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An assassin hides out in Italy for one last assignment.

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Jack / Edward
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Ingrid (as Irina Bjorklund)
Lars Hjelm ...
Hunter #1
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Hunter #2
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Pavel
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Father Benedetto
Giorgio Gobbi ...
Man on Vespa
Silvana Bosi ...
Old Cheese Vendor
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Mathilde
Guido Palliggiano ...
Waiter (Market)
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Young Swedish Man
Antonio Rampino ...
Postmaster
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Clara
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Fabio
Ilaria Cramerotti ...
Hooker #2
Angelica Novak ...
Hooker #3
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Hooker #1
Lello Serao ...
Barman (Town Square Bar) (as Raffaele Serao)
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Anna
Sandro Dori ...
Waiter (Locanda Grapelli)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Patrizio Pelizzi ...
Antonio (uncredited)

Directed by

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Anton Corbijn ... (directed by)

Written by

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Rowan Joffe ... (screenplay)
 
Martin Booth ... (novel "A Very Private Gentleman")

Produced by

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Anne Carey ... producer (produced by)
George Clooney ... producer (produced by)
Kevin Flatow ... associate producer
Jill Green ... producer (produced by)
Grant Heslov ... producer (produced by)
Enzo Sisti ... executive producer
Moa Westeson ... line producer: Sweden unit
Ann Wingate ... producer (produced by)

Music by

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Herbert Grönemeyer ... (music by)

Cinematography by

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Martin Ruhe ... director of photography

Editing by

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Andrew Hulme

Editorial Department

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George Adams ... second assistant editor
Matt Adams ... digital intermediate consultant
Peter Bengtsson ... post-production coordinator
Todd Kleparski ... digital intermediate producer
Jaime Leonard ... on-line editor
Begoña Lopez ... digital intermediate producer
Barry Moen ... first assistant editor
Asa Shoul ... digital intermediate colorist
Paolo Verrucci ... telecine colorist dailies: Italy
Dan Dolan ... digital scanning (uncredited)

Casting By

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Beatrice Kruger ... (casting by)

Production Design by

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Mark Digby

Art Direction by

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Denis Schnegg ... supervising art director
Domenico Sica ... co-art director
Mikael Varhelyi

Set Decoration by

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Michelle Day
Daniela Zorzetto

Costume Design by

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Suttirat Anne Larlarb

Makeup Department

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Stefano Ceccarelli ... chief hair stylist
Jenny Fred ... makeup artist
Federico Laurenti ... makeup artist
Mario Michisanti ... makeup artist: additional photography
Samankta Mura ... hair stylist
Nicolas Olivier Richard ... makeup artist: Sweden (as Nicolas Richard)
Manlio Rocchetti ... chief makeup artist

Production Management

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Andrea Alunni ... unit manager
Maguy R. Cohen ... assistant production manager (as Maguy J.B. Cohen)
Vito Colazzo ... unit production manager: re-shoots
Gabriella Di Santo ... unit manager: re-shoots
Jane Nerlinger Evans ... executive in charge of production
Lucie Graves ... post-production supervisor
Börje Hansson ... production supervisor
Susanne Lundqvist ... production manager
Erik Paoletti ... production manager
Susanne Tiger ... production manager
Luciano Tito ... assistant unit manager
Ben Urquhart ... post production executive

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Maurizio Baisi ... second second assistant director: additional photography
Mishka Cheyko ... first assistant director
Edoardo Ferretti ... second assistant director
Fabrizio Imparato ... assistant director
Pontus Klänge ... second second assistant director: Sweden
Andrea Pagani ... second second assistant director
Barbara Pastrovich ... second assistant director: additional photography
Alessia Silvetti ... second second assistant director

Art Department

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Barbara Adducci ... art department coordinator
Giancarlo Di Fusco ... scenic painter
Cristiano Donzelli ... storyboard artist
Silvia Fontana ... graphic designer
Paul Gustavsson ... property master
Teddy Holm ... painter
Janne Hverven ... carpenter
Glauco Isidori ... painter
Simon Jaktlund ... art department laborer
Thomas Jones ... armoury props
Tamara Marini ... stand-by art director
Antonio Murer ... key swing gang
Sebastiano Murer ... assistant property master
Sandro Piccarozzi ... buyer
Elisa Piccini ... art department production assistant
Alex Santucci ... assistant art director (as Alessandro Santucci)
Lorenzo Sartor ... carpenter
Maria Grazia Schirripa ... assistant set decorator
Calle Sjölin ... standby props
Johan Sjölin ... construction coordinator
Kristoffer Sjöström ... painter
Sophie Tarver ... propmaker
Matti Rintala von Knorring ... carpenter
Daniela Zorzetto ... assistant set decorator

Sound Department

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Oliver Brierley ... adr mixer
Naomi Dandridge ... adr mixer
Paul Davies ... sound designer / supervising sound editor
Steve Finn ... boom operator
Nick Foley ... adr mixer
Jack Gillies ... sound effects editor
Ian Morgan ... adr supervisor
Chris Munro ... production sound mixer
Paul Munro ... sound recordist: Swedish unit
Luke Neuman ... boom operator
Keith Partridge ... foley engineer
Mark Paterson ... re-recording mixer
Luigi Pini ... cable guy
Jamie Roden ... re-recording mixer
James Shannon ... dolby sound consultant
Peter Shaw ... dialogue editor
Sophie Shelton ... assistant sound editor
Barnaby Smyth ... foley supervisor
Andy Stallabrass ... adr recordist
Jack Stew ... foley artist
Andrew Stirk ... re-recording mixer
Lionel Strutt ... adr coordinator
Jason Swanscott ... foley artist
Robert Weatherall ... mix technician

Special Effects by

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Renato Agostini ... special effects supervisor
Gusten Blick ... special effects senior technician: Sweden (as Eddy Gusten Blick)
Stefano Corridori ... special effects
Johan Harnesk ... special effects supervisor: Sweden
Victor Nilsson ... special effects technician: Sweden
Claudio Quaglietti ... special effects technician
Anders Nilsson Ylitalo ... special effects technician: Sweden (as Anders Nilssen)

Visual Effects by

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Marcus Alqueres ... animation supervisor: Modus FX
Jean Arousi ... production assistant: Modus FX
Mostafa Badran ... computer graphics supervisor / lead td and layout: Modus FX
Matthew Baker ... digital restoration
Mathieu Bertrand ... look development artist: Modus FX
Fabio Bianchi ... telecine colorist dailies
Patrick Bissonnette ... visual effects financial controller: Modus FX / visual effects line producer
Marc Bourbonnais ... visual effects executive producer: Modus FX
Nadège Bozzetti ... lead texture artist: Modus FX
Valérie Clément ... project development: Modus FX
Jacinthe Côté ... visual effects production manager (as Jacinthe Cote)
Stefano De Gennaro ... digital technology manager
Marc-Antoine Desjardins ... look development artist: Modus FX
Andreane Dodier-Villeneuve ... digital compositor: Modus FX
Andrea Espinal ... digital compositor
Nicolas Fillion ... texture artist: Modus FX
Jean-Sébastien Fortin ... data wrangler: Modus FX
Armando Franco ... digital compositor
Dominic Gaudreau ... technical support: Modus FX
Emma Hulme ... digital restoration
Luc Julien ... compositing supervisor: Modus FX
Alban Kasikci ... digital compositor: Modus FX
Pascal Laflamme ... data wrangler: Modus FX
Louis Laflamme-Fillion ... visual effects editorial: Modus FX
Jeremy Lambolez ... animator: Modus FX
Francis Larouche ... production assistant: Modus FX
Martin Larrivée ... digital compositor: Modus FX
Simon Lehembre ... digital compositor
Sylvain Lorgeou ... lead concept and matte painting: Modus FX
Mickaël Léger ... digital compositor: Modus Fx
Philip Melancon ... animator: Modus Fx
Robert Moodie ... technical director
Tanya Moore ... production assistant: Modus FX
Benoit Morin ... matchmover: Modus Fx
Louis Morin ... visual effects supervisor
Jean-Francois Morissette ... motion tracking: Modus FX
Cynthia Mourou ... visual effects producer: Modus FX
Velislava Nikolova ... animator: Modus FX
Christophe Pacaud ... digital compositor: Modus FX
Vincent Papaix ... lead digital compositor: Modus Fx
Martin Pelletier ... lead look development artist: Modus FX
Mathieu Phaneuf ... lead modeler: Modus FX
Stephane Picard ... data wrangler: Modus FX
Alice Pépujol ... digital compositor: Modus FX
Stéphane Rioux ... digital compositor: Modus FX
Asa Shoul ... digital colourist
Joao Sita ... lead digital compositor: Modus FX
Stéphane Stradella ... digital compositor
Vincent Toussaint ... technical support: Modus FX
John-John Traoré ... digital compositor: Modus Fx (as Jean-Philippe Traoré)
Sarah Trepanier ... visual effects coordinator: Modus FX
Armando Velasquez ... digital compositor: Modus FX
Armando Velazquez ... digital compositor: Modus Fx
Yanick Wilisky ... visual effects supervisor: Modus FX
Hiroyuki David Yabu ... animator: Modus FX
Will Hudson ... digital restoration (uncredited)

Stunts

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Mauro Balmas ... stunt rigger: additional photography
Francesca Cama ... stunt double: Violante Placido
Umberto De Luca ... stunt double: Johan Leysen
Silvia Di Pietro ... stunt double: Thekla Reuten
Lars Hjelm ... stunt player
Alessandro Novelli ... stunt double: Samuel Vauramo
Emiliano Novelli ... stunt double: George Clooney
Kimmo Rajala ... stunt coordinator: Sweden
Franco Maria Salamon ... stunt coordinator (as Franco Salamon)
Giorgio Antonini ... stunt coordinator: additional photograhy (uncredited)
Jacqueline Freda ... stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Mickey Bergstrom ... video assist
Stefano Biscaro ... flight head technician
Jeremy Braben ... aerial director of photography
Alessandro Brambilla ... director of photography: second unit / steadicam operator
Fausto Cancellieri ... grip
Alessandro Cardelli ... electrician
Marco Cartocci ... generator operator
Simona De Lullo ... second assistant camera: "b" camera
Claudio Del Gobbo ... a camera dolly grip
Massimiliano Dessena ... grip
Massimiliano di Giuliani ... generator operator
Stefano Di Pasquali ... grip
Gianfranco Di Silvestro ... video assist/cable
Jonas Elmqvist ... gaffer
Björn Engberg ... second assistant camera
Doriano Forti ... rigging grip
Claudio Frollano ... rigging gaffer
Mattias Färnstrand ... second assistant camera
Sergio Gabrielli ... grip
David Giorgio ... additional video assist
Emil Hall ... grip
Marcus Hansson ... best boy electric
Ocki Hansson ... dolly grip
Oscar Hansson ... grip assistant
Ronald Holmberg ... grip assistant
Fredrik Johansson ... grip assistant
Nils-Erik Järvi ... electrician
Magnus Karlsson ... electrician
Giles Keyte ... still photographer
Staffan Kvarneke ... video assist
Björn Köling ... camera loader
Simone Lucchetti ... electrician
Claudia Mariani ... second assistant camera: additional
Luca Martis ... electrician
Tommaso Mele ... key grip
Alexander Palm ... additional director of photography
Dario Paolini ... additional second assistant camera
Stefano Paradiso ... additional steadicam operator
Riccardo Pau ... camera loader: additional photography
Giorgio Perluigi ... second assistant camera: "a" camera
Lorenzo Peyrone ... grip
Giorgio Pezzotti ... grip
Francesco Pintore ... additional first assistant camera (as Francisco Pintore)
Massimo Rinella ... grip
Martin Ruhe ... camera operator: "a" camera
Lorenzo Sardini ... grip
Luca Sardini ... electrician
Fulvio Sergianni ... grip (as Fulvio Segianni)
Cristiano Sergioli ... grip: technocrane
Massimiliano Sticchi ... best boy electric
Giovanni Tancredi ... electrician
Emiliano Topai ... first assistant camera: "b" camera
Alberto Torrecilla ... first assistant camera
Ebbe Wengenroth ... electrician
Julian White ... gaffer
Francesco Zaccaria ... gaffer
Giacomo Zampieri ... clapper loader
Davide Zanetti ... camera loader
Riccardo Umetelli ... focus puller: a cam (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Vanessa Baker ... adr voice casting
Morgana Bianco ... extras casting
Doris von Thury ... casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Bruno de Santa ... costumer
Roberta Goretti ... costume buyer
Sonu Mishra ... associate costume designer (as Sonoo Mishra)
Elena Pascaniuc ... seamstress
Serena Pirillo ... wardrobe runner
Nicolas Olivier Richard ... costume assistant (as Nicolas Richard)
Sonia Signoretti ... set costumer
Maurizio Torti ... costumer: re-shoots
Cristina Tucci ... costume supervisor

Location Management

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Leonardo Cellai ... location manager: italy
Marco Milani ... assistant location manager
Henrik Perälä ... location security
Johan Ranbrandt ... location assistant
Raffaella Ridolfi ... location manager
Vincenzo Testa ... location manager
Elisabetta Tomasso ... location coordinator / location manager: reshoots
Rene Zuber ... location manager (as René Zuber)

Music Department

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Christine Bergren ... music legal and clearance
Mark Berrow ... musician: violin
Thomas Bowes ... featured musician: orchestra leader / orchestra leader
Jo Buckley ... assistant orchestra contractor
Chris Clad ... violin
Peter Clarke ... music editor
Peter Cobbin ... score mixer / score recordist
Elizabeth Fischer ... featured musician: soprano
Anthony Fleeth ... musician: solo cello
Stanley Gabriel ... assistant music engineer
Herbert Grönemeyer ... piano
Jacob Hansonis ... additional musician (as Jakob Hansonis)
David Hefti ... protools engineer
Nick Ingman ... conductor / orchestrator
Alfred Kritzer ... music arranger: strings
Peter Lale ... featured musician: solo viola
Alli MacInnes ... music production coordinator
Sam Okell ... protools engineer
Tom Pigott Smith ... musician: violin
Anthony Pleeth ... featured musician: solo cello
Frank Ricotti ... featured musician: percussion
Alex Silva ... additional musician / score producer
Adrian Varela ... musician
Jonathan Williams ... musician: cello
Warren Zielinski ... musician: violin
Rachel Bolt ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Allen Walley ... musician: double bass (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Eleonora Baldwin ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Daniele Abeille ... transportation coordinator
Rebecka Andersson ... driver: snowmobile
Roberto Arena ... driver
Christofer Brännström ... driver: snowmobile
Mattias Dahlström ... driver
Helena Edwang ... driver: snowmobile
Lars Erik Eriksson ... driver
Leif Eriksson ... driver
Tony Fick ... driver: snowmobile
Kenneth Hoflin ... driver
Jens Håkansson ... driver: snowmobile
Anneli Jonasson ... driver: snowmobile
Helen Jonasson ... driver: snowmobile
Mikael Jonasson ... driver: snowmobile
Giuseppe Lisi ... driver
Fabrizio Liverio ... driver
Marco Maurizi ... driver
Edoardo Moracci ... transportation captain
Joakim Norrlund ... driver: snowmobile
Alex Wayaffe ... picture vehicles coordinator
Tobias Westberg ... driver: snowmobile
Maria Östman ... driver

Additional Crew

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Stephanie Ahlen ... operations manager: aerial unit Italy
John Alfred ... finance executive
Susan Chika Anisiobi ... assistant accountant
Monica Axelsson ... assistant: Mr. Corbijn
Jon Baker ... supervising armorer
Matteo Bardelli ... additional set production assistant
Thomas Beckman ... security
Tony Bergslid ... traffic blocker
Serina Björnbom ... production assistant
Rebecca Booth ... assistant to the director: additional photography
Emil Briones Ahlén ... assistant to assistant director (as Emil Ahlén)
Clare Brody ... data operator: Technicolor
Sara Carelli ... interpreter
Nando Cartocci ... production assistant: reshoot
Camilla S. Castellani ... travel and accomodations coordinator (as Camilla Sergenti Castellani)
Lara dall'Antonia ... accommodations coordinator
Alberto De Stefani ... tax credit accountant
Silvia Di Pietro ... stand-in/photo double
Margherita Di Tullio ... production secretary
Federica Durigon ... unit manager assistant: reshoots
Stefan Ek ... stand-in
Maria Pia Fanigliulo ... assets representative / production secretary: additional photography
Maria Fiorito ... accountant: re-shoots
Veronica Forsén ... stand-in
Chiara Fregoso ... assistant production coordinator
Chiara Frosi ... set production assistant: additional photography
Linda Gamble ... unit publicist
Roberto Gentile ... stand-in/photo double
Shani Geva ... assistant: Ms. Carey
Christian Giuliani ... payroll assistant
Marcus Heidenbeck ... stand-in
Adam Hilario ... production coordinator
Tom Hingston ... titles
Gustav Hylén ... catering assistant
Kerstin Hylén ... catering assistant
Karin Jonsson ... security
Marie-Louise Khondji ... assistant: Mr. Clooney, Italy (as Marie Louise Khondji)
Hakan Kousetta ... legal services for Greenlit Rights
Ashley Kravitz ... clearance coordinator
Helena Larand ... production coordinator
Anders Lexne ... armorer
Per Lindbärg ... production controller
Åsa Linder ... chief financial officer
Norma Marie Mascia ... production coordinator
Angel McConnell ... assistant: Mr. Clooney
Cariddi McKinnon Nardulli ... assistant to Mr. Sisti (as Cariddi Nardulli)
Maham Mehrabi ... production assistant
Karin Mercurio ... production accountant: italy
Damian Mitchell ... weapons coordinator
Stefania Monetti ... catering coordinator
Neal Naito ... production assistant
Angelica Nevby ... chief accountant
Gunilla Nordin ... unit nurse
Kerstin Nordlund ... accounts payable
Pia Odell ... payroll accountant
Anders Palmblad ... security
Massimo Perla ... animal handler
Luigi Pinto ... production assistant
Erika Ranbrandt ... catering assistant
Max Rangner ... accounting assistant
Tuulikki Retsler ... production assistant
Alessandra Rocchetti ... illustrator and tattoo artist
Vincenzo Rosa ... additional production assistant
Stefano Ruggeri ... additional production assistant
Jenny Sandström ... office runner
Arianna Sgreecia ... stand-in/photo double
Robert Singleton ... traffic blocker
Massimiliano Sisti ... assistant accountant
Anna Sivertsson ... production assistant
Erik Skånmyr ... production assistant
Chiara Stefani ... assistant tax credit: Italy / asst. tax credit: Italy
Helena Stenberg ... unit publicist: Sweden
Dan Storey ... epk producer
Katie Murphy Sumers ... assistant: Mr. Heslov (as Katie Murphy)
Marek Szpojankowski ... chef
Mari-Louise Albinsson Szpojankowski ... craft service
Elena Tiberi ... data entry
Ben Urquhart ... post production executive
Marc van Osdale ... intern
Anna Westberg ... credit control officer
Olivia Zampi ... assistant: Jill Green
Cristiano Sebastianelli ... assistant production accountant (uncredited)

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Jan-Maarten De Winter ... special thanks

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Plot Summary

Alone among assassins, Jack is a master craftsman. When a job in Sweden ends more harshly than expected for this American abroad, he vows to his contact Pavel that his next assignment will be his last. Jack reports to the Italian countryside, where he holes up in a small town and relishes being away from death for a spell. The assignment, as specified by a Belgian woman, Mathilde, is in the offing as a weapon is constructed. Surprising himself, Jack seeks out the friendship of local priest Father Benedetto and pursues romance with local woman Clara. But by stepping out of the shadows, Jack may be tempting fate. Written by Anonymous

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Also Known As
  • A Very Private Gentleman (United States)
  • Last Target (Japan, English title)
  • El americano (Spain)
  • 美国人 (China, Mandarin title)
  • 美国佬 (China, Mandarin title)
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Runtime
  • 105 min
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Box Office

Budget $20,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $16,662,333, 05 Sep 2010
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $67,876,281, 04 Nov 2010

Did You Know?

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Trivia With the influx of cast and crew, the existing population of Castel del Monte - 129 people - was more than doubled. When a crew member needed emergency dental work, he had to go to a nearby town as the answering machine of Castel del Monte's dentist declared that he was "unavailable, due to his appearance in a Hollywood film." See more »
Goofs Jack/Edward cites the muzzle velocity of the rifle as 360 miles per hour (mph). No expert cites muzzle velocity in mph. It's always in feet per second (fps) or meters per second (mps). Beyond that, 360 mph is only 528 fps. That's hardly a reasonable muzzle velocity for that rifle, and it would likely be very inaccurate. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The American (2010). See more »
Soundtracks La Bambola See more »
Crazy Credits The credits at the end are in order of appearance. However, the 3 hookers are listed in the order: Hooker #2, Hooker #3 and Hooker #1, which logically doesn't make sense. See more »
Quotes Father Benedetto: [speaking to Jack] You cannot deny the existence of hell. You live in it. It is a place without love.
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