The International (film)

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The International
Directed by Tom Tykwer
Produced by Charles Roven
Richard Suckle
Lloyd Phillips
Written by Eric Singer
Starring Clive Owen
Naomi Watts
Music by Johnny Klimek
Cinematography Frank Griebe
Editing by Mathilde Bonnefoy
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) August 15, 2008
Country United States
Language English
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The International is an upcoming American drama film directed by Tom Tykwer and starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts. The film follows a pair that investigates corruption within a banking institution. Production began in Berlin in September 2007. The International is slated to be released in August 15, 2008 in the United States and Canada.

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An obsessive Interpol agent (Owen) investigates a global banking institution for corruption and murder with the help of a Manhattan assistant district attorney (Watts).[1]

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The International is based on an original screenplay written by Eric Singer, with director Tom Tykwer helming the film. In April 2007, actor Clive Owen signed on to star in The International,[3] The following July, actress Naomi Watts was cast opposite Owen.[1] The film received US$5.4 million from the German Federal Film Fund toward its budget in August.[4] The following month, its funding increased to $7.9 million based on the board's assessment that two-thirds of The International would be produced in Germany and that the film involved German talent like actors Armin Mueller-Stahl and Axel Milberg, cinematographer Frank Griebe, and production designer Uli Hanisch.[5] Filming began in Berlin in September 10, 2007.[6] Part of the production has taken place in Babelsberg Studios.[7] A life-size replica of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum was built for a shoot-out scene.[8]

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The International is scheduled to be released in the United States and Canada on August 15, 2008.[9]

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