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The International
Director: Tom Tykwer
Release Date: February 13, 2009
Starring: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Ulrich Thomsen
Language: English
Country: United States
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The International is an American action-drama film directed by Tom Tykwer and starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts. The film follows a pair that investigates corruption within a banking institution. Production began in Berlin in September 2007. The International is slated to be released in North America on February 13, 2009. In The International, Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) are determined to bring to justice one of the world’s most powerful banks.
Uncovering illegal activities including money laundering, arms trading, and the destabilization of governments, Salinger and Whitman’s investigation takes them from Berlin to Milan to New York and to Istanbul. Finding themselves in a high-stakes chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk as the bank will stop at nothing – even murder – to continue financing terror and war. The International is based on an original screenplay written by Eric Singer, with director Tom Tykwer helming the film. In April 2007, actor Clive Owen signed on to star in The International, The following July, actress Naomi Watts was cast opposite Owen. The film received US$5.4 million from the German Federal Film Fund toward its budget in August.
The following month, its funding increased to $7.9 million based on the board’s assessment that two-thirds of The International would be produced in Germany and that the film involved German talent like actors Armin Mueller-Stahl and Axel Milberg, cinematographer Frank Griebe, and production designer Uli Hanisch. Filming began in Berlin in September 10, 2007. Part of the production has taken place in Babelsberg Studios. A life-size replica of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum was built for a shoot-out scene.
Cast:
- Clive Owen as an obsessive Interpol agent.
- Naomi Watts as a Manhattan assistant district attorney.
- Ulrich Thomsen as an investment banker who gets involved in an arms-dealing ring.
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