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Key Information
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| Directors: |
John Boorman |
| Stars: |
Pierce Brosnan |
| Actors: |
Catherine McCormack |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Spies · Politics · British · Black Comedy · Conspiracy Theories · Theatrical Release · Thriller |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
VHS: Spanish Subtitled Version |
| UPC: |
043396063952 |
| Release Date: |
2001 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 49min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 1hr 49min
Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (September 11, 2001)
UPC: 043396063952 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS: Spanish Subtitled Version, 1hr 49min
Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (September 11, 2001)
UPC: 043396065567 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
John Boorman |
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Professional Reviews
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(04/06/2001, p.85-6, Lisa Schwarzbaum): "...[A] masterful, eccentrically bespoke of adaptation....The mohair-and-silk blend of Rush and Brosnan, Boorman and le Carre feels good, luxe, exciting..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Pierce Brosnan stars as the anti-Bond in maverick director John Boorman's adaptation of legendary spy novelist John le Carre's seamy tour of post-Noriega Panama. A British intelligence agent whose taste for gambling and other men's wives has put him on the wrong side of his bosses at MI6, Andy Osnard (Brosnan) is posted to the backwater of Panama to atone for his sins. To that end, he recruits upscale tailor Harry Pendel (Geoffrey Rush), leveraging the man's financial problems and questionable past to gain access to information about the activities of his elite clientele. Meanwhile, Osnard remains true to form, recruiting the personal services of lovely embassy official Francesca (Catherine McCormack), and attempting the same with Harry's wife, Louisa (Jamie Lee Curtis). When Harry's best friend Micki (Brendan Gleeson), a former member of the anti-Noriega underground, now a broken man, begins blustering about politics in front of Osnard, both of these con men begin to see him as the solution to their pro... |
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