Rules of Engagement (film)
| Rules of Engagement | |
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| Directed by | William Friedkin |
| Screenplay by | Stephen Gaghan |
| Story by | James Webb |
| Produced by | Scott Rudin Richard D. Zanuck |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | William A. Fraker Nicola Pecorini |
| Edited by | Augie Hess |
| Music by | Mark Isham |
Production companies | Scott Rudin Productions Seven Arts Pictures |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures (United States, United Kingdom, France, Sweden, Switzerland and Argentina) Seven Arts Pictures (Overseas) |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
| Countries | United States Germany |
| Languages | English Arabic Vietnamese |
| Budget | $60 million |
| Box office | $71.7 million |
Rules of Engagement is a 2000 American war legal drama film, directed by William Friedkin, written by Stephen Gaghan, from a story by Jim Webb, and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson. Jackson plays U.S. Marine Colonel Terry Childers, who is brought to court-martial after Marines under his orders kill several civilians outside the U.S. embassy in Yemen.