That interest in exploring the heroism of individuals against overpowering forces and overwhelming odds has become a Tykwer trademark. “Salinger is not only fighting to uncover the bank’s crimes, but he’s fighting an ideological battle,” explains the director. “The executives run the world like a business rather than a place in which humans live and…
The International (2009)
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 myriad and reprehensible illegal activities, Salinger and Whitman follow the money from Berlin to Milan to New York to Istanbul. Finding themselves in a high-stakes chase…
The Invention of Lying Production Notes (2009)
–I’m Mark. How are you? — A little frustrated at the moment. Also equally depressed and pessimistic about our date tonight. I’m Anna. Come on in. With apologies to the film’s star, Robinson describes Gervais’ character Mark Bellison–actually inspired by Geravis himself–as “a loser with no options who is less than averagely smart, less than…
The Invention of Lying (2009)
Tagline: In a world where everyone can only tell the truth… The Invention of Lying” takes place in an alternate reality in which lying–even the concept of a lie–does not exist. Everyone–from politicians to advertisers to the man and woman on the street–speaks the truth and nothing but the truth with no thought of the…
Invictus Movie Production Notes (2009)
About the Production Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire, it has the power to unite people, in a way that little else does. – Nelson Mandela The 1995 World Cup Final was, to most people around the world, little more than a thrilling rugby match. But to…
Invictus (2009)
On February 11, 1990, Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison after having spent 27 years in jail. Four years later, Mandela is elected the first black President of South Africa. His presidency faces enormous challenges in the post-Apartheid era, including rampant poverty and crime, and Mandela is particularly concerned about racial divisions between…