An Interpol agent attempts to expose a high-profile financial institution's role in an international arms dealing ring.
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Tom TykwerWriter:
Eric Warren Singer
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Title: The International (2009)
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| Clive Owen | ... | ||
| Naomi Watts | ... | ||
| Armin Mueller-Stahl | ... | ||
| Ulrich Thomsen | ... | ||
| Brían F. O'Byrne | ... | ||
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Michel Voletti | ... | |
| Patrick Baladi | ... | ||
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Jay Villiers | ... | |
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Fabrice Scott | ... |
Nicolai Yeshinski
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| Haluk Bilginer | ... | ||
| Luca Barbareschi | ... |
Umberto Calvini
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| Alessandro Fabrizi | ... |
Inspector Alberto Cerutti
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| Felix Solis | ... |
Detective Iggy Ornelas
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| Jack McGee | ... |
Detective Bernie Ward
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| Nilaja Sun | ... |
Detective Gloria Hubbard
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In The International, Interpol Agent Louis Salinger and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman are determined to bring to justice one of the world's most powerful banks. Uncovering illegal activities including money laundering, arms trading, and the destabilization of governments, Salinger and Whitman's investigation takes them from Berlin to Milan to New York and to Istanbul. Finding themselves in a high-stakes chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk as the bank will stop at nothing - even murder - to continue financing terror and war. Written by production
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Is your money making a killing? See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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Release Date:
13 February 2009 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Agente internacional See more »Box Office
Budget:
$50,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$10,702,613 (USA) (13 February 2009)Gross:
$25,450,527 (USA) (20 March 2009)Company Credits
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from "St. Matthew's Passion" BWV 244
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra
Courtesy of Naxos of America
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In the Guggenheim, despite supposedly being in New York, you can overhear a German voiceover in one of the videos playing. It mentions something about "molten rocks" and shows that the "Guggenheim" was merely rebuilt in Germany for this particular shot. See more »Goofs
No sniper would stick the barrel of his rifle out of the window. The rifle would be several feet inside, so as not to be detected by anyone outside. See more »Crazy Credits
During the credits fade-in on the second and third newspaper printed articles, look above the main story of focus and you will see articles that reference a company by the name of SuckleOil, which is most likely a nod to Producer Richard Suckle. See more »Soundtracks
Wir Setzen Uns Mit Traenen Niederfrom "St. Matthew's Passion" BWV 244
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra
Courtesy of Naxos of America
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Clive Owen delivers a nice thrilling performance in an international thriller which reminds an audience of the BOURNE ULTIMATUM films with a story which takes you all over the international map in attempting to solve a crime. Owen and the lovely Naomi Watts make an interesting team of mates to travel to Berlin, et. AL. and while the story is a bit far fetched, in today's world of terrorism and plots to steal, kill and overtake countries and governments, Owen as an international Agent does manage to convince an audience of attempting to "settle justice" in a very "unjust world and political climate".
The locations are magnificent and you feel as if you are on a international travel log of stops in Berlin, Milan, Istanbul, Lyon and of course, New York. But then, this is THE INTERNATIONAL and thus the foreign locations make the story ring true to the chase for justice and to solve an international crime. One can only hope that Clive's Agent will find something of reward in the chase.