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Overview
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Release Date:
30 March 2001 (USA)
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Tagline:
In a place this treacherous, what a good spy needs is a spy of his own.
Plot:
A tailor living in Panama reluctantly becomes a spy for a British agent. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination
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NewsDesk:
(21 articles)
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User Comments:
Exciting and Cynical, LeCarre at His Best
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Pierce Brosnan | ... | Andrew 'Andy' Osnard |
 | Geoffrey Rush | ... | Harold 'Harry' Pendel |
 | Jamie Lee Curtis | ... | Louisa Pendel |
 | Leonor Varela | ... | Marta |
 | Brendan Gleeson | ... | Michelangelo 'Mickie' Abraxas |
| Harold Pinter | ... | Uncle Benny |
 | Catherine McCormack | ... | Francesca Deane |
 | Daniel Radcliffe | ... | Mark Pendel |
| Lola Boorman | ... | Sarah Pendel |
| David Hayman | ... | Luxmore |
 | Mark Margolis | ... | Rafi Domingo |
| Martin Ferrero | ... | Teddy, the Reporter |
| John Fortune | ... | Maltby |
| Martin Savage | ... | Stormont |
| Edgardo Molino | ... | Juan-David |
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong sexuality, language and some violence.
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Runtime:
109 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Netherlands:12 |
Iceland:12 |
South Korea:18 |
Philippines:R-18 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:MA |
Brazil:18 |
Canada:14A |
Finland:K-15 |
France:U |
Germany:12 |
Singapore:R21 (re-rating) |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:11 |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
USA:R
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Trivia:
In True Lies (1994), Jamie Lee Curtis was also married to a spy and her husband is called Harry.
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Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When the salsa band is first seen playing on the waterfront, a man is singing, but none of the male band members' mouths is moving.
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Quotes:
Andrew 'Andy' Osnard:
[Trying to make his getaway] Get out of my way. Don't be bloody annoying, Harry!
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in The Taylor of Atlanta (2002) (V)
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Soundtrack:
The Pick Up Dance
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| wrong director | resistmuch76 |
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There are no heroes or villains in "The Tailor of Panama," only exploiters and victims. Some may be turned off by the cynical tone of the film. For example, Andy Osnard, the British secret agent, played by Pierce Brosnan (who else?) is a scheming sociopath, not a patriotic hero. The title character, Harry Pendel, played by Geoffrey Rush, is a liar and an ex-convict. Don't be put off by these flawed characters, though. In the great tradition of John LeCarre's characters, these devious, selfish people are endlessly interesting -- and believable. I suspect that those who did not like this film reacted as they did because of a lack of heroes and because the outcome of the machinations it depicts are sadly grotesque. Nevertheless, this is the thinking person's spy movie. Highly recommended, 8 out of 10.