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| George Clooney | ... | Jack / Edward | |
| Irina Björklund | ... | Ingrid (as Irina Bjorklund) | |
| Lars Hjelm | ... | Hunter #1 | |
| Björn Granath | ... | Hunter #2 | |
| Johan Leysen | ... | Pavel | |
| Paolo Bonacelli | ... | Father Benedetto | |
| Giorgio Gobbi | ... | Man on Vespa | |
| Silvana Bosi | ... | Old Cheese Vendor | |
| Thekla Reuten | ... | Mathilde | |
| Guido Palliggiano | ... | Waiter (Market) | |
| Samuel Vauramo | ... | Young Swedish Man (as Samuli Vauramo) | |
| Antonio Rampino | ... | Postmaster | |
| Violante Placido | ... | Clara | |
| Filippo Timi | ... | Fabio | |
| Ilaria Cramerotti | ... | Hooker #2 | |
| Angelica Novak | ... | Hooker #3 | |
| Isabelle Adriani | ... | Hooker #1 | |
| Raffaele Serao | ... | Barman (Town Square Bar) | |
| Anna Foglietta | ... | Anna | |
| Sandro Dori | ... | Waiter (Locanda Grapelli) | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Patrizio Pelizzi | ... | Antonio (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Anton Corbijn | |||
Writing credits(WGA) | ||
| Rowan Joffe | (screenplay) | |
| Martin Booth | (novel "A Very Private Gentleman") | |
Produced by | |||
| Anne Carey | .... | producer | |
| George Clooney | .... | producer | |
| Kevin Flatow | .... | associate producer | |
| Jill Green | .... | producer | |
| Grant Heslov | .... | producer | |
| Enzo Sisti | .... | executive producer | |
| Moa Westeson | .... | line producer: Sweden unit | |
| Ann Wingate | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Herbert Grönemeyer | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Martin Ruhe | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Andrew Hulme | |||
Casting by | |||
| Beatrice Kruger | (as Béatrice Kruger) | ||
Production Design by | |||
| Mark Digby | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Denis Schnegg | (supervising art director) | ||
| Domenico Sica | (co-art director) | ||
| Mikael Varhelyi | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Michelle Day | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Suttirat Anne Larlarb | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Stefano Ceccarelli | .... | chief hair stylist | |
| Jenny Fred | .... | makeup artist | |
| Federico Laurenti | .... | makeup artist | |
| Mario Michisanti | .... | makeup artist: additional photography | |
| Samankta Mura | .... | hair stylist | |
| Nicolas Richard | .... | makeup artist: Sweden | |
| Manlio Rocchetti | .... | chief makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Andrea Alunni | .... | unit manager | |
| Maguy R. Cohen | .... | assistant production manager (as Maguy J.B. Cohen) | |
| Vito Colazzo | .... | unit production manager: re-shoots | |
| Gabriella Di Santo | .... | unit manager: re-shoots | |
| Lucie Graves | .... | post-production supervisor | |
| Börje Hansson | .... | production supervisor | |
| Susanne Lundqvist | .... | production manager | |
| Erik Paoletti | .... | production manager | |
| Susanne Tiger | .... | production manager | |
| Luciano Tito | .... | assistant unit manager | |
| Ben Urquhart | .... | Post Production Executive | |
Art Department | |||
| Barbara Adducci | .... | art department coordinator | |
| Giancarlo Di Fusco | .... | scenic painter | |
| Cristiano Donzelli | .... | storyboard artist | |
| Silvia Fontana | .... | graphic designer | |
| Paul Gustavsson | .... | property master | |
| Teddy Holm | .... | painter | |
| Janne Hverven | .... | carpenter | |
| Glauco Isidori | .... | painter | |
| Simon Jaktlund | .... | art department laborer | |
| Thomas Jones | .... | armoury props | |
| Tamara Marini | .... | stand-by art director | |
| Antonio Murer | .... | key swing gang | |
| Sebastiano Murer | .... | assistant property master | |
| Sandro Piccarozzi | .... | buyer | |
| Elisa Piccini | .... | art department production assistant | |
| Alessandro Santucci | .... | assistant art director | |
| Lorenzo Sartor | .... | carpenter | |
| Calle Sjölin | .... | standby props | |
| Johan Sjölin | .... | construction coordinator | |
| Kristoffer Sjöström | .... | painter | |
| Sophie Tarver | .... | propmaker | |
| Matti Rintala von Knorring | .... | carpenter | |
| Daniela Zorzetto | .... | assistant set decorator | |
Sound Department | |||
| Oliver Brierley | .... | adr mixer | |
| Naomi Dandridge | .... | adr mixer | |
| Paul Davies | .... | sound designer | |
| Paul Davies | .... | supervising sound editor | |
| Steve Finn | .... | boom operator | |
| Nick Foley | .... | adr mixer | |
| Jack Gillies | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Ian Morgan | .... | adr supervisor | |
| Chris Munro | .... | production sound mixer | |
| Paul Munro | .... | sound recordist: Swedish unit | |
| Luke Neuman | .... | boom operator | |
| Keith Partridge | .... | foley engineer | |
| Mark Paterson | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Luigi Pini | .... | cable guy | |
| Jamie Roden | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| James Shannon | .... | dolby sound consultant | |
| Peter Shaw | .... | dialogue editor | |
| Sophie Shelton | .... | assistant sound editor | |
| Barnaby Smyth | .... | foley supervisor | |
| Andy Stallabrass | .... | adr recordist | |
| Jack Stew | .... | foley artist | |
| Andrew Stirk | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Lionel Strutt | .... | adr coordinator | |
| Jason Swanscott | .... | foley artist | |
| Robert Weatherall | .... | mix technician | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Renato Agostini | .... | special effects supervisor | |
| Gusten Blick | .... | special effects senior technician: Sweden (as Eddy Gusten Blick) | |
| Stefano Corridori | .... | special effects | |
| Johan Harnesk | .... | special effects supervisor: Sweden | |
| Victor Nilsson | .... | special effects technician: Sweden | |
| Claudio Quaglietti | .... | special effects technician | |
| Anders Nilsson Ylitalo | .... | special effects technician: Sweden (as Anders Nilssen) | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Marcus Alqueres | .... | animation supervisor: Modus FX | |
| Jean Arousi | .... | production assistant: Modus FX | |
| Mostafa Badran | .... | computer graphics supervisor | |
| Mostafa Badran | .... | lead td and layout: Modus FX | |
| Matthew Baker | .... | digital restoration | |
| Mathieu Bertrand | .... | look development artist: Modus FX | |
| Fabio Bianchi | .... | telecine colorist dailies | |
| Patrick Bissonnette | .... | visual effects financial controller: Modus FX | |
| Patrick Bissonnette | .... | visual effects line producer | |
| Marc Bourbonnais | .... | visual effects executive producer: Modus FX | |
| Nadège Bozzetti | .... | lead texture artist: Modus FX | |
| Valérie Clément | .... | project development: Modus FX | |
| Jacynthe Côté | .... | visual effects production manager (as Jacinthe Cote) | |
| Stefano De Gennaro | .... | digital technology manager | |
| Marc-Antoine Desjardins | .... | look development artist: Modus FX | |
| Andreane Dodier-Villeneuve | .... | digital compositor: Modus FX | |
| Andrea Espinal | .... | digital compositor | |
| Nicolas Fillion | .... | texture artist: Modus FX | |
| Jean-Sébastien Fortin | .... | data wrangler: Modus FX | |
| Armando Franco | .... | digital compositor | |
| Dominic Gaudreau | .... | technical support: Modus FX | |
| Emma Hulme | .... | digital restoration | |
| Luc Julien | .... | compositing supervisor: Modus FX | |
| Alban Kasikci | .... | digital compositor: Modus FX | |
| Pascal Laflamme | .... | data wrangler: Modus FX | |
| Louis Laflamme-Fillion | .... | visual effects editorial: Modus FX | |
| Jeremy Lambolez | .... | animator: Modus FX | |
| Francis Larouche | .... | production assistant: Modus FX | |
| Martin Larrivée | .... | digital compositor: Modus FX | |
| Simon Lehembre | .... | digital compositor | |
| Sylvain Lorgeou | .... | lead concept and matte painting: Modus FX | |
| Mickaël Léger | .... | digital compositor: Modus Fx | |
| Philip Melancon | .... | animator: Modus Fx | |
| Robert Moodie | .... | technical director | |
| Tanya Moore | .... | production assistant: Modus FX | |
| Benoit Morin | .... | matchmover: Modus Fx | |
| Louis Morin | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
| Jean-Francois Morissette | .... | motion tracking: Modus FX | |
| Cynthia Mourou | .... | visual effects producer: Modus FX | |
| Velislava Nikolova | .... | animator: Modus FX | |
| Christophe Pacaud | .... | digital compositor: Modus FX | |
| Vincent Papaix | .... | lead digital compositor: Modus Fx | |
| Martin Pelletier | .... | lead look development artist: Modus FX | |
| Mathieu Phaneuf | .... | lead modeler: Modus FX | |
| Stephane Picard | .... | data wrangler: Modus FX | |
| Alice Pépujol | .... | digital compositor: Modus FX | |
| Stéphane Rioux | .... | digital compositor: Modus FX | |
| Asa Shoul | .... | digital colourist | |
| Joao Sita | .... | lead digital compositor: Modus FX | |
| Stéphane Stradella | .... | digital compositor | |
| Vincent Toussaint | .... | technical support: Modus FX | |
| Jean-Philippe Traoré | .... | digital compositor: Modus Fx | |
| Sarah Trepanier | .... | visual effects coordinator: Modus FX | |
| Armando Velasquez | .... | digital compositor: Modus FX | |
| Armando Velazquez | .... | digital compositor: Modus Fx | |
| Paolo Verrucci | .... | telecine colorist dailies | |
| Yanick Wilisky | .... | visual effects supervisor: Modus FX | |
| Hiroyuki David Yabu | .... | animator: Modus FX | |
| Will Hudson | .... | digital restoration (uncredited) | |
Stunts | |||
| Mauro Balmas | .... | stunt rigger: additional photography | |
| Francesca Cama | .... | stunt double: Violante Placido | |
| Umberto De Luca | .... | stunt double: Johan Leysen | |
| Silvia Di Pietro | .... | stunt double: Thekla Reuten | |
| Lars Hjelm | .... | stunt player | |
| Alessandro Novelli | .... | stunt double: Samuel Vauramo | |
| Emiliano Novelli | .... | stunt double: George Clooney | |
| Kimmo Rajala | .... | stunt coordinator: Sweden | |
| Franco Maria Salamon | .... | stunt coordinator (as Franco Salamon) | |
| Giorgio Antonini | .... | stunt coordinator: additional photograhy (uncredited) | |
| Jacqueline Freda | .... | stunt double (uncredited) | |
Casting Department | |||
| Vanessa Baker | .... | adr voice casting | |
| Morgana Bianco | .... | extras casting | |
| Doris von Thury | .... | casting assistant | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Bruno de Santa | .... | costumer | |
| Sonoo Mishra | .... | associate costume designer | |
| Elena Pascaniuc | .... | seamstress | |
| Serena Pirillo | .... | wardrobe runner | |
| Nicolas Richard | .... | costume assistant | |
| Sonia Signoretti | .... | set costumer | |
| Maurizio Torti | .... | costumer: re-shoots | |
| Cristina Tucci | .... | costume supervisor | |
Editorial Department | |||
| George Adams | .... | second assistant editor | |
| Peter Bengtsson | .... | post-production coordinator | |
| Todd Kleparski | .... | digital intermediate producer | |
| Jaime Leonard | .... | on-line editor | |
| Begoña Lopez | .... | digital intermediate producer | |
| Barry Moen | .... | first assistant editor | |
| Asa Shoul | .... | digital intermediate colorist | |
| Dan Dolan | .... | digital scanning (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Christine Bergren | .... | music legal and clearance | |
| Mark Berrow | .... | musician: violin | |
| Thomas Bowes | .... | featured musician: orchestra leader | |
| Jo Buckley | .... | assistant orchestra contractor | |
| Chris Clad | .... | violin | |
| Peter Clarke | .... | music editor | |
| Peter Cobbin | .... | score mixer | |
| Peter Cobbin | .... | score recordist | |
| Elizabeth Fischer | .... | featured musician: soprano | |
| Anthony Fleeth | .... | musician: solo cello | |
| Stanley Gabriel | .... | assistant music engineer | |
| Isobel Griffiths | .... | orchestra contractor | |
| Herbert Grönemeyer | .... | piano | |
| Jacob Hansonis | .... | additional musician (as Jakob Hansonis) | |
| David Hefti | .... | protools engineer | |
| Nick Ingman | .... | conductor | |
| Nick Ingman | .... | orchestrator | |
| Alfred Kritzer | .... | music arranger: strings | |
| Peter Lale | .... | featured musician: solo viola | |
| Alli MacInnes | .... | music production coordinator | |
| Sam Okell | .... | protools engineer | |
| Anthony Pleeth | .... | featured musician: solo cello | |
| Frank Ricotti | .... | featured musician: percussion | |
| Alex Silva | .... | additional musician | |
| Alex Silva | .... | score producer | |
| Jonathan Williams | .... | musician: cello | |
Transportation Department | |||
| Daniele Abeille | .... | transportation coordinator | |
| Rebecka Andersson | .... | driver: snowmobile | |
| Roberto Arena | .... | driver | |
| Christofer Brännström | .... | driver: snowmobile | |
| Mattias Dahlström | .... | driver | |
| Helena Edwang | .... | driver: snowmobile | |
| Lars Erik Eriksson | .... | driver | |
| Leif Eriksson | .... | driver | |
| Tony Fick | .... | driver: snowmobile | |
| Kenneth Hoflin | .... | driver | |
| Jens Håkansson | .... | driver: snowmobile | |
| Anneli Jonasson | .... | driver: snowmobile | |
| Helen Jonasson | .... | driver: snowmobile | |
| Mikael Jonasson | .... | driver: snowmobile | |
| Giuseppe Lisi | .... | driver | |
| Fabrizio Liverio | .... | driver | |
| Marco Maurizi | .... | driver | |
| Edoardo Moracci | .... | transportation captain | |
| Joakim Norrlund | .... | driver: snowmobile | |
| Alex Wayaffe | .... | picture vehicles coordinator | |
| Tobias Westberg | .... | driver: snowmobile | |
| Maria Östman | .... | driver | |
Other crew | |||
| Stephanie Ahlen | .... | operations manager: aerial unit Italy | |
| Emil Ahlén | .... | assistant to assistant director | |
| John Alfred | .... | finance executive | |
| Susan Chika Anisiobi | .... | assistant accountant | |
| Monica Axelsson | .... | assistant: Mr. Corbijn | |
| Jon Baker | .... | supervising armorer | |
| Eleonora Baldwin | .... | script supervisor | |
| Matteo Bardelli | .... | additional set production assistant | |
| Thomas Beckman | .... | security | |
| Tony Bergslid | .... | traffic blocker | |
| Serina Björnbom | .... | production assistant | |
| Rebecca Booth | .... | assistant to the director: additional photography | |
| Clare Brody | .... | data operator: Technicolor | |
| Sara Carelli | .... | interpreter | |
| Nando Cartocci | .... | production assistant: reshoot | |
| Camilla S. Castellani | .... | travel and accomodations coordinator (as Camilla Sergenti Castellani) | |
| Lara dall'Antonia | .... | accommodations coordinator | |
| Alberto De Stefani | .... | tax credit accountant | |
| Silvia Di Pietro | .... | stand-in/photo double | |
| Margherita Di Tullio | .... | production secretary | |
| Federica Durigon | .... | unit manager assistant (reshoots) | |
| Stefan Ek | .... | stand-in | |
| Maria Pia Fanigliulo | .... | assets representative | |
| Maria Pia Fanigliulo | .... | production secretary: additional photography | |
| Maria Fiorito | .... | accountant: re-shoots | |
| Veronica Forsén | .... | stand-in | |
| Chiara Fregoso | .... | assistant production coordinator | |
| Linda Gamble | .... | unit publicist | |
| Roberto Gentile | .... | stand-in/photo double | |
| Shani Geva | .... | assistant: Ms. Carey | |
| Christian Giuliani | .... | payroll assistant | |
| Marcus Heidenbeck | .... | stand-in | |
| Adam Hilario | .... | production coordinator | |
| Gustav Hylén | .... | catering assistant | |
| Kerstin Hylén | .... | catering assistant | |
| Karin Jonsson | .... | security | |
| Marie-Louise Khondji | .... | assistant: Mr. Clooney, Italy (as Marie Louise Khondji) | |
| Hakan Kousetta | .... | legal services for Greenlit Rights | |
| Ashley Kravitz | .... | clearance coordinator | |
| Helena Larsson | .... | production coordinator | |
| Anders Lexne | .... | armorer | |
| Per Lindbärg | .... | production controller | |
| Åsa Linder | .... | chief financial officer | |
| Norma Marie Mascia | .... | production coordinator | |
| Angel McConnell | .... | assistant: Mr. Clooney | |
| Cariddi McKinnon Nardulli | .... | assistant to Mr. Sisti (as Cariddi Nardulli) | |
| Maham Mehrabi | .... | production assistant | |
| Karin Mercurio | .... | production accountant: italy | |
| Marco Milani | .... | assistant location manager | |
| Damian Mitchell | .... | weapons coordinator | |
| Stefania Monetti | .... | catering coordinator | |
| Neal Naito | .... | production assistant | |
| Angelica Nevby | .... | chief accountant | |
| Gunilla Nordin | .... | unit nurse | |
| Kerstin Nordlund | .... | accounts payable | |
| Pia Odell | .... | payroll accountant | |
| Anders Palmblad | .... | security | |
| Massimo Perla | .... | animal handler | |
| Henrik Perälä | .... | location security | |
| Luigi Pinto | .... | production assistant | |
| Erika Ranbrandt | .... | catering assistant | |
| Johan Ranbrandt | .... | location assistant | |
| Max Rangner | .... | accounting assistant | |
| Tuulikki Retsler | .... | production assistant | |
| Raffaella Ridolfi | .... | location manager | |
| Vincenzo Rosa | .... | additional production assistant | |
| Stefano Ruggeri | .... | additional production assistant | |
| Jenny Sandström | .... | office runner | |
| Cristiano Sebastianelli | .... | assistant production accountant | |
| Arianna Sgreecia | .... | stand-in/photo double | |
| Robert Singleton | .... | traffic blocker | |
| Massimiliano Sisti | .... | assistant accountant | |
| Anna Sivertsson | .... | production assistant | |
| Erik Skånmyr | .... | production assistant | |
| Chiara Stefani | .... | assistant tax credit: Italy | |
| Chiara Stefani | .... | asst. tax credit: Italy | |
| Helena Stenberg | .... | unit publicist: Sweden | |
| Katie Murphy Sumers | .... | assistant: Mr. Heslov (as Katie Murphy) | |
| Marek Szpojankowski | .... | chef | |
| Mari-Louise Albinsson Szpojankowski | .... | craft service | |
| Vincenzo Testa | .... | location manager | |
| Elisabetta Tomasso | .... | location coordinator | |
| Elisabetta Tomasso | .... | location manager: reshoots | |
| Ben Urquhart | .... | post production executive | |
| Marc Van Osdale | .... | intern | |
| Anna Westberg | .... | credit control officer | |
| Olivia Zampi | .... | assistant: Jill Green | |
| René Zuber | .... | location manager | |
Thanks | |||
| Jan-Maarten De Winter | .... | special thanks | |
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"And above all, don't make any friends, Jack. You used to know that."
First, a warning. The American is an atypical spy-thriller. If you're wanting to check out an adrenaline-fueled action film, you should check out Salt. The American is a slow- burner, and more of a character study than anything else.
The main character Jack is an assassin and weapons maker who at his heart, is a lonely man. His last engagement was marred by an incident where he had to kill the woman he was involved with, and he's forced to move on to a small town in Italy where he's given another assignment and told to wait. But he finds himself drawn again to another woman, and that complication may turn his employer against him.
Clooney gives a great understated performance as the quiet, complex Jack, and he's joined by a pair of excellent, beautiful female leads in Violante Placido and Thekla Reuten. Their beauty is matched by the beauty of the small Italian towns and countryside where the majority of the movie takes place. The sedate pace of the film gives you time to absorb the mood of the setting, as well as understand the effect it has on Jack.
The American will definitely not appeal to everyone. There are two or three effective action scenes, but at no point is that kind of thing the focus of the movie. Imagine the tone of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and you won't be far off the mark.