Body of Lies (2008)
Directed by Ridley Scott
A CIA officer hunting a terrorist leader moves from Iraq to Jordan, directed by phone by his boss in Virginia, and builds a fake terror cell to draw his target out.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Samarra, Iraq≈ 00:05:00Stated on screen
Ferris works an informant who wants asylum and must cut him loose to protect his cover.
- 1Hoffman at Langley and home≈ 00:05:00CIA headquarters, LangleyInferred
Hoffman runs the operation by phone between meetings and his children's errands.
- 2Safe house≈ 00:15:00Balad, IraqStated on screen
A raid on a safe house ends in a car chase and his partner's death.
- 3CIA station≈ 00:28:00Amman, JordanStated on screen
As station chief Ferris courts Jordanian intelligence chief Hani Salaam, until Hoffman's meddling gets him expelled.
- 4Washington, D.C.≈ 01:10:00Stated on screen
- 5Amman, Jordan≈ 01:15:00Stated on screen
- 6Al-Saleem's hideout≈ 01:45:00SyriaInferred
- 7Amman, Jordan≈ 02:00:00Inferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 30,282 km
- Places
- 6
- Countries
- 4
- Stops
- 8
- Not shown: 20,289 km
- Plane: 9,536 km
- Car: 457 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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