Additional information for The American, which has a domestic theatrical release set for September 1, 2010. The film is being distributed by Focus Features and has not yet been rated. The American has a total running time of 105 minutes.
R
USA
18
Malaysia
15
UK
13+
Canada
12
Germany
MA
Australia
R-13
Philippines
15
Norway
15
Sweden
R21
Singapore
14
Switzerland
15A
Ireland
16
Argentina
M/12
Portugal
18
South Korea
PG12
Japan
T
Italy
105min
El ocaso de un asesino
Argentina
El ocaso de un asesino
Colombia
El ocaso de un asesino
Peru
El ocaso de un asesino
Uruguay
The American
Denmark
The American
France
Американец
Russia
A Very Private Gentleman
USA
Amerikanac
Croatia
Amerykanin
Poland
Az amerikai
Hungary
Centilmen
Turkey
El americano
Spain
Ha'Americai
Israel
L'Américain
Canada
Last Target
Japan
O Americano
Portugal
O Amerikanos
Greece
Um Homem Misterioso
Brazil
September 01, 2010
Canada
September 01, 2010
Kazakhstan
September 01, 2010
USA
September 02, 2010
Russia
September 10, 2010
Italy
September 10, 2010
Kuwait
September 10, 2010
Netherlands
September 10, 2010
Philippines
September 10, 2010
Romania
September 10, 2010
Sweden
September 10, 2010
Turkey
September 16, 2010
Germany
September 16, 2010
Netherlands
September 16, 2010
Switzerland
September 17, 2010
Austria
September 17, 2010
Norway
September 17, 2010
Spain
September 23, 2010
Israel
September 25, 2010
Brazil
October 07, 2010
Malaysia
October 08, 2010
Finland
October 14, 2010
Argentina
October 14, 2010
Denmark
October 14, 2010
Greece
October 14, 2010
Singapore
October 21, 2010
Croatia
October 22, 2010
Iceland
October 27, 2010
Belgium
October 27, 2010
France
October 27, 2010
Switzerland
October 28, 2010
Hungary
October 28, 2010
Uruguay
November 05, 2010
Poland
November 11, 2010
Australia
November 19, 2010
Brazil
November 25, 2010
Portugal
November 26, 2010
Ireland
November 26, 2010
UK
December 03, 2010
Mexico
December 29, 2010
South Korea
January 11, 2011
Indonesia
March 03, 2011
Peru
March 05, 2011
Serbia
June 03, 2011
Panama
July 02, 2011
Japan
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Jack (George Clooney), an American assassin, is relaxing in a remote cabin in Sweden with his lover, Ingrid (Irina Björklund). The two decide to take a walk on the frozen lake nearby. While walking, Ingrid notices some footprints. Jack quickly drags her to cover behind a boulder as someone begins shooting at them. He kills the shooter and then tells Ingrid to return to the cabin and phone the police while he searches the body. As she rushes past him, he shoots her in the head. Returning to the cabin, he kills another assassin.A few days later, Jake arrives in Rome, Italy where he contacts an associate named Pavel. Pavel insists that Jack cannot stay in Rome and sends him to a small town in the mountains of Abruzzo. Jack becomes nervous, and, disposing of the cell phone which Pavel had given him, flees to another town. While he is hiding out there, Jack is befriended by an elderly priest, Father Benedetto (Paolo Bonacelli), who pressures him to seek absolution, something which Jack, now going by the name 'Edward' and posing as a photographer, resists.Jack contacts Pavel, who sets him up with another job. He meets with a shady Englishwoman, named Mathilde (Thekla Reuten), who wants him to build a gun with the firing capacity of a submachine gun and the accuracy of a rifle. Jack begins work on the weapon as he begins patronizing a local prostitute, named Clara (Violante Placido). At the same time, Jack realizes that he is being followed by the same people who tried to kill him in Sweden.One day, Jack meets with Mathilde to test the weapon he has made in the nearby forest. She asks for a few more alterations to it. While having coffee one day, Jack bumps into Clara and a friend, named Anna. Clara invites him on an actual date, and the two begin to deepen their relationship. One night, an assassin follows him, but Jack manages to hide. Just when he is about to shoot the man from behind, a man comes by on a motorscooter, alerting the assassin who fires, missing Jack but killing the motorcyclist.Jack chases the man to a road outside of town and kills him. He is questioned about the incident by Father Benedetto. Soon Jack begins to become suspicious of Clara when he finds a gun in her purse and sees her meeting with some men. He takes her on a picnic where he plans to kill her but cannot bring himself to do it. Clara explains that she has the gun because of a number of assaults on prostitutes which have occurred in the area, and that the men she was talking to were cops investigating the case.After talking to Pavel one last time, Jack agrees to deliver the weapon to Mathilde as his last job. At the drop off, Jack becomes suspicious that Mathilde plans to kill him when she excuses herself to go to the bathroom. Before anything can happen, a busload of people arrives, giving Jack cover, and the two go their separate ways. While driving away, Mathilde is contacted by Pavel, who asks if she has killed Jack. She informs him no but insists that she is following Jack and will kill him. Pavel cleary wants Jack dead either because of the Sweden foul-up or because he does not want any loose ends since nobody leave his murder-for-hire organization, and Mathilde is the hitwoman assigned by Pavel to kill Jack.Jack meets Clara in the crowd at a local religious festival. He asks her to go away with him and she joyfully agrees. Meanwhile, Mathilde is lurking on a nearby rooftop, with Jack in the sights of the weapon he has just delivered to her.However, when she fires at him, the weapon misfires, injuring her fatally. Previously.... before he delivered the weapon to her, we see him opening the case after a pause, leaving us to assume he booby trapped the gun to misfire... aware that she is the assassin trying to kill him. Jack, hearing the rifle shot, tells Clara to go to the place where they had picnicked and wait for him. He then chases after Mathilde, followed by Father Benedetto and several altar boys who had been part of the procession. He finds Mathilde dying on the pavement and asks her who she works for. She dies before she can reveal anything, and Jack leaves, apologizing to Father Benedetto.As Jack leaves he sees Pavel, who had arrived earlier. The two have a shoot-out, and Jack kills Pavel. As Jack drives to meet Clara at the picnic spot by the creek, he discovers he is bleeding and realizes he has been wounded. As he arrives at the picnic spot, Clara smiles with joy, but Jack loses consciousness and crashes into a nearby tree... maybe dead.
Anton Corbijn
Director(s)
Rowan Joffe
Martin Booth
Writer(s)
Anne Carey
producer
George Clooney
producer
Jill Green
producer
Grant Heslov
producer
Enzo Sisti
executive producer
Moa Westeson
line producer: Sweden unit
Ann Wingate
producer
Producer(s)
Herbert Grönemeyer
Composer(s)
Jack / Edward
George Clooney
Clara
Violante Placido
Mathilde
Thekla Reuten
Father Benedetto
Paolo Bonacelli
Pavel
Johan Leysen
Ingrid
Irina Björklund
Fabio
Filippo Timi
Hunter #1
Lars Hjelm
Man on Vespa
Giorgio Gobbi
Old Cheese Vendor
Silvana Bosi
Waiter (Market)
Guido Palliggiano
Young Swedish Man
Samuel Vauramo
Postmaster
Antonio Rampino
Hunter #2 Hunter #2
Björn Granath
Hooker #2
Ilaria Cramerotti
Hooker #3
Angelica Novak
Hooker #1
Isabelle Adriani
Barman (Town Square Bar)
Raffaele Serao
Anna
Anna Foglietta
Waiter (Locanda Grapelli)
Sandro Dori
Antonio (uncredited)
Patrizio Pelizzi
An assassin hides out in Italy for one last assignment.
Director(s)
Martin Booth
Writer(s)
producer
George Clooney
producer
Jill Green
producer
Grant Heslov
producer
Enzo Sisti
executive producer
Moa Westeson
line producer: Sweden unit
Ann Wingate
producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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