The Interpreter

20052005
PG-13PG-13
2h 8min

Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn in The Interpreter (2005)

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Crime Mystery Thriller

Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a U.S. Secret Service agent is assigned to investigate an interpreter who overhears an assassination plot.Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a U.S. Secret Service agent is assigned to investigate an interpreter who overhears an assassination plot.Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a U.S. Secret Service agent is assigned to investigate an interpreter who overhears an assassination plot.Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a U.S. Secret Service agent is assigned to investigate an interpreter who overhears an assassination plot.Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a U.S. Secret Service agent is assigned to investigate an interpreter who overhears an assassination plot.

Director
- Sydney Pollack
Writers
- Martin Stellman(story)
- Brian Ward(story)
- Charles Randolph(screenplay)
Stars

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Awards
- 3 wins & 2 nominations

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Nicole Kidman in The Interpreter (2005)

SEAN PENN stars as federal agent Tobin Keller in The Interpreter, a suspenseful thriller of international intrigue set inside the political corridors of the United Nations.

The U.N. headquarters as seen in The Interpreter, a suspenseful thriller of international intrigue set inside the political corridors of the United Nations and on the streets of New York.

NICOLE KIDMAN stars as U.N. interpreter Silvia Broome and SEAN PENN is Tobin Keller, the federal agent charged with protecting her, in The Interpreter, a suspenseful thriller of international intrigue.

NICOLE KIDMAN stars as U.N. interpreter Silvia Broome and SEAN PENN is Tobin Keller, the federal agent charged with protecting her, in The Interpreter, a suspenseful thriller of international intrigue.

SEAN PENN stars as federal agent Tobin Keller in The Interpreter, a suspenseful thriller of international intrigue set inside the political corridors of the United Nations.

SEAN PENN stars as federal agent Tobin Keller in The Interpreter, a suspenseful thriller of international intrigue set inside the political corridors of the United Nations.

NICOLE KIDMAN stars as African-born U.N. interpreter Silvia Broome in The Interpreter, a suspenseful thriller of international intrigue.

NICOLE KIDMAN stars as African-born U.N. interpreter Silvia Broome in The Interpreter, a suspenseful thriller of international intrigue.

NICOLE KIDMAN stars as African-born U.N. interpreter Silvia Broome in The Interpreter, a suspenseful thriller of international intrigue.

NICOLE KIDMAN stars as African-born U.N. interpreter Silvia Broome in The Interpreter, a suspenseful thriller of international intrigue.

SEAN PENN as federal agent Tobin Keller and CATHERINE KEENER as his partner, agent Dot Woods, in The Interpreter, a suspenseful thriller of international intrigue set inside the political corridors of the United Nations.

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Escalating events begin when U.N. interpreter Silvia Broome alleges that she has overheard a death threat against an African head of state, spoken in a rare dialect few people other than Silvia can understand. With the words "The Teacher will never leave this room alive," in an instant, Silvia's life is turned upside down as she becomes a hunted target of the killers. Placed under the protection of federal agent Tobin Keller, Silvia's world only grows more nightmarish. As Keller digs deeper into his eyewitnesses' past and her secretive world of global connections, the more suspicious he becomes that she herself might be involved in the conspiracy. With every step of the way, he finds more reasons to mistrust her. Is Sylvia a victim? A suspect? Or something else entirely? And can Tobin, coping with his own personal heartache, keep her safe? Though they must depend on one another, Silvia and Tobin couldn't be more different. Silvia's strengths are words, diplomacy and the subtleties of meaning, while Tobin is all about instinct, action and reading into the most primal human behaviors. Now, as the danger of a major assassination on U.S. soil grows and Silvia's life hangs in the balance, Silvia and Tobin play out a gripping dance of evasion and revelation that keeps them both guessing as they race to stop a terrifying international crisis before it's too late. —Sujit R. Varma

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Taglines
- We're all being watched
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for violence, some sexual content and brief strong language
Parents guide

Trivia
This is the first film ever to be shot inside the United Nations Headquarters - locations include the General Assembly and the Security Council, as well as regular corridors and hallways of the complex. The cast and crew filmed on weekends in order not to disrupt the regular work week of the organization.

Goofs
The film states that Nicole Kidman has dual nationality because she was born in the US. In the final scene, when she is talking with Sean Penn about her future steps, she says she has been deported and given one day to leave the country. She was a US citizen, so it is impossible that she would be "deported".

Quotes
Zuwanie: [reading from the dedication of a book he wrote decades earlier] THE GUNFIRE AROUND us makes it hard to hear. But the human voice is different from other sounds. It can be heard over noises that bury everything else. Even when it's not shouting. Even when it's just a whisper. Even the lowest whisper can be heard - -over armies... when it's telling the truth.

Connections
Featured in HBO First Look: The Interpreter (2005)

Soundtracks
Terere Obande
(Acogny)
Performed by The World Beaters

Top review

6/10

Disappointing Commercial Thriller

I heard some good comments about this movie from some colleagues, and I bought the DVD really expecting to see great film. Directed by Sydney Pollack and having Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn and Catherine Keener in the cast, I thought that it would certainly be a great political thriller. Unfortunately I was absolutely wrong.

The confused and flawed screenplay does not develop well the characters, the story is very disappointing and commercial and there are very stupid lines, such as when Silvia asks Keller what he does when he can not sleep, and he answers that he stays awake; or when Dot comes to a stripper in a night-club and asks her to not touch the Prime Minister in a lap dance. What about the secret service leaving the menaced president of a country alone in a room after an attempt against his life? Why would a citizen and her president together alone speak in English instead of in their native dialect or language? The conclusion is simply awful and corny, and the alternative ending with worse than the original one. There is a total lack of chemistry between Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn for the insinuated romance arising between them. Nicole Kidman seems to have fixed the awful plastic surgery of her nose, and is very beautiful again in this flick.

Last but not the least, it is very weird that many favorable reviews are made by users with only one review issued in IMDb, in a type of apparently fake promotion. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "A Intérprete" ("The Interpreter")

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Dec 30, 2005

Release date
- April 22, 2005 (United States)
Countries of origin
Official site
- Universal (United States)
Languages
Also known as
- Bóng Den Su Thât
Filming locations
- Praça de Touros Monumental, Maputo, Mozambique
Production companies
See more company credits at IMDbPro

Budget
- $80,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $72,708,161
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $22,822,455
- Apr 24, 2005
Gross worldwide
- $162,944,923

See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

Runtime
- 2h 8min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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