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The Tourist
American tourist Frank meets mysterious British woman Elise on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye.
2010 · Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck · 103 min · Action · Thriller · Romance · Screenplay in the scene database · 12 frames
Tagline
It all started when he met a woman.
Plot
British woman Elise Clifton-Ward is being followed through downtown Paris by French police, who are working with Scotland Yard under the direction of Inspector John Acheson (Paul Bettany). Acheson has spent years hunting Alexander Pearce, Elise's lover, who owes £744 million in back taxes, and is believed to have used plastic surgery to alter his appearance.
Pearce is also being hunted by Reginald Shaw (Steven Berkoff), a mobster from whom he stole $2.3 billion. At a Parisian café, Elise (Angelina Jolie) receives written instructions from Pearce: board the train to Venice, Italy; pick out a man; and let the police believe that he is Pearce. Elise burns the note, evades the police, and boards the train.
On the train, Elise selects Frank Tupelo (Johnny Depp), a mathematics teacher from a community college in Wisconsin. Acheson salvages information about the plan from the remains of the burned note. Aware of her location, but not of the ruse, a policeman on Shaw's payroll alerts Shaw that Pearce is on the train to Venice with Elise. Shaw immediately proceeds to Venice.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Julian Fellowes, Christopher McQuarrie, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Cinematography: John Seale
- Edited by: Joe Hutshing, Patricia Rommel
- Music: James Newton Howard
- Production design: Jon Hutman
- Produced by: Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Jonathan Glickman, Tim Headington
Cast
- Johnny Depp as Frank Tupelo
- Angelina Jolie as Elise Clifton-Ward
- Paul Bettany as Inspector John Acheson
- Timothy Dalton as Chief Inspector Jones
- Steven Berkoff as Reginald Shaw
- Rufus Sewell as The Englishman
- Christian De Sica as Colonnello Lombardi
- Alessio Boni as Sergente Cerato
- Daniele Pecci as Tenente Narduzzi
- Giovanni Guidelli as Tenente Tommassini
Production
- Country: France, United States of America
- Language: English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish
- Studios: GK Films, Spyglass Entertainment, StudioCanal, Columbia Pictures
- Budget: $100,000,000
- Box office: $278,731,369
- Themes: hotel, paris, france, undercover agent, venice, italy, fake identity, boat chase
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