From Paris with Love (2010)

Director:

Pierre Morel

Writers (WGA):

Adi Hasak (screenplay)
Luc Besson (story)

Release Date:

5 February 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Two agents. One city. No merci.

Plot:

In Paris, a young employee in the office of the US Ambassador hooks up with an American spy looking to stop a terrorist attack in the city.

Plot Keywords:

Ambassador | Terrorist | CIA | Spy | Dinner

Cast

John Travolta	...	Charlie Wax
Jonathan Rhys Meyers	...	James Reece
Kasia Smutniak	...	Caroline
Richard Durden	...	Ambassador Bennington
Bing Yin	...	M. Wong
Amber Rose Revah	...	Nichole
Eric Godon	...	Foreign Minister
François Bredon	...	The Thug
Chems Dahmani	...	Rashid (as Chems Eddine Dahmani)
Sami Darr	...	The Pimp
Julien Hagnery	...	Chinese Punk
Mostéfa Stiti	...	Dir Yasin
Rebecca Dayan	...	Foreign Minister's Aide
Michaël Vander-Meiren	...	Airport Security Official
Didier Constant	...	Customs Official
Alexandra Boyd	...	Head of the Delegation
Stephen Shagov	...	Embassy Security
Mike Powers	...	Embassy Security
Jeffrey Braco	...	Embassy Security
Nick Loren	...	Chief of Security
Farid Elouardi	...	Bearded Driver
Joaquim Almeria	...	Trench-coat 1
Melissa Mars	...	Wax's Hooker
Yin Hang	...	Asian Hooker 'German'
David Gasman	...	German Tourist / The Voice
Frédéric Chau	...	Chinese Maitre D
Tam Solo	...	Suicidal Pakistani
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Luc Besson	...	Man getting out of car (uncredited)
Thomas Houvet	...	A Bodyguard (uncredited)
Lexie Kendrick	...	Head of the Delegation's Assistant (uncredited)
John Kiriakou	...	Himself (uncredited)
Kelly Preston	...	Woman on Eiffel tower (uncredited)

Directed by
Pierre Morel

Writing credits (WGA)
Adi Hasak		(screenplay)
Luc Besson		(story)

Produced by
Luc Besson	....	producer
Anson Downes	....	co-executive producer
Linda Favila	....	co-executive producer
India Osborne	....	producer
Virginie Silla	....	producer (as Virginie Besson-Silla)

Original Music by
David Buckley

Cinematography by
Michel Abramowicz		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Frédéric Thoraval

Production Design by
Jacques Bufnoir

Set Decoration by
Véronique Melery

Costume Design by
Olivier Bériot

Makeup Department
Guillaume Castagné	....	special makeup effects artist
Diane Duroc	....	key hair stylist
Vesna Estord	....	makeup artist
Marthe Faucouit	....	makeup artist
Myriam Hottois	....	key makeup artist
Alexis Kinebanyan	....	special makeup effects artist
Marc Villeneuve	....	hairdresser

Production Management
Adrien Adriaco	....	assistant unit manager
Franck Barreau	....	assistant unit manager
David Deshayes	....	unit manager
Michael Fournier	....	assistant unit manager
Damien Gayrard	....	assistant unit manager
Marc Guidetti	....	unit manager
Thierry Guilmard	....	production manager
Fournier Michael	....	assistant unit manager
Lionel Rodas	....	assistant unit manager
Dorothée Santucci	....	assistant unit manager
William Trillaud	....	assistant unit manager
Clara Vincienne	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Felix Baudouin	....	second assistant director: additional unit, Annecy
Bastien Blum	....	trainee assistant director
Thomine de Pins	....	second assistant director
Cécile Denis	....	second assistant director
Elodie Gay	....	third assistant director
Stephane Moreno-Carpio	....	first assistant director (as Stephane Moreno Carpio)
Julian Wayser	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Fabrice Bourderioux	....	plotter carpenter
Liliane De Vos Conil	....	key painter
Anne Dolet	....	sculptor
Yvan Dupont	....	painter
Julien Durguel	....	props buyer
Pascal Fasola	....	painter
Acacio Francisco	....	painter
Eric Gandois	....	storyboard artist
Antoine Gerber	....	painter
Yvan Hart	....	plasterer
Soizic Hervé	....	property master
Bruno Juguet	....	painter
Geraldine Laferte	....	assistant set decorator
Olivier Nguyen	....	property master
Leonardo Pancari	....	plotter carpenter
Isabelle Schwaeger	....	set decoration trainee
Alain Villette	....	plotter carpenter
Jean-Louis Weber	....	painter
Cédric Maserati	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Damien Aubry	....	sound editor
Jérémy Babinet	....	adr assistant recordist
Lucien Balibar	....	dialogue editor
Lucien Balibar	....	sound
Vincent Cosson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Capucine Courau	....	sound editor
Fabio D'Amico	....	dialogue editor
Jacques Defrance	....	foley artist
Anne Delacour	....	dialogue editor
Frederic Dubois	....	supervising sound editor
François-Joseph Hors	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mélanie Moreira	....	sound assistant
Philippe Penot	....	foley artist
Greg Taieb	....	adr recordist
Stéphane Vizet	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Hubert Devinck	....	special effects property master
Philippe Hubin	....	special effects supervisor
Jérôme Krowicki	....	special effects property master
Sebastien Labreuil	....	special effects property master
Jean-Christophe Magnaud	....	special effects coordinator
Gilbert Pelosi	....	special effects property master
Barthelemy Robino	....	special effects property master
Thomas Rollin	....	special effects property master
Sylvie Rousselin	....	special effects property master
Frank Scala	....	special effects property master (as Franck Scala)
Julien Thomas	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
Gaëlle Bossis	....	digital compositor
Angelo Caruso	....	digital titles
Michel Charpentier	....	2D artist
Charles Chorein	....	computer graphics artist
Claire Cuinier	....	2D artist (as Claire Cunier)
Arnaud Damez	....	2D artist
Arnaud Damez	....	smoke artist
Stéphanie Dargent	....	matte painter
Nicolas Darques	....	computer graphics artist
Antoine Douadi	....	flame artist
Sébastien Fauchère	....	digital compositor
Roxane Fechner	....	visual effects supervisor
François Ferracci	....	digital effects artist
Thierry Flament	....	visual effects executive producer
Delphine Garrelis	....	digital compositor
Loic Gazaud	....	2D artist
Elodie Glain	....	visual effects coordinator
Marc Jouveneau	....	digital compositor
Pascal Laurent	....	visual effects producer
David Lozach	....	matte painter
Thibault Martegani	....	digital compositor
Malika Mazauric	....	2D artist
Rodney Musso	....	assistant colorist: Digital Factory
Julien Rousseau	....	digital compositor
Jean-Francois Theault	....	digital compositor
Jean-Francois Theault	....	lead 2D artist
Geoffroy Thoorens	....	matte painter
Yon Uriate	....	lead computer graphics artist
Aurélie Villard	....	digital artist
Salvador Zalvidea	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Malki Attar	....	stunts
Arno Balenci	....	stunt performer
Eric Baronne	....	car stunts
Joseph Beddelem	....	stunt performer
Joseph Beddelem	....	stunts
Affif Ben Badra	....	stunts
Patrick Bernaud	....	car stunt
Mark Bizet	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Anoulak Bounleuth	....	stunts
Damien Buffard	....	stunt performer
Damien Buffard	....	stunts
Thong Bui	....	stunts
Daravirak Bun	....	stunts
Maurice Chan	....	stunts
Ken Chung	....	stunts (as Marc Chung)
Zhang Dehui	....	stunts
Thevada Dek	....	stunt performer
Thevada Dek	....	stunts
Laurent Demianoff	....	stunt performer
Jean-Jacques Desplanque	....	stunt
Frédéric Dessains	....	stunts
Frédéric Dezire	....	car stunts
Thibault Durand	....	stunts
Jean Dutelle	....	stunts
Mohamed Elachi	....	stunt
Samy Gharbi	....	stunts
Pascal Guégan	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Philippe Guégan	....	stunt coordinator
Philippe Guégan	....	stunt supervisor
Sean Guégan	....	stunts
Tarick Hadouch	....	stunts
Marc Hoang	....	stunt
Vladimir Houbart	....	car stunt
Trung-Kien Hua	....	stunts
Mouloud Ikhaddelene	....	stunt
Dominique Julienne	....	stunt driver
Michel Julienne	....	stunt coordinator: car stunt
Ibrahima Keita	....	stunts
Gregory Loffredo	....	stunts
Nick Loren	....	stunt double: John Travolta
Jean-Michel Ly	....	stunts
Min Man Ma	....	stunts
Yang Mamath	....	stunts
Christophe Marsaud	....	stunt driver
David Moulin	....	stunts
Hajime Nariyoshi	....	stunts
Dinh Nguyen	....	stunts
Van Hoan Nguyen	....	stunts
Daren Nop	....	stunts
Anthony Pho	....	stunt performer
Anthony Pho	....	stunts
Michel Quach	....	stunt performer
Christophe Roblin	....	stunt driver
Pierre-Yves Rosoux	....	car stunt
Jean-Charles Rousseau	....	stunts
Alaa Safi	....	stunts (as Alaa Oumouzoune)
Olivier Schneider	....	fight choreographer
Sebastien Soudais	....	stunts
Santi Sudaros	....	stunts
Thierry Thia	....	stunts
Michaël Troude	....	stunts
Christophe Vaison	....	car stunt
Frédéric Vallet	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Paul Nguyen Van Qui	....	stunts
Patrick Vo	....	stunts
Alexandre Vu	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Susie Allnutt	....	still photographer
Jean-Louis Autret	....	additional video assist
Frédéric Beaugendre	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Stéphane Birzin	....	key grip
Franck Bonomi	....	mounting grip
Robert Bosch	....	electrician
Maxence Bottreau	....	crane technician
Magali Bragard	....	still photographer
Eric Caro	....	still photographer
Marc Casi	....	grip
Maxime Cointe	....	first assistant camera
Maxime Cointe	....	focus puller
Sarah Couvelaire	....	camera loader
Sarah Couvelaire	....	second assistant camera
Gilles Floquet	....	mounting grip
David Foquin	....	additional second assistant camera
Gregory Fromentin	....	gaffer
Grégori Gajéro	....	additional second assistant camera
Denis Garnier	....	first assistant: second unit
Alexis Lavergne	....	grip
Erwann Le Pogam	....	grip
Johan Leclaire-Bottarelli	....	additional electrician
Sébastien Leclercq	....	first assistant camera
Martin Levent	....	second assistant camera
Pascal Lombardo	....	electrician
Pierre-Alain Mainguy	....	grip
Jeremy Mauroy	....	additional video assist
Eric Monin	....	electrician
Gil Pannetier	....	camera operator
Gil Pannetier	....	director of photography: second unit
Jérôme Pezzini	....	electrician
Bruno Roza	....	grip
Eric Thurot	....	electrician
Rico Torres	....	still photographer
Joel Toupense	....	grip
Maryline Touret	....	second assistant camera
Vincent Tulasne	....	video assist operator
Pierre Antoine Tissot	....	additional steadicam operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Angélique Aristidou	....	extras casting assistant
Pablo Barbetti	....	extras casting assistant
Alice Darmon	....	extras casting assistant
Sophie Lainé Diodovic	....	casting assistant
Christophe Favre	....	extras casting assistant
Sandra Marthon	....	extras casting
Benjamin Papin	....	extras casting assistant
Sandie Perez	....	extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anne-Laure Berger	....	wardrobe (as Anne-Laure Colonnello)
Ghenaëlle Brossard	....	dressmaker
Katharina Erbsloeh	....	wardrobe mistress
Janet Latimer	....	wardrobe mistress
Pierre-Alexandre Leonard	....	wardrobe manager
Capucine Martin	....	costumer
Capucine Martin	....	wardrobe assistant
Frédéric Tournant	....	costumes coordinator

Editorial Department
Jean-Loup Bro	....	color timer
Mickael Dumontier	....	first assistant editor
Thierry Gazaud	....	dailies manager
Lorraine Houpert	....	avid technician
Emmanuel Le Ridant	....	color timer: dailies
Jean-René Nébot	....	digital color timer

Music Department
Lara Bellerose	....	singer
David Berdery	....	musician: piano
Barbara Bright	....	music supervision assistant
David Buckley	....	music producer
Toby Chu	....	musician: guitar
Jérôme Devoise	....	music mixer
Jérôme Devoise	....	music recordist
Veronique Duval	....	music preparation
Jim Grandcamp	....	musician: guitar
Ben Grossman	....	musician: hurdy-gurdy
Christophe Guiot	....	musician: solo violin
Gisèle Gérard-Tolini	....	conductor
Gisèle Gérard-Tolini	....	orchestrator
Costa Kotselas	....	musician: guitar
Alexandre Mahout	....	music supervisor
Abhay Manusmare	....	digital score recordist
Abhay Manusmare	....	musician: harp
Hugh Marsh	....	musician: electric violin
Philippe Nadal	....	orchestra contractor
Dominique Pisani	....	music publishing
Samuel Potin	....	music assistant
Sébastien Surel	....	musician: solo violin (as Sébatien Surel)
Michael White	....	musician: trumpet
Michael Wijnen	....	head of music department (as Michaël Wijnen)
Jérôme Devoise	....	score mixer (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Antonio Cides	....	assistant picture car
Al Huynh	....	driver

Other crew
Romain Benoist	....	production accountant
Luc Besson	....	presenter
Anthony Cauchy	....	business affairs manager: M6 Films
Kristina Colic	....	payroll accountant
Dawn Darling	....	assistant: John Travolta: JTP Films
Romuald Drault	....	production accountant supervisor
Delphine Duche	....	assistant script supervisor
Claire Dumaze	....	script supervisor assistant
François Ferracci	....	title designer: main titles
Claire Galloy	....	location manager
Dominique Guerin	....	production coordinator
Joy Kowalczyk	....	trainee
Philippe Letode	....	location manager
Alexis Linval	....	assistant unit manager
Patrick Pittavino	....	animal trainer
Peggy Plessas	....	dialogue coach
Isabelle Querrioux	....	script supervisor
Olivier Schneider	....	choreographer
Christopher Sylvester	....	assistant: John Travolta: Paris
Claire Thiollier	....	trainee
Vincent Dragusseau	....	making-of director (uncredited)

Thanks
John Kiriakou	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• EuropaCorp (as EuropaCorp)
• M6 Films
• Grive Productions
• Apipoulaï (as Apipoulaï Prod)
• Canal+ (as Canal +) (with the participation of)
• M6 (with the participation of)
• W9 (with the participation of)
• TPS Star (with the participation of)
• JTP Films (associate producer)

Distributors

• Belga Films (2010) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Diamond Films (2010) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• E1 Entertainment Benelux (2010) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• EuropaCorp. Distribution (2010) (France) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Pictures (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Hoyts Distribution (2010) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Leopolis (2010) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Lionsgate (2010) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Lionsgate (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• MVP Entertainment (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film (2010) (Finland) (theatrical) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
• Nordisk Film (2010) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Spentzos Films (2010) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2010) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Viva International Pictures (2010) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2010) (UK) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2010) (Japan) (theatrical)
• A Films (2010) (Bulgaria) (all media)
• Audio Visual Entertainment (2010) (Greece) (DVD)
• CatchPlay (2010) (Taiwan) (all media)
• E1 Entertainment Benelux (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• E1 Entertainment Benelux (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Film1 (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Nelonen (2012) (Finland) (TV)
• Nordisk Film (2010) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Nordisk Film (2010) (Sweden) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Panorama Distributions (2010) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Panorama Distributions (2010) (Hong Kong) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• PlayArte Filmes (2010) (Brazil) (all media)
• Television (2010) (Romania) (all media)
• Veronica (2012) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2010) (Portugal) (all media)

Special Effects

• Bigbang SFX (special effects) (as Big Bang SFX)
• Eclair VFX (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Atelier Caraco  costume rental
• Cascades et Cascadeurs  vehicles (as Cascades & Cascadeurs)
• Cinéphase  adr studio
• Digital Factory  digital color grading
• Digital Factory  editing facility
• Digital Factory  foley stage
• Digital Factory  music recorded at
• Digital Factory  score recording and mixing
• Digital Factory  sound re-recording mix stage
• Goldcrest Post Production London  adr studio (as Goldcrest Post UK)
• Guegan Stunt and Equipment  stunts (as Guegan Stunt Equipments)
• Les Auditoriums de Joinville  adr studio (as Auditoriums de Joinville)
• Les Studios de Saint Ouen  adr studio (as Studios de St. Ouen)
• Maratier  weapons (as Armes et Uniformes Maratier)
• Panavision Alga  cameras (as Panavision Alga Techno)
• Ron Rose Productions  adr studio (as Ron Rose)
• Rosebud Doublage  adr
• Studio Line  adr studio (as Studio Line - Vendome Uhl)
• Studio Sets  studio
• Transpalux  electrical equipment
• Éclair Numérique  digital intermediate

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody violence throughout, drug content, pervasive language and brief sexuality

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

France | USA

Language:

English | French | Mandarin | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX | DTS-ES | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | USA:R (certificate #45826) | UK:15 | Ireland:16 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Netherlands:16 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-15 | South Korea:18 | Singapore:M18 | New Zealand:R16 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Taiwan:R-12 | Japan:R15+ | Portugal:M/12 | Norway:15 | Germany:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Brazil:16 | Malaysia:18SG | Sweden:15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Italy:T (DVD rating) | Italy:VM14 (cinema rating) | France:U (with warning) | South Korea:15 (cut)

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

EuropaCorp

Trivia:

When Caroline enters James's appartment you can clearly see the book 'Nikita' which was written and directed by Luc Besson, who wrote "From Paris with Love".

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: (at around 48 mins) When Wax bursts into the terrorists' apartment through the window and shoots the first terrorist, we hear only one gunshot from Wax's gun but two bullet holes appear on the first terrorist's torso.

Quotes:

[first lines]
James Reece:[accepts printout] Thank you, Cindy.
Secretary:Welcome...
James Reece:[reading] African Aid Summit prep meeting with the Foreign Minister tomorrow at noon, Summit Conference on Wednesday, G8 Undersecretary conference dinner on Thursday, and a reception for the Secretary of State Friday, sir.
Ambassador Bennington:Can't you see we have more urgent matters to consider, Reece?
[moves his queen]
James Reece:Of course, sir.
[counter moves his queen]
James Reece:Check.
Ambassador Bennington:Must you always be so methodical?
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in From Paris with Love: Secrets of Spy Craft (2010) (V)

Soundtrack:

Opera Buffa

Great action making the movie seem short

Would I watch this movie again? Yes I was not sure what to expect from this movie. But, I decided to watch it. And long and behold, its one which you should not miss if you are into guy movies like me. Lots of action, good lines, fast pace and a bit of a story. What else can a guy ask for? More hot chick scene? Action: Travolta has all the moves and faster then all the bullets which blast by him. He kicks butt and then some.

Speech and dialogue: There were one liners, yes. But the fast talking Travolta was entertaining and was very complimentary with his co-stars Chemistry and pace: The characters were good with each other. Meyers and wife was good. Made me believe. The action and fast talking move the movie along. From building to building, it was good to have different locations to kill bad guys.

Story and Plot: Its all there in the synopsis, where a guy wants more action and he got it.

Hotties and love scenes: just one simple scene

Ending: Ending is good as I feel like it completed the movie. No real loose ends. (I hate movies where the ending leaves you dissatisfied)