The Circuit

At Toronto, there’s the polished New Line production of Gavin Hood’s “Rendition”, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a CIA agent who doubts the guilt of man they’ve squirreled away to another country to torture. Across the pond comes the UK version, James Threapleton’s decidedly indie, and recently re-named, “Extraordinary Rendition”, which will screen at Edinburgh this month. This story follows a man trying to piece his life back together after being squirreled away. While New Line’s official “Rendition” site is what you'd expect from a Hollywood marketing department, the “Extraordinary Rendition” site is more of a blog, including a mini making-of video and entries about the stack of lawsuits building around the illegal program.  (Mike Jones)