Rendition is a 2007 American English-language Drama Thriller film starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Reese Witherspoon, Peter Sarsgaard, Omar Metwally, Alan Arkin, Meryl Streep and Levi Tinker. It centers on the controversial CIA practice of extraordinary rendition and is based on the true story of Khalid El-Masri, who was mistaken for Khalid al-Masri. Level 1 Entertainment in association with Anonymous Content. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Steve Golin, David Kanter, Keith Redmon, Michael Sugar and Marcus Viscidi. Rendition is written by Kelley Sane and directed by Gavin Hood. New Line Cinema acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. The motion picture has a running time of 122 minutes. Rendition was made on a budget of $27 million and at the box office it grossed only $27 million. Cinematography was done by Dion Beebe and editing by Megan Gill. The music was composed by Paul Hepker along with Mark Kilian.