Salt (2010)

A CIA agent goes on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy.

Director:

Phillip Noyce

Writer:

Kurt Wimmer

Stars:

Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Angelina Jolie	...	Evelyn Salt
Liev Schreiber	...	Ted Winter
Chiwetel Ejiofor	...	Peabody
Daniel Olbrychski	...	Vasily Orlov
August Diehl	...	Michael Krause
Daniel Pearce	...	Young Orlov
Hunt Block	...	President Howard Lewis
Andre Braugher	...	Secretary of Defense
Olek Krupa	...	President Boris Matveyev
Cassidy Hinkle	...	Natasha Chenkova
Corey Stoll	...	Shnaider
Vladislav Koulikov	...	Chenkov's Father
Olya Zueva	...	Chenkov's Mother
Kevin O'Donnell	...	Young CIA Officer
Gaius Charles	...	CIA Officer

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?

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Plot Keywords:

russian | cia | spy | russian spy | defector | 

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Taglines:

Who is Salt?

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [jp] Sony Pictures [ca]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Russian Korean

Release Date:

23 July 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Edwin A. Salt

Filming Locations:

Makaryev Monastery, Lyskovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Box Office

Budget:

$110,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£2,166,715 (UK) (20 August 2010)

Gross:

$118,311,368 (USA) (22 October 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Di Bonaventura Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min 104 min (director's cut) 101 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Shipped to theaters under the code names "Cover Up" and "Red Square".

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Goofs

The movie is supposed to take place during the winter time as evidenced by the fact that there were no leaves on any of the trees during the scenes in D.C. and NYC. However, during the first chase scene on the overpass which took place in D.C. there were leaves on all the trees. This is because that scene was actually filmed in Albany, NY later on during the spring.

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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

Featured in Great Movie Mistakes III: Not in 3D (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Zarya"
Traditional
Arranged by Irina Mikhailova
Performed by Irina Mikhailova and Hans Christian
Courtesy of Well-Tempered Productions

User Reviews

Salt is one "peppery" heroine

The people who wrote this film apparently don't think the audience is very smart. They want us to believe that Angelina Jolie who is about five foot four in her bare feet and 100 pounds wringing wet is capable of beating up and shooting about sixty people, crawling around a ten story building on a narrow ledge, jumping from tractor trailer to tractor trailer and climbing down a ten story elevator shaft! Boy she is one tough, ass kicking mama! Some people have said this movie is merely a clone of the Jason Bourne movies (one reviewer waggishly called Salt Jason Bourne with a vagina). However, Jolie makes her role distinctly unique. She holds this movie together with cool intensity that would rival any actor. The plot is convoluted and hard to follow but there is enough action for five movies, so just sit back and enjoy the ride. By the way, for you history lovers, there really was a theory that Lee Harvey Oswald had a Soviet lookalike who was the real killer of JFK and there really is an underground bunker below the White House.