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6.0Dispatched to a small Italian town to await further orders, assassin Jack embarks on a double life that may be more relaxing than is good for him.
Cast
- George Clooney as Jack / Edward
- Violante Placido as Clara
- Thekla Reuten as Mathilde
- Paolo Bonacelli as Father Benedetto
- Johan Leysen as Pavel
- Irina Björklund as Ingrid
Themes
- mission
- assassin
- prostitute
- italy
- anti hero
- mexican standoff
- village
- sweden
- melancholy
- revenge
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
105,396 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
64%
Metacritic
61/100
- Year
- 2010
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 4 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Anton Corbijn
- Screenplay by
- Rowan Joffé
- Based on
- A Very Private Gentleman , by Martin Booth
- Produced by
- Anne Carey Jill Green Ann Wingate Grant Heslov George Clooney
- Starring
- George Clooney Violante Placido Thekla Reuten Paolo Bonacelli
- Cinematography
- Martin Ruhe
- Edited by
- Andrew Hulme
- Music by
- Herbert Grönemeyer
- Production companies
- This is that , Smokehouse Pictures , Greenlit
- Distributed by
- Focus Features
- Release date
- September 1, 2010 ( 2010-09-01 )
- Running time
- 105 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English, Italian
- Budget
- $20 million
- Box office
- $67.9 million
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Encyclopedic overview
The American is a 2010 American crime thriller film directed by Anton Corbijn and starring George Clooney, Thekla Reuten, Violante Placido, Irina Björklund, and Paolo Bonacelli. Based on the 1990 novel A Very Private Gentleman by Martin Booth, it was loosely adapted to screenplay by Rowan Joffé. The film was released on September 1, 2010. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $67 million worldwide.
Plot
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