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Documentary filmmaker BART LAYTON uses vivid re-enactments to tell the tale of a Texas family whose prayers are answered when their missing teenage son returns home after nearly four years, and the mystery that begins to emerge as the newcomer's actual identity comes into question. San Antonio, Texas: 1994. A local teen vanishes after going out to play basketball. As the clues run cold over the next three years, his grieving family continues to fear the worst. Incredibly, in 1997, they receive word that their son has been found in Spain. Despite being ruthlessly tortured by his abductors, he miraculously appears to be in good health. But the more questions that inspectors ask, the less his answers seem to add up. And while his tattoos match those of the kidnapping victim, that's just about where the resemblance ends. Meanwhile, everyone but the victim's family seems to recognise that something is amiss.

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ProducerDimitri Doganis

EAN5060018493893

eBay Product ID (ePID)168141066

Product Key Features

ActorAdam O'brian, John Battsek, Carey Gibson, Anna Ruben

Film/TV TitleThe Imposter

DirectorBart Layton

LanguageEnglish

Run Time95 Mins

FormatBlu-ray

Release Year2012

Features'making the Imposter': Featurette\Trailers

GenreDrama, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

ComposerAnne Nikitin

ReviewsThe Guardian - This film is as gripping as any white-knuckle thriller: it is one of the year's best, Time Out - You couldn't make this stuff up - and no one would buy it as fiction. But as a documentary, it's a different matter., Guardian - When this film was over, I felt as if I had been holding my breath for 99 minutes. It is pure, delicious suspense., Empire Magazine - The year's most fascinating and frightening doc so far, The Imposter delves far beneath the hysterical tabloid headlines.

CinematographerErik Wilson, Lynda Hall

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleThe Imposter

Consumer AdviceContains strong language