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Salt
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Salt is a 2010 American action thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce. The screenplay was written by Kurt Wimmer and Brian Helgeland, with Lorenzo di Bonaventura serving as producer. The cast includes Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Daniel Olbrychski. The film was produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures, with additional involvement from Wintergreen Productions, Relativity Media, and di Bonaventura Pictures. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures and Netflix.
The narrative is set in New York City, Washington, D.C., and North Korea, while filming took place in Long Island and New York City. The original languages are English and Russian. James Newton Howard composed the music, and Stuart Baird edited the film. The movie has a runtime of 100 to 101 minutes and was released in July and August 2010. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound.
Financially, the film had a budget of $110,000,000 and generated revenue of $293,329,073. It received an average rating of 6.416 from 5,920 votes on one platform and 6.5 from 343,261 votes on another. The official tagline is "Who is Salt?"
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6.4As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor, and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a Russian defector accuses her of being a Russian sleeper spy. She goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture, protect her husband, and stay one step ahead of her colleagues at the CIA. Her efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: "Who is Salt?"
Cast
- Angelina Jolie as Evelyn Salt
- Liev Schreiber as Theodore Winter
- Chiwetel Ejiofor as Darryl Peabody
- Daniel Olbrychski as Oleg Vasilyevich Orlov
- August Diehl as Mike Krause
- Daniel Pearce as Young Orlov
Themes
- new york city
- race against time
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- washington dc, usa
- kidnapping
- hostage
- spy
- married woman
- assassination plan
- secret past
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Phillip Noyce
- Written by
- Kurt Wimmer
- Produced by
- Lorenzo di Bonaventura Sunil Perkash
- Starring
- Angelina Jolie Liev Schreiber Chiwetel Ejiofor Andre Braugher
- Cinematography
- Robert Elswit
- Edited by
- Stuart Baird John Gilroy
- Music by
- James Newton Howard
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures Di Bonaventura Pictures Relativity Media
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Release dates
- July 19, 2010 ( 2010-07-19 ) (Hollywood) July 23, 2010 ( 2010-07-23 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 100 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $110–130 million
- Box office
- $293.5 million
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Official website
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Encyclopedic overview
Salt is a 2010 American action thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce and written by Kurt Wimmer. It stars Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Daniel Olbrychski, August Diehl, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Jolie plays CIA operative Evelyn Salt, who is accused of being a Russian sleeper agent and goes on the run to try to clear her name.
Originally written with a male protagonist, with Tom Cruise initially secured for the lead, the script was ultimately rewritten by Brian Helgeland for Jolie. Filming took place on location in Washington, D.C., New York City, and Albany, New York, between March and June 2009, with reshoots in January 2010. Action scenes were primarily performed with practical stunts, computer-generated imagery being used mostly for creating digital environments.
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