaration of Independence, 1776, July 4th.

Zaafir!

SHOUTING AND BANGING

How are you today, huh?

How are you coping with the pain?

HE SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE

If you have anything to say, talk to me.

To me.

This is a mistake.

Please.

DOOR CLOSES

You OK?

Yeah.

-You?

-Yeah, I'm good.

-Good day?

-Yeah.

Do you want some food?

No, I had some already.

Of course, you already had some. How was it?

Why don't you answer your phone?

I'm so sorry. I'm really sorry.

Was it good?

You were missed.

I gave him the money. 1,200.

OK, why that much?

-My father was supposed to buy him a ticket.

-Yeah?

-And he didn't.

-No, so we did.

He's very grateful.

He can come and do our garden.

Yeah, for the rest of his life.

-He's not funny at all.

-He is.

-Is he?

You've just got to understand his humour.

So fat!

-This is strong.

-Mm-hm.

Oddly attractive, though.

Boo!

What's this?

HE MUMBLES INDISTINCTLY

Are you going to come to bed?

-I want to, but I can't.

-Please.

-I want to, but I have to do this.

-I have to...

-Come upstairs.

See you up there.

Don't be long.

COMPUTER PINGS

Finished?

All right?

You asleep?

No. No.

DOOR OPENS

Zaafir, wake up!

Everything, Zaafir, everything.

Now!

Get dressed.

PLANE RUMBLES

PLANE RUMBLING INTENSIFIES

Argh.

POLICE SIREN

MACHINE BEEPS

KNOCK ON DOOR

Zaafir.

Is there anything you need?

You OK?

I'm fine.

ENGINE RUMBLES

SHOUTING

SHOUTING IN ARABIC

HATCH OPENS

SPEAKS IN ARABIC

Who's in charge here?

I want to speak to someone in charge!

SHOUTS IN ARABIC

No!

SHOUTS IN ARABIC

Aaaargh.

Name.

Name.

Zaafir.

I was just looking at some of your...

rather gory snapshots, of your journey here.

These people are animals.

-Like Monir. He is an animal, are you not?

-Mm-hm.

Not like us, educated men.

The only difference between us

is how we have chosen to use our...intelligence.

You are a political insurgent.

You're part of an international community

dedicated to building a united nation of Islam,

and you fund personally, individuals and groups,

using violence to achieve these aims.

I am not a terrorist.

I am not a terrorist!

I want to see a lawyer.

HELICOPTER WHIRS

I have a number of hours' leave from here.

I have to travel a long way.

I walk down the street to my house, open the door, there is my wife,

with the same look that you have in your eyes.

My children, they barely look up from the television.

I spend sleepless night...

..And then come back here and when I do,

I will make sure that you have a lawyer.

And then you will help me.

Is that a deal?

Good.

By the way, your wife,

her 12-week scan has been successful.

You didn't know?

You're lying.

What are you hoping for? A boy or a girl?

Let me tell you, boys are much less trouble.

EWA: Hey!

What have you got planned?

I could think of a couple of things.

One, the tap.

It's been waiting 9 months.

Maybe a walk.

I don't know, just get some air.

Plus maybe we should ban smoking from the kitchen. And the bedroom.

I think a walk might do you good.

Even if it's to the doctors.

-Do you need any more antibiotics?

-No.

When I called last week, they said you needed...

-What about a follow-up?

-No.

No more doctors.

OK. I'm going. I'm taking one of these for the journey.

I love you.

What's it like to marry a woman from another faith, Zaafir?

-When do I see the lawyer?

-Is your father proud of your Catholic wife?

You class yourself as a leader or follower?

-Where is the lawyer?

-You travel alone in your gap year.

Malaysia, Indonesia, what can you do in Jakarta for one week?

1998 you attend a student rally in London.

Why do you get arrested, Zaafir?

Would you say you are proud of your heritage?

I know you know the answer to that.

What was it like being Muslim at Latimer School?

Get up.

Please. You have the wrong person.

-Shut up.

-You have the wrong person.

You have the wrong person.

What are your last memories? Of home?

Ewa?

Hmm?

Coming home from work, in the shower?

The smell of her shampoo?

You watch her body, through the glass.

Are you a leg man or breast man?

I have a right to a fair trial.

You think you have rights?

You expect me to feel pity for you?

You think you have been here a long time? Huh?

I have been here two years. MOBILE RINGS

What kind of teacher do you think you are, Zaafir?

Huh?

I'm a good teacher.

You're a good teacher, but yet you have a citation against your record.

For a misinterpretation of the curriculum, is not true?

Do you think you're a controversial person?

Mm?

You say here, the Christians of Europe were happy

to inherit the legacy of Arab occupation of Spain,

but were reluctant to acknowledge its Islamic origin.

-You're changing it.

-But it is your words?

You're taking it out of context.

OK. Let me quote another one.

"With no political platform on which to vent our anger,

"we are increasingly turning for comfort to Islam

"and to Islamic fundamentalism."

It's not like that! You are changing the words around.

I am not changing anything here. It's written.

So, tell me...

do you believe in what you teach?

Do you?

It's not like that.

Is it worth fighting for?

Is it worth fighting for?

Is it worth dying for?

HE READS ALOUD

BANGING

HEY! BANGING CONTINUES

HE COUGHS

Hey!

HE SHOUTS

Hey!

BANGING Hey, hey, hey!

HE SHOUTS IN ARABIC

Come!

BANGING CONTINUES

Hey!

Hey! Come!

Come! Hey!

BANGING

Come on.

Julie and Jim are getting married.

-Finally.

-Finally.

Wanna go to the wedding?

Don't know if you saw the invite at home.

It's kind of odd, it's on a Friday.

It's complicated. I thought maybe we could get Friday off work...

And possibly the Monday, and we can have a long weekend.

It might be really nice, we could see some friends...

-Might be a laugh. I kind of need to give her an answer, though.

-Ewa!

What are you doing?

March 2004,

where were you?

OK, I give you a clue. You went to Egypt.

University of Cairo.

Who did you meet there?

I met a lot of people.

Some names?

Er...Dariq Wahood.

-Who?

-Dariq Wahood.

-Issim Puzid.

-Mm-hm.

And Hamini.

Ramimi?

Ramimi.

Ramimi. OK, tell me about Ramimi.

Erm....

What did he do?

He was teacher as well.

As well as running an organisation, I think.

No.

That you gave money to.

-Yes.

-Correct?

-A charity.

-Hmm?

-A charity.

Organisation.

He was starting a charity.

For?

Kids.

-A charity for kids.

-Teaching them to read and write.

-£350 sterling?

-Yes.

You're a very generous man.

Have you been to Egypt?

There's a lot of poverty.

A lot of anger.

You know where the money went?

Kids.

No, the money did not go to the kids.

Do you know where the money went?

The money went to buy books.

For the kids.

SCREAMING

SHOUTING AND SCREAMING

HE SPEAKS IN ARABIC

IMAM SINGS

ALL PRAY IN ARABIC

OK, I want to return to Yusef Khan.

Is this your e-mail address?

[email protected]?

A lot of people have access to that e-mail address.

Is this your e-mail address?

It was not only me who can read those e-mails,

and I never read that e-mail.

It was sent on Tuesday, October 24th 2005.

He... He was...

He was just another student.

He was a dumb student.

I gave him bad grades, he failed the co-ourse!

"A good friend, a man who shares our sympathies,

"requested that he might meet with you.

"I think he has ideas of a significance

"which you will appreciate."

I don't know him.

He was just another student.

But this is your e-mail address?

I don't know him.

I have no contact with him.

So this is your e-mail address?

Yes.

SHOTS FIRED OUTSIDE

HE PRAYS IN ARABIC

I think we've had enough for today.

Have you ever slept with another woman while you've been married?

I didn't think so.

Do you think by those facts, you have me figured out?

In half an hour,

I'm meeting a very beautiful young girl.

And I'll feel bad about it afterwards, but now, right now,

I cannot think of anything else.

These facts are what I have and yes, I believe that I have enough.

This is not me.

Then who is this?

Hm?

Zaafir...

We are complete.

Sign.

Sign.

HELICOPTER WHIRS

HE SPEAKS ARABIC

SCREAMING CONTINUES

ZAAFIR COUGHS

Look, I just have a job to do.

Only...

Just this.

A job to do.

Look.

Look at yourself, Zaafir.

Sign.

Allahu Akbar.

Allahu Akbar.

Aaargh!

Aaargh!

Aaargh!

Aaargh!

Aaa...

Aaargh!

HE PRAYS IN ARABIC

Zaafir?

GLASS SMASHES

EWA SOBS

HELICOPTER WHIRS

12 hours.

On a plane.

To Washington, with two fucking kids.

It's a nightmare.

Argh!

Argh!

Argh!

This is a mistake!

HE SHOUTS

WHITE NOISE FROM TV

Let's start at the beginning.

You were taken from the streets.

Yes.

Who by?

There were British and American accents.

Did you see any faces?

I saw some. I cannot remember.

You can't remember the faces.

I can't identify them, if that's what you're saying.

You were taken to another country?

-On a plane?

-Yes.

Any idea how far away the country was?

Don't know. I was drugged.

Did they charge you with something?

I had to sign a document.

What sort of document?

I was made to sign a confession of some sort, OK?

What were you charged with?

They thought I was a terrorist.

And did you get any names?

They don't give names when they take people. That's what they do.

They make sure not to give names!

Mr Ahamdi, I'm trying to help you.

Were you maltreated?

Yes, I was maltreated.

You were physically abused?

It's a simple question.

F...!

Have you any idea what you're up against?

It'd be good if you could refer me to somebody else who could help us more.

I'm sorry.

Back to work on Monday?

Yes? No?

Don't know yet.

Have you even called them?

Why haven't you called them?

Not now.

Don't you think it's about time you went back to work?

Don't you think it's about time you focused on something?

Other than the television, perhaps?

Is...

Can you just acknowledge that I'm here for one minute?

What do you want me to say?

All you do is fucking sit there all day,

and I don't know what to do around you.

You don't read, you don't listen to music.

There's all these fucking books to read all over the fucking house,

and you don't even look at them.

Can't you find anything to say to me?

DO YOU THINK I WANNA BE LIKE THIS?

What the fuck do you want from me?

-Go, go!

-Is that what you want?

You can fucking go!

It happened to both of us, Zaafir!

What the fuck happened to you?

Do you have any idea what the fuck happened to me?

No, because you won't tell me!

What the fuck? Going, "Are you fucking going to work on Monday?"

Do you know what the fuck is this?

I want to know, but you won't tell me.

LOUDSPEAKER: Allah gives us this sense of pride without arrogance.

And He will be just,

and He will punish those who are persecuting these families.

He happened to be Muslim. We are human beings!

Jamal Al-Banna is a human being.

His wife and children are human beings...

..Because we are Muslim, because we are Muslim, we are inferior to them.

SPEECH DISTORTED

..Because we are Muslim, they want to punish us!

-Allahu Akbar!

-ALL: Allahu Akbar!

-Allahu Akbar!

-ALL: Allahu Akbar!

Allahu Akbar!

MUSIC: "Spitfire" by The Prodigy

# If I was in World War II, they'd call me Spitfire

# If I was in World War II, they'd call me Spitfire

# If I was in World War II, they'd call me Spitfire

# If I was in World War II, they'd call me...

# Fire

# Fire!

# Fire!

# Fire!

# Cos you know that I can

# Cos you know that I can... #

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