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Salt (2010)

PG_13  100 min  -  Action | Crime | Mystery   -  23 July 2010 (USA)
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A CIA agent goes on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy.

Director:

Phillip Noyce

Writer:

Kurt Wimmer
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Salt -- Evelyn Salt (Jolie) is a CIA officer who swore an oath to duty, honor, and country. When she is accused by a defector of being a Russian sleeper spy, Salt goes on the run to clear her name and ultimately prove she is a patriot. Using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative, she must elude capture and protect her husband or the world's most powerful forces will erase any trace of her existence. Salt -- Clip: Stunning Escape Salt -- A featurette from the movie Salt
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Angelina Jolie ...
Liev Schreiber ...
Chiwetel Ejiofor ...
Daniel Olbrychski Daniel Olbrychski ...
August Diehl ...
Michael Krause
Daniel Pearce ...
Hunt Block Hunt Block ...
President Howard Lewis
Andre Braugher ...
Olek Krupa ...
President Boris Matveyev
Cassidy Hinkle ...
Natasha Chenkova
Corey Stoll ...
Vladislav Koulikov Vladislav Koulikov ...
Olya Zueva ...
Kevin O'Donnell ...
Gaius Charles ...
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Storyline

Evelyn Salt is a CIA agent and highly respected by all, including her boss, Ted Winter. Out of the blue, a Russian spy walks into their offices and offers a vital piece of information: the President of Russia will be assassinated during his forthcoming visit to New York City to attend the funeral of the recently deceased U.S. Vice President. The name of the assassin: Evelyn Salt. Concerned about the safety of her husband, who she cannot contact, she goes on the run. Winter refuses to accept that she is a mole or a double agent but her actions begin to raise doubts. Just who is Evelyn Salt and what is she planning? Written by garykmcd  

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Plot Keywords:

Russian | CIA | Russian Spy | Spy | Defector  | See more »

Taglines:

Salt Kills. See more »

Genres:

Action | Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian | Korean (some dialogue)

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Agente Salt See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$110,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$36,011,243 (USA) (25 July 2010) (3612 Screens)

Gross:

$293,503,304 (Worldwide) (13 February 2011)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | (director's cut)  | (unrated version)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital  | SDDS  | DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

The character of Salt is named for the Strategic Arms Limitiation Talks (S.A.L.T.). The talks, in 1969 and 1979, were between USA and Soviet Union during the Cold War. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Salt returns home looking for her husband, she sees a sandwich with two bites taken out of it. In the next scene during the raid by the CIA, a half-eaten sandwich is seen. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Evelyn Salt: [being dragged out and tied down] Please let me go home. Please, I'm not who you think I am. I'm really not who you think I am. Please. Please, I'm not a spy.
Interrogation Tech: You are a spy!
Evelyn Salt: I'm not a spy. Please let me go home.
Interrogation Tech: Try again.
Evelyn Salt: I am not a spy! I am a business woman. I work for Rink Petroleum and Gas. Please call them. I work for Rink Petroleum!
Interrogation Tech: You are here to sabotage our nuclear ambitions. Yes?
Evelyn Salt: [water tube being forced into her mouth] I am not a spy! I am not a spy!
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Connections

Referenced in "Hollywood Treasure: I'll Get You, My Pretty (#1.2)" (2010) See more »

Soundtracks

"In Paradisum from Requiem Op. 48"
Written by Gabriel Fauré
Performed by The Oxford Schola Cantorum and Camerata
Courtesy of Naxos
By Arrangement with Source/Q See more »