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True Lies is a 1994 American action, spy, thriller, and comedy film directed and produced by James Cameron. The screenplay was written by Cameron, Didier Kaminka, and Claude Zidi, based on the work La Totale!. The cast includes Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bill Paxton, and Charlton Heston. Production was handled by Lightstorm Entertainment, Universal Pictures, and 20th Century Studios, with Brad Fiedel serving as composer. The film was shot in Toronto, Florida, Switzerland, and San Diego, while its narrative takes place in the Miami metropolitan area, Washington, D.C., Miami, and Maryland.
The movie has a runtime of 141 minutes and was released on July 15, 1994. It features dialogue in English, French, Arabic, and German. True Lies received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and the Saturn Award for Best Director. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, and the Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film.
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Film · TMDB
7.1A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.
Cast
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as Harry
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Helen
- Tom Arnold as Gib
- Bill Paxton as Simon
- Tia Carrere as Juno
- Art Malik as Aziz
Themes
- florida
- horseback riding
- gun
- kidnapping
- spy
- florida keys
- secret agent
- terrorism
- terrorist plot
- top secret
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Key facts
- Directed by
- James Cameron
- Screenplay by
- James Cameron
- Based on
- La Totale! , (1991 film), by Claude Zidi , Simon Michaël, Didier Kaminka , Émilie , (1981 screenplay), by Lucien Lambert
- Produced by
- James Cameron Stephanie Austin
- Starring
- Arnold Schwarzenegger Jamie Lee Curtis Tom Arnold Bill Paxton Art Malik Tia Carrere
- Cinematography
- Russell Carpenter
- Edited by
- Conrad Buff IV Mark Goldblatt Richard A. Harris
- Music by
- Brad Fiedel
- Production company
- Lightstorm Entertainment
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox (United States, Canada, France and Italy) Universal Pictures (through United International Pictures , international)
- Release dates
- July 12, 1994 ( 1994-07-12 ) ( Regency Village Theatre ) July 15, 1994 ( 1994-07-15 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 141 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $100 –120 million
- Box office
- $378.9 million
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Encyclopedic overview
True Lies is a 1994 American action comedy film written and directed by James Cameron. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Harry Tasker, a U.S. government agent, who struggles to balance his double life as a spy with his familial duties, and Jamie Lee Curtis as his unknowing wife. Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Art Malik, Tia Carrere, Eliza Dushku, and Charlton Heston star in supporting roles. The screenplay is based on the 1991 French comedy film La Totale!.
The film was the first Lightstorm Entertainment project to be distributed under Cameron's multimillion-dollar production deal with 20th Century Fox, as well as the first major production for the visual effects company Digital Domain, which was co-founded by Cameron. It was also the first film to cost $100 million.
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