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The Interpreter (2005) -- Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a US Secret Service agent (Penn) is assigned to investigate an interpreter (Kidman) who overhears an assassination plot.
The Interpreter (2005) -- Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a US Secret Service agent (Penn) is assigned to investigate an interpreter (Kidman) who overhears an assassination plot.
The Interpreter (2005) -- Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a US Secret Service agent (Penn) is assigned to investigate an interpreter (Kidman) who overhears an assassination plot.
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Overview

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6.5/10   35,404 votes
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Director:
Sydney Pollack
Writers (WGA):
Martin Stellman (story) &
Brian Ward (story) ...
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Release Date:
22 April 2005 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
The truth needs no translation.
Plot:
Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a US Secret Service agent is assigned to investigate an interpreter who overhears an assassination plot. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination more
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(76 articles)
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Nicole Kidman ... Silvia Broome

Sean Penn ... Tobin Keller

Catherine Keener ... Dot Woods

Jesper Christensen ... Nils Lud

Yvan Attal ... Philippe
Earl Cameron ... Zuwanie

George Harris ... Kuman-Kuman

Michael Wright ... Marcus

Clyde Kusatsu ... Police Chief Lee Wu

Eric Keenleyside ... Rory Robb

Hugo Speer ... Simon Broome

Maz Jobrani ... Mo

Yusuf Gatewood ... Doug

Curtiss Cook ... Ajene Xola (as Curtiss I'Cook)

Byron Utley ... Jean Gamba
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
L'interprète (France)
La intérprete (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Переводчица (Russia) [ru]
Çevirmen (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
A Intérprete (Brazil) [pt]
Die Dolmetscherin (Germany) [de]
I diermineas (Greece) [el]
L'interprète (Canada: French title) [fr]
Prevoditeljica (Croatia) [hr]
Tõlk (Estonia) [et]
Tolken (Norway) [no]
Tolken (Sweden) [sv]
Tolken (Denmark) [da]
Tulkki (Finland) [fi]
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence, some sexual content and brief strong language.
Runtime:
128 min
Country:
UK | USA | France
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
Taiwan:PG-12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | Iceland:16 | Malaysia:U | USA:PG-13 (certificate #41613) | Denmark:11 | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | France:U | UK:12 (DVD rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Ireland:12A | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A

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Trivia:
Writer David Rayfiel did some uncredited work on the script. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When Tobin is telling Sylvia that his wife died two weeks ago, you can see a light from a camera reflecting off the picture next to him. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Simon Broome: She wouldn't tell me her husband's name. She wouldn't even write it.
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Movie Connections:
References Three Days of the Condor (1975) more
Soundtrack:
If I Had a Boat more

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a thought or two on The Interpreter, 22 January 2007
10/10
Author: oddvincent from United States

Last night, I watched The Interpreter, primarily because I wanted to see if Sydney Pollack still had it and in my humble opinion, he does. I don't see too much film-making like this these days. For one thing, it's slow, but in a good way. Too many suspense films speed by at such an absurd rate that there's never any time for a mood to be built or characters to be known. Here, we get to know the characters intimately and are gradually drawn into the complex and compelling and relevant plot. Speaking of relevance, there is, here, a "message", but it's delivered organically by way of carefully structured storytelling and character development, not with a bullhorn and fireworks and speaking of characters, I love the understated performances in this film by Sean Penn and Nicole Kidman. I love also the moments in this film, such as when Penn's character in a country-western bar unplugs the jukebox to stop the noise of some country-pop crap then restarts it in order to play Lyle Lovett's wonderful "If I Had a Boat" then goes to a pay phone and calls his own house just to hear his wife's voice on the answering machine.

Also, while I have nothing against fast, action-adventure-cartoon-type violence when it's done just right. The violence in this film isn't exciting. It's just as it should be considering the subject matter. It's sad and desolate and when a man speaks his last words to the child-soldier who has just shot him and when a bus is bombed or a desperate man is betrayed and murdered you feel it, the final moments of human lives; a being being taken away. There's room for sentiment in such films and it doesn't have to be sap as it so often is.

I don't follow entertainment news much these days (much as I'd love to) because such stories and reviews and even trailers (which I also used to love watching) give away far too much of the story (which I'm trying here not to do) so I don't know how this film was received, but I hope it did well and if it didn't, I hope audiences come to discover and love it gradually so that there might be more films like it.

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