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The International

  • 20092009
  • RR
  • 1h 58m
IMDb RATING
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Clive Owen and Naomi Watts in The International (2009)
Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) pool their resources in an attempt to break up an international arms dealing ring financed by a high-profile bank.
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An Interpol agent attempts to expose a high-profile financial institution's role in an international arms dealing ring.An Interpol agent attempts to expose a high-profile financial institution's role in an international arms dealing ring.An Interpol agent attempts to expose a high-profile financial institution's role in an international arms dealing ring.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
96K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
7,207
2,211
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    • Director
      • Tom Tykwer
    • Writer
      • Eric Warren Singer
    • Stars
      • Clive Owen
      • Naomi Watts
      • Armin Mueller-Stahl
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Tom Tykwer
    • Writer
      • Eric Warren Singer
    • Stars
      • Clive Owen
      • Naomi Watts
      • Armin Mueller-Stahl
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 240User reviews
    • 242Critic reviews
    • 52Metascore
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Clive Owen and Naomi Watts in The International (2009)
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    Clive Owen
    Clive Owen
    • Louis Salinger
    Naomi Watts
    Naomi Watts
    • Eleanor Whitman
    Armin Mueller-Stahl
    Armin Mueller-Stahl
    • Wilhelm Wexler
    Ulrich Thomsen
    Ulrich Thomsen
    • Jonas Skarssen
    Brían F. O'Byrne
    Brían F. O'Byrne
    • The Consultant
    Michel Voletti
    Michel Voletti
    • Viktor Haas
    Patrick Baladi
    Patrick Baladi
    • Martin White
    Jay Villiers
    Jay Villiers
    • Francis Ehames
    Fabrice Scott
    Fabrice Scott
    • Nicolai Yeshinski
    Haluk Bilginer
    Haluk Bilginer
    • Ahmet Sunay
    Luca Barbareschi
    Luca Barbareschi
    • Umberto Calvini
    • (as Luca Giorgio Barbareschi)
    Alessandro Fabrizi
    Alessandro Fabrizi
    • Inspector Alberto Cerutti
    Felix Solis
    Felix Solis
    • Detective Iggy Ornelas
    Jack McGee
    Jack McGee
    • Detective Bernie Ward
    Nilaja Sun
    Nilaja Sun
    • Detective Gloria Hubbard
    Steven Randazzo
    Steven Randazzo
    • Al Moody
    Tibor Feldman
    Tibor Feldman
    • Dr. Isaacson
    James Rebhorn
    James Rebhorn
    • New York D.A.
    • Director
      • Tom Tykwer
    • Writer
      • Eric Warren Singer
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      An explosive shootout scene is set inside New York's famous Guggenheim Museum. The production team used the Guggenheim's original blueprints to build a full-size replica of its interior in an abandoned locomotive warehouse. Construction took four months.
    • Goofs
      At the end of the movie, when Skarssen is killed on the roof in Istanbul, the sun is high in the sky, visible by the shadows. After Skarssen's killer walks away, the sun has almost set behind the buildings.
    • Quotes

      Wilhelm Wexler: Sometimes a man can meet his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

    • 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.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Episode #6.2 (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Strange Brew
      Written by Eric Clapton, Gail Collins and Felix Pappalardi

      Performed by Cream

      Courtesy of Universal International Music B.V.

      Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

    User reviews240

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Conventional for Tykwer means still among the best of this formulaic type of corporate espionage flick
    The International (2009)

    We can't expect every Tom Tykwer film to be as inventive or intense as Run Lola Run or The Princess and the Warrior, and The International feels almost like a breather, an intentional turn at a conventional film. It's an espionage and high stakes international drama with guns and deceit and a pair of very distinctly good good guys played by Clive Owen (brilliantly) and Naomi Watts (unconvincingly...probably just miscast). And overall it's completely enjoyable and slick, well paced, and beautifully filmed, of course.

    The plot is one of those sprawling, behind-the-scenes conspiracy, third world, big money scenarios that must have shades of truth, or lots of truth, but gets simplified into a handful of bad guys and a parade of exotic locales (including the inevitable Third World warlord who is an intelligent and willing pawn in the whole game). What I mean is, the plot almost doesn't matter in the details, though it's interesting, and makes you think and worry a little about the world we live in. It's more how the heroes unfold the facts of the plot, against the odds, the clock ticking, that make the movie good. If you liked the Bourne movies (which are as a whole probably faster and more edgy) or Syriana (which is actually kind of similar in feel overall, Clooney substituted for Owen), this will really suit you.

    And there is a Tykwer twist now and then, a camera with unusual fluidity, or a scene that gets replayed and rethought. Of course, the hugely complicated shootout in the Guggenheim is a masterpiece of excessive and brilliant kinetic filming. For an amazing short video on the building of the sets for this shoot (yes, it wasn't at the real Gug), go to www.firstshowing.net and type guggenheim tykwer.

    In all? The best of it is worth the worst of it. A tightly made and not overly preposterous dip into a well stocked pond.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 13, 2009 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Germany
      • United Kingdom
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Sony Pictures (United States)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
      • French
      • Danish
    • Also known as
      • Khủng Bố Quốc Tế
    • Filming locations
      • Autostadt, Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Relativity Media
      • Atlas Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $50,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $25,450,527
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $9,331,739
      • Feb 15, 2009
    • Gross worldwide
      • $60,253,843
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 58 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.40 : 1

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