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The Looming Tower

The Looming Tower

Description: "The Looming Tower" traces the rising threat of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida in the late '90s and how a rivalry between the FBI and CIA during the time period may have inadvertently set the path for the attacks of 9/11. The series follows members of the I-49 Squad in New York and Alec Station in Washington, D.C. -- the counterterrorism divisions of the FBI and CIA, respectively -- as they travel around the world, fighting for ownership of information while seemingly working toward a common goal of preventing an imminent attack on American soil. The drama is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name by Lawrence Wright.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Year Released: 2018
Number of seasons: 1
Number of episodes: 10
First episode air date: May 4, 2018
Network: Hulu
Production Locations: New York City; Johannesburg; Morocco
Nominations: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie, MORE
Writers: Dan Futterman, Alex Gibney, Lawrence Wright, Ali Selim, Bathsheba Doran, Adam Rapp
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