Eye in the Sky

Release Date: Friday, March 11, 2016 Limited

Barkhad Abdi, Phoebe Fox, Colin Firth, Helen Mirren, Alan Rickman, Ged Doherty, Aaron Paul, Gavin Hood, Iain Glen, David Lancaster, Guy Hibbert, Kim Engelbrecht

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  • 3.9

74%

26%
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Plot

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Plot
Helen Mirren stars as Colonel Katherine Powell, a UK-based military officer, who is remotely commanding a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya. The missions quickly escalates when news of a deadly suicide mission spreads and American pilot Steve Watts (Aaron Paul) is conflicted when a nine-year old girl walks into the kill zone. With a civilian life at stake and the clock ticking to stop the terrorist attack, EYE IN THE SKY explores the murky landscape of modern warfare and human morality in our present-day fight against terror.
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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Eye in the Sky.

  • Aaron Paul
    Aaron Paul

    ... Steve Watts

    Fathers and Daughters, Need for Speed

  • Helen Mirren
    Helen Mirren

    ... Colonel Katherine Powell

    F9, White Bird

  • A
    Alan Rickman

    ... Lieutenant General Frank Benson

    Lee Daniels' The Butler, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

  • I
    Iain Glen

    ... Foreign Secretary James Willett

    Resident Evil: Extinction, Black Beauty

  • K
    Kim Engelbrecht

    ... Lucy Galvez

  • B
    Barkhad Abdi

    Tyson's Run, The Pirates of Somalia

  • P
    Phoebe Fox

    The Woman in Black 2 Angels of Death, Intrigo: Samaria

Crew Behind the Film

The Eye in the Sky behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Gavin Hood last directed Official Secrets and Ender's Game. The film's writer Guy Hibbert last wrote A United Kingdom and Five Minutes of Heaven.

Director
Gavin Hood
Screenwriter
Producers
Ged Doherty
Colin Firth
David Lancaster
Production Companies

Additional Information

MPA Rating
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Runtime
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Tagline
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Language
English

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Production Details

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Key Facts

  • The film was produced by Colin Firth and Ged Doherty’s Raindog Films and eOne, who also handle international sales and directly distribute the film in Canada, the UK, Spain, Benelux and Australia/New Zealand.

Production Updates

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Eye in the Sky was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, March 11, 2016 . There were 21 other movies released on the same date, including The Brothers Grimsby, 10 Cloverfield Lane and The Young Messiah. As a limited release, Eye in the Sky was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.



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Sun., Apr. 17, 2016

  • Added a link from bleeckerstreetmedia.com

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