Battle in Seattle

Battle in Seattle
Theatrical poster
Directed byStuart Townsend
Written byStuart Townsend
Produced byMary Aloe
Kirk Shaw
Stuart Townsend
Maxime Rémillard
Starring
CinematographyBarry Ackroyd
Edited byFernando Villena
Music byMassive Attack
Production
companies
Distributed byRedwood Palms Pictures
Release dates
Running time
99 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • Canada
  • Germany
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10 million
Box office$886,461

Battle in Seattle is a 2007 political action-thriller film written and directed by Stuart Townsend, in his directorial debut. The story is loosely based on the protest activity at the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2007. It later screened at the Seattle International Film Festival in May 2008 and received a limited theatrical release on September 19, 2008.