The Interview

20142014
K-16K-16
1h 52min

James Franco, Seth Rogen, and Randall Park in The Interview (2014)

Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapoport run the popular celebrity tabloid TV show "Skylark Tonight." When they discover that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is a fan of the show, they land an interview with him in an attempt to legitimize themselves as journalists. As Dave and Aaron prepare to travel to Pyongyang, their plans change when the CIA recruits them, perhaps the two least-qualified men imaginable, to assassinate Kim Jong-un.

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Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapaport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Jong-Un Kim, they are re... Read allDave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapaport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Jong-Un Kim, they are recruited by the CIA to assassinate him.Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapaport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Jong-Un Kim, they are recruited by the CIA to assassinate him.

Directors
- Evan Goldberg
- Seth Rogen
Writers
- Dan Sterling(screenplay)
- Seth Rogen(story)
- Evan Goldberg(story)
Stars

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Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations

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James Franco and Seth Rogen in The Interview (2014)

James Franco, Seth Rogen, and Diana Bang in The Interview (2014)

Randall Park in The Interview (2014)

Seth Rogen, Brandon Trost, and Evan Goldberg in The Interview (2014)

James Franco and Seth Rogen in The Interview (2014)

James Franco, Seth Rogen, and Evan Goldberg in The Interview (2014)

James Franco and Seth Rogen in The Interview (2014)

James Franco and Seth Rogen in The Interview (2014)

Lizzy Caplan, James Franco, and Seth Rogen in The Interview (2014)

James Franco and Seth Rogen in The Interview (2014)

James Franco and Seth Rogen at an event for The Interview (2014)

Amy Pascal at an event for The Interview (2014)

In the action-comedy The Interview, Dave Skylark (James Franco) and his producer Aaron Rapoport (Seth Rogen) run the popular celebrity tabloid TV show "Skylark Tonight." When they discover that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is a fan of the show, they land an interview with him in an attempt to legitimize themselves as journalists. As Dave and Aaron prepare to travel to Pyongyang, their plans change when the CIA recruits them, perhaps the two least-qualified men imaginable, to assassinate Kim Jong-un. —Sony Pictures Entertainment

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Taglines
- Their trip to North Korea just went south.
Genres
Certificate
- K-16
Parents guide

Trivia
A group of political activists in South Korea reportedly planned to purchase 100,000 copies of the film with Korean subtitles and drop DVDs and USB sticks containing it over North Korea using balloons. There are tight restrictions on foreign movies in North Korea, but a black market exists, and many citizens have private access to DVD players and other devices.

Goofs
Throughout the film, several North Koreans refer to their country as "North Korea." No North Korean would refer to the country by that name. The official name for the country is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and they view themselves as the sole legitimate government of the entire Korean peninsula.

Quotes
Dave Skylark: They hate us because they ain't us!

Crazy credits
The end credits feature the following disclaimer:

"This is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents and locations portrayed and the names herein are fictitious, and any similarity to or identification with the location, name, character or history of any person, product or entity is entirely coincidental and unintentional."

However, the movie very intentionally portrays North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, along with many other real-life persons, products and entities.

Connections
Edited into Conspiracy: The Hollywood Files (2015)

Soundtracks
Yuna's Song
Written by Sujin Nam and Dan Sterling
Performed by Yuna Song

Top review

6/10

i know we had to watch it but p l e a s e

What a waste of time, the publicity surrounding this movie cannot be bought, it was priceless, and so I had to watch it, stayed in Christmas eve expecting rubbish, and sure enough Sony delivered ..

I enjoyed "world police" so I gave this a try because when I looked on IMDb they recommended this movie as well, everyone has to watch it of course. So thank you Sony for creating difficult international relations and wasting millions of viewing hours on trash like this.

The scripts coming out of Hollywood are getting paper thin, this was "rice paper thin" absolutely dreadful, but again, you have to see it don't you

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Budget
- $44,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $6,105,175
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,794,666
- Dec 28, 2014
Gross worldwide
- $11,782,625

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Runtime
- 1h 52min
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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