Movie Cosmos - Stranger at the Gate

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A U.S. Marine plots a terrorist attack on a small-town American mosque, but his plan takes an unexpected turn when he comes face to face with the people he sets out to kill.

Top Cast >

Bibi Bahrami

Dr. Saber Bahrami

Zaki Bahrami

Captain Kent Kurtz

Dana McKinney

Emily McKinney

Richard 'Mac' McKinney

Jomo Williams

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Joshua Seftel

Director, Producer

Mohannad Malas

Executive Producer

Suzanne Hillinger

Producer

Conall Jones

Producer

Simon Kilmurry

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John W. Kiser

Executive Producer

Rev. Dr. Conrad Fisher, MD

Executive Producer

Lena Khan

Executive Producer, Thanks

Anna Bick Rowe

Executive Producer

Jeremy Mack

Executive Producer

Eric Nichols

Executive Producer

Jeremy Medoff

Editor

Karl Schroder

Director of Photography

Jody Snider

Co-Producer

Salam Al-Marayati

Consulting Producer

Mona Damluji

Consulting Producer

Sue Obeidi

Consulting Producer, Thanks

Laura Thomas

Associate Producer

Sophie Glassman

Production Assistant

Kevin Esnault

Assistant Camera

Brandon Ahern

Assistant Camera

Carter Hoffman

Assistant Camera, Grip

Zack Thorpe

Sound Mixer

Marki Yaccino

Production Manager

Joseph Ermey

Production Assistant

Eric Metzgar

Additional Editing

Steve Benjamin

Assistant Editor

Nick Cancelliere

Assistant Editor

Bobb Barito

Sound Designer

Chris Perez

Legal Services

Alexa DeSantis

Legal Services

Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art

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Muslim Public Affairs Council, Hollywood Bureau

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El Hibri Foundation

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Shakeeb Alam

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Wajahat Ali

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Saja Al Naqshabandi

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Julie Anderson

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Jason Anthony

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Judd Apatow

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Linda Artola

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Perry Ascher

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Reza Aslan

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Maryam Banikarim

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Susie Banikarim

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Kevin Barker

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Amir Bar-Lev

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Opal Bennett

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Albert Berger

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Jessica Bhuiyan

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Rais Bhuiyan

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Dan Bromfield

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Jill Burkhart

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Liza Cardinale

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Patrick Cates

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Meryl Chertoff

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Marshall Curry

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Ken Dornstein

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Warren Etheredge

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Erika Frankel

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Christopher Fisher

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Kory Gipson

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Claudette Godfrey

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Jessica Goldstein

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Amy Goodman Kass

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Ellen Goosenberg

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Howard Gordon

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Teddy Grennan

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Roberta Grossman

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Anya Grundmann

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Jamie Gustis

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Ilene Gutman

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David Hamlin

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Robert Harris

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Chris Hastings

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Leland Haushalter

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David Herbert

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David Holbrooke

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Dara Horenblas

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Rich Hyman

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Islamic Center of Muncie

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Averi Israel

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Kirsten Johnson

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Jane Julian

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Meena Khan

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Mubasher Khan

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Nagina Khan

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Reema Khan

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Yasmen Khan

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Tom Kitt

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David Klawans

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Warren Kraemer

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David Kramer

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Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum

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Dana J. Kuznetzkoff

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Leila Lak

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Judy Laster

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Farhan Latif

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Ellie Lee

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Elizabeth Lesser

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Jon Levin

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Jonathan Lown

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Rebecca Lown

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Donna Lucas

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Steve Maing

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Darby Maloney

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Leah Marino

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David McFarland

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Cara Mertes

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David Metzler

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Tom Miller

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Rand Morrison

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Trey Nelson

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Cathleen O’Connell

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Billy Offer

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Catherine Orsborn

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Hiroki Otsuka

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Deverell Pedersen

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Richard Pena

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Maurie Perl

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Zeyba Rahman

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Abby Raphel

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Hussein Rashid

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Vicki Ritterband

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Sonia Rodrigues

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Adam Roffman

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Rena Ronson

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Blake Ross

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Rich Ross

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Rahul Rotagi

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Grace Royer

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Julie Salamon

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Maral Satari

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Garret Savage

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Laura Seftel

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Lillian Seftel

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Madeline Seftel

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Pat Seftel

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Suzanne Seftel Glassman

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Adam Segal

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Kashif Sheikh

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Amanda Shipley

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Dia Sokol Savage

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Greg Sorvig

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Craig Smith

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Stephanie Stewart

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Shayna Rose Triebwasser

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Marc Vives

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Eric Ward

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Michael Wertheim

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David Wilson

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Soo-Jeong Kang

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Avi Bond

Associate Producer

Kathleen Lingo

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Josh Church

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Melissa Fajardo

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Devon Blackwell

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Malala Yousafzai

Executive Producer

Kath Raisch

Colorist

Rob Ulin

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Reviews:

CinemaSerf (6/10)

Richard McKinney spent over 25 hears in the US military and it's fair to say that when he returned home to Muncie in Indiana he was a pretty devout hater of all things Muslim. He despised their beliefs, their clothing and indeed admits that he completely lost the plot when he thought they were mixing with his young daughter. Determined to rid the town of this scourge, he set about planning a bomb attack on their mosque whilst they were all at prayer. It was on a recce, though, that he began to realise that these people were decent, respectful and kindly families who treated him with an humanity he had hitherto been lacking for many a year. Apparently it took him only a matter of weeks to realise that he had backed the wrong horse and that these were folks to be embraced as they had embraced him. It's not a great documentary. It does seem to suggest rather that the Muslim community has all the work to do to prove it's non-complicity in atrocities when they happen and that the armed forces are always acting honourably, but it did also make me wonder what steps the military authorities take to ensure the mental wellbeing of people who have basically given most of their lives to blindly obeying orders that require no compassion, evaluation or validation of the orders given. As one of his superiors pointed out to him - just imagine they are but pieces of paper on a target practice. It just goes to show that communication and interaction can go some way to breaking down barriers and assumptions and hats off to McKinney for his honesty.

2024-03-22