Rules of Engagement (film)

Rules of Engagement
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam Friedkin
Screenplay byStephen Gaghan
Story byJames Webb
Produced byScott Rudin
Richard D. Zanuck
Starring
CinematographyWilliam A. Fraker
Nicola Pecorini
Edited byAugie Hess
Music byMark Isham
Production
companies
Scott Rudin Productions
Seven Arts Pictures
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • April 7, 2000 (2000-04-07)
Running time
128 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Germany
LanguagesEnglish
Arabic
Vietnamese
Budget$60 million[1]
Box office$71.7 million[1]

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.

  1. ^ a b "Rules of Engagement". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2020.