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Wednesday, 4 May 2011
Thursday, 7 April 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzJN3_dmkJ4&NR=1
We are so close to finishing this movie and its been such an enjoyable process. i have really enjoyed what ive learnt. The techniques i have acquired thanks do the teachers help. Teaching us all the camera angles and ways of filming. I think its gone really well and now we are on the final stretch i can't wait to see how it turns out.
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
shooting schedule
we have this to organise our time quickly and efficiently this is a print screen of our work time table. 
case studie- films we have looked at and anilised
My Beautiful Launderette
My Beautiful Launderette
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Writer: Hanif Kureishi
Produced by: Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe
Star cast: Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth and Daniel Day-Lewis
Setting: The story is set in London during the period when Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister of Britain.
Plot summery: Much of the Pakistani Hussein family has settled in London, striving for the riches promised by Thatcherism. Nasser and his right hand man, Salim, have a number of small businesses and they do whatever they need to make money, even if the activities are illegal. As such, Nasser and his immediate family live more than a comfortable lifestyle, and he flaunts his riches whenever he can. Meanwhile, his brother, alcoholic Ali, once a famous journalist in Pakistan, lives in a seedy flat with his son, Omar. Ali's life in London is not as lucrative in part because of his left leaning politics, which does not mesh with the ideals of Thatcherism. To help his brother, Nasser gives Omar a job doing menial labor. Yet, Omar, with bigger plans, talks Nasser into letting him manage Nasser's run down launderette. Omar seizes what he sees as an opportunity to make the launderette a success, and employs an old friend, Johnny - who has been most recently running around with a gang of white punks - to help him. Johnny and Omar have a special relationship, but one that has gone through its ups and downs, the downs fostered by anti-immigration sentiments of white England. Omar and Johnny each have to evaluate if their ideals of success are worth it at all cost.
Budget: £650,000 (estimated) $400,000 (estimated)
Gross Profit: $2,451,545 (USA)
Wish You Were Here
Wish You Were Here
Director: David Leland
Writer: David Leland
Producers: Sarah Radclyffe
Start cast: Emily Lloyd, Tom Bell and Jesse Birdsall
Setting: Post war in a small English seaside town in the early 1950s.
Plot summery: In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual meets challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex. She eventually becomes pregnant by an acquaintance of her father.
Budget: unknown. £500,000 to £900,000 My Estimation.
Gross profit: $3,283,832 (USA)
The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski
Directed by: The Coen Brothers (Ethan and Joel)
Writers: The Coen Brothers
Produced by: Tim Bevan
Star cast: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore
Setting: Contemporary L.A.
Plot summery: When "The Dude" Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to coerce him into paying a debt he knows nothing about. While attempting to gain recompense for the ruined rug from his wealthy counterpart, he accepts a one-time job with high payoff. He enlists the help of his bowling buddy, Walter, a gun-toting Jewish-convert with anger issues. Deception leads to more trouble, and it soon seems that everyone from porn empire tycoons to nihilists want something from The Dude.
Budget: $15,000,000 (estimated)
Gross Profit: $17,439,163 (USA) (25 May 1998)
Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot
Directed by: Stephen Daldry
Writer: Lee Hall
Produced by: Charles Brand
Star cast: Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters
Setting: Set in the fictional town of 'Everington' in the real County Durham, UK,.
Plot summery: Set against the background of the 1984 Miner's Strike, Billy Elliot is an 11 year old boy who stumbles out of the boxing ring and onto the ballet floor. He faces many trials and triumphs as he strives to conquer his family's set ways, inner conflict, and standing on his toes!
Budget: $5,000,000 (estimated)
Gross Profit: $21,994,911 (USA) (27 May 2001)
Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Directed by: Shekhar Kapur
Writer: Michael Hirst
Produced by: Tim Bevan and Liza Chasin
Star cast: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston
Setting: 1558 London, England.
Plot summery: When catholic Queen Mary dies the succession goes to Elizabeth, the Protestant half-sister Mary was not prepared to execute. The new monarch finds herself surrounded by advisors, some supportive but some plotting to restore the catholic line by almost any means. She is also under pressure to marry and produce an heir, but her lover Lord Robert Dudley is not considered suitable. Elizabeth realizes she has some decisions to make, the most important being who rules England.
Budget: $25,000,000 (estimated)
Gross Profit: $30,012,990 (USA) (9 May 1999)
Fargo
Fargo
Directed by: The Coen Brothers
Writers: The Coen Brothers
Produced by: Tim Bevan
Star cast: William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Frances McDormand
Setting: Minnesota.
Plot summery: Jerry works in his father-in-law's car dealership and has gotten himself in financial problems. He tries various schemes to come up with money needed for a reason that is never really explained. It has to be assumed that his huge embezzlement of money from the dealership is about to be discovered by father-in-law. When all else falls through, plans he set in motion earlier for two men to kidnap his wife for ransom to be paid by her wealthy father (who doesn't seem to have the time of day for son-in-law). From the moment of the kidnapping, things go wrong and what was supposed to be a nonviolent affair turns bloody with more blood added by the minute. Jerry is upset at the bloodshed, which turns loose a pregnant sheriff from Brainerd, MN who is tenacious in attempting to solve the three murders in her jurisdiction.
Budget: $7,000,000 (estimated)
Gross Profit: $24,611,975 (USA) (13 May 1997)
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Directed by: Mike Newell
Writers: Richard Curtis
Produced by: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Star cast: Hugh Grant, James Fleet, Andie MacDowell
Setting: Britain
Plot summery: In Britain, slightly bumbling and always tardy Charles and his closest group of friends seem always to be attending weddings but are never the bride or groom, and as such, each, except for gay couple Gareth and Matthew, is looking for love. At the wedding of their friends Angus and Laura where Charles is acting as best man, Charles meets an American woman named Carrie. For him, it's love at first sight. She too is attracted to him. Although they spend a memorable evening together, that's all it ends up being. Over three more successive weddings - some of the brides and grooms who are very near and dear to Charles' heart - and one unfortunate funeral, Charles runs into Carrie, but something always seems to prevent the two from getting together. He also runs into a plethora of old girlfriends, one of whom he may believe is really the one he was meant to end up with, especially if Carrie seems to remain unattainable. Will Charles settle for who in his heart is second best, or will fate finally bring Charles and Carrie together?
Budget: £3,500,000
Gross Profit: $52,000,000 (USA) $244,100,000 (Worldwide)
Plunkett & Macleane
Plunkett & Macleane
Directed by: Jake Scott
Writers: Selwyn Robets
Produced by: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Star cast: Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyne, Liv Tyler
Setting: In 1748, England
Plot summery: Will Plunkett and Captain James Macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18th-century England, enter a gentlemen's agreement: They decide to rid the aristocrats of their belongings. With Plunkett's criminal knowledge and Macleane's social connections, they team up to be soon known as "The Gentlemen Highway robbers." But when one day these gentlemen hold up Lord Chief Justice Gibson's coach, Macleane instantly falls in love with his beautiful and cunning niece, Lady Rebecca Gibson. Unfortunately, Thief Taker General Chance, who also is quite fond of Rebecca, is getting closer and closer to getting both: The Gentlemen Highway robbers and Rebecca, who, needless to tell, don't want to get any closer to him. But Plunkett still has a thing to sort out with Chance, and his impulsiveness gets all of them in a little trouble.
Budget: Unknown, $1,500,000 to $30,000,000 My estimation
Gross Profit: $474,900 (USA) (31 October 1999)
Notting Hill
Notting Hill
Directed by: Roger Michell
Writers: Richard Curtis
Produced by: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Star cast: Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant
Setting: Notting Hill, London
Plot summery: Every man's dream comes true for William Thacker, an unsuccessful Notting Hill bookstore owner, when Anna Scott, the world's most beautiful woman and best-liked actress, enters his shop. A little later, he still can't believe it himself, William runs into her again - this time spilling orange juice over her. Anna accepts his offer to change in his nearby apartment, and thanks him with a kiss, which seems to surprise her even more than him. Eventually, Anna and William get to know each other better over the months, but being together with the world's most wanted woman is not easy - neither around your closest friends, nor in front of the all-devouring press.
Budget: $42,000,000
Gross Profit: $116,006,080 (USA) (3 October 1999)
Long Time Dead
Long Time Dead
Directed by: Marcus Adams
Writers: Eitan Arrusi
Produced by: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Star cast: Joe Absolom, Lara Belmont
Setting: London
Plot summery: A group of British students enbark on summoning spirits on a Ouija board after a night of clubbing. But someone breaks the link before they have finished and now a demon is trapped in their world and the only way to banish it, is for all the people who summoned it to die.
Budget: Less than $3,000,000
Gross Profit: £1,581,952 (UK) (3 February 2002)
Thirteen
Thirteen
Directed by: Catherine Hardwicke
Writers: Catherine Hardwicke, Nikki Reed
Produced by: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Star cast: Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood, Nikki Reed
Setting: Los Angeles
Plot summery: At the edge of adolescence, Tracy is a smart straight-A student--if not a little naive (it seems...she smokes and she cuts to alleviate the emotional pain she suffers from having a broken home and hating her mom's boyfriend, Brady.) When she befriends Evie, the most popular and beautiful girl in school, Evie leads Tracy down a path of sex, drugs and petty crime (like stealing money from purses and from stores). As Tracy transforms herself and her identity, her world becomes a boiling, emotional cauldron fueled by new tensions between her and her mother--as well as, teachers and old friends.
Budget: Less than $1,500,000
Gross Profit: $4,599,680 (USA) (14 December 2003)
United 93
United 93
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Writers: Paul Greengrass
Produced by: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Star cast: J.J.Johnson, Gary Commock
Setting: New York, USA
Plot summery: On September, 11th 2001, four United Airlines American domestic flights are hijacked by terrorists. After the collision of two planes against the World Trade Center and one against the Pentagon, the passengers and crew of United Flight 93 unsuccessfully decide to struggle against the four terrorist to take back the control of the airplane.
Budget: Less than $15,000,000
Gross Profit: $31,471,430 (USA) (2 July 2006)
Smokin’ Aces
Smokin’ Aces
Directed by: Joe Carnahan
Writers: Jon Carnahan
Produced by: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Star cast: Ryan Reynolds, Ray Liotta
Setting: Lake Tahoe
Plot summery: Mob boss Primo Sparazza has taken out a hefty contract on Buddy "Aces" Israel, a sleazy magician who has agreed to turn state's evidence against the Vegas mob. The FBI, sensing a chance to use this small-time con to bring down big-target Sparazza, places Aces into protective custody-under the supervision of two agents dispatched to Aces' Lake Tahoe hideout. When the word of the price on Aces' head spreads into the community of ex-cons and cons-to-be, it entices bounty hunters, thugs-for-hire, deadly vixens and double-crossing mobsters to join in the hunt. With all eyes on Tahoe, this rogues' gallery collides in a comic race to hit the jackpot and rub out Aces.
Budget: Less than $17,000,000
Gross Profit: $35,662,731 (USA) (15 March 2007)
Burn After Reading
Burn After Reading
Directed by: The Coen Brothers
Writers: The Coen Brothers
Produced by: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Star cast: George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich
Setting: USA
Plot summery: Osbourne Cox, a Balkan expert, is fired at the CIA, so he begins a memoir. His wife wants a divorce and expects her lover, Harry, a philandering State Department marshal, to leave his wife. A diskette falls out of a gym bag at a Georgetown fitness center. Two employees there try to turn it into cash: Linda, who wants money for elective surgery, and Chad, an amiable goof. Information on the disc leads them to Osbourne who rejects their sales pitch; then they visit the Russian embassy. To sweeten the pot, they decide they need more of Osbourne's secrets. Meanwhile, Linda's boss likes her, and Harry's wife leaves for a book tour. All roads lead to Osbourne's house.
Budget: Less than $37,000,000
Gross Profit: $60,355,347 (USA) (25 December 2008)
My Beautiful Launderette
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Writer: Hanif Kureishi
Produced by: Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe
Star cast: Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth and Daniel Day-Lewis
Setting: The story is set in London during the period when Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister of Britain.
Plot summery: Much of the Pakistani Hussein family has settled in London, striving for the riches promised by Thatcherism. Nasser and his right hand man, Salim, have a number of small businesses and they do whatever they need to make money, even if the activities are illegal. As such, Nasser and his immediate family live more than a comfortable lifestyle, and he flaunts his riches whenever he can. Meanwhile, his brother, alcoholic Ali, once a famous journalist in Pakistan, lives in a seedy flat with his son, Omar. Ali's life in London is not as lucrative in part because of his left leaning politics, which does not mesh with the ideals of Thatcherism. To help his brother, Nasser gives Omar a job doing menial labor. Yet, Omar, with bigger plans, talks Nasser into letting him manage Nasser's run down launderette. Omar seizes what he sees as an opportunity to make the launderette a success, and employs an old friend, Johnny - who has been most recently running around with a gang of white punks - to help him. Johnny and Omar have a special relationship, but one that has gone through its ups and downs, the downs fostered by anti-immigration sentiments of white England. Omar and Johnny each have to evaluate if their ideals of success are worth it at all cost.
Budget: £650,000 (estimated) $400,000 (estimated)
Gross Profit: $2,451,545 (USA)
Wish You Were Here
Wish You Were Here
Director: David Leland
Writer: David Leland
Producers: Sarah Radclyffe
Start cast: Emily Lloyd, Tom Bell and Jesse Birdsall
Setting: Post war in a small English seaside town in the early 1950s.
Plot summery: In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual meets challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex. She eventually becomes pregnant by an acquaintance of her father.
Budget: unknown. £500,000 to £900,000 My Estimation.
Gross profit: $3,283,832 (USA)
The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski
Directed by: The Coen Brothers (Ethan and Joel)
Writers: The Coen Brothers
Produced by: Tim Bevan
Star cast: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore
Setting: Contemporary L.A.
Plot summery: When "The Dude" Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to coerce him into paying a debt he knows nothing about. While attempting to gain recompense for the ruined rug from his wealthy counterpart, he accepts a one-time job with high payoff. He enlists the help of his bowling buddy, Walter, a gun-toting Jewish-convert with anger issues. Deception leads to more trouble, and it soon seems that everyone from porn empire tycoons to nihilists want something from The Dude.
Budget: $15,000,000 (estimated)
Gross Profit: $17,439,163 (USA) (25 May 1998)
Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot
Directed by: Stephen Daldry
Writer: Lee Hall
Produced by: Charles Brand
Star cast: Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters
Setting: Set in the fictional town of 'Everington' in the real County Durham, UK,.
Plot summery: Set against the background of the 1984 Miner's Strike, Billy Elliot is an 11 year old boy who stumbles out of the boxing ring and onto the ballet floor. He faces many trials and triumphs as he strives to conquer his family's set ways, inner conflict, and standing on his toes!
Budget: $5,000,000 (estimated)
Gross Profit: $21,994,911 (USA) (27 May 2001)
Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Directed by: Shekhar Kapur
Writer: Michael Hirst
Produced by: Tim Bevan and Liza Chasin
Star cast: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston
Setting: 1558 London, England.
Plot summery: When catholic Queen Mary dies the succession goes to Elizabeth, the Protestant half-sister Mary was not prepared to execute. The new monarch finds herself surrounded by advisors, some supportive but some plotting to restore the catholic line by almost any means. She is also under pressure to marry and produce an heir, but her lover Lord Robert Dudley is not considered suitable. Elizabeth realizes she has some decisions to make, the most important being who rules England.
Budget: $25,000,000 (estimated)
Gross Profit: $30,012,990 (USA) (9 May 1999)
Fargo
Fargo
Directed by: The Coen Brothers
Writers: The Coen Brothers
Produced by: Tim Bevan
Star cast: William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Frances McDormand
Setting: Minnesota.
Plot summery: Jerry works in his father-in-law's car dealership and has gotten himself in financial problems. He tries various schemes to come up with money needed for a reason that is never really explained. It has to be assumed that his huge embezzlement of money from the dealership is about to be discovered by father-in-law. When all else falls through, plans he set in motion earlier for two men to kidnap his wife for ransom to be paid by her wealthy father (who doesn't seem to have the time of day for son-in-law). From the moment of the kidnapping, things go wrong and what was supposed to be a nonviolent affair turns bloody with more blood added by the minute. Jerry is upset at the bloodshed, which turns loose a pregnant sheriff from Brainerd, MN who is tenacious in attempting to solve the three murders in her jurisdiction.
Budget: $7,000,000 (estimated)
Gross Profit: $24,611,975 (USA) (13 May 1997)
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Directed by: Mike Newell
Writers: Richard Curtis
Produced by: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Star cast: Hugh Grant, James Fleet, Andie MacDowell
Setting: Britain
Plot summery: In Britain, slightly bumbling and always tardy Charles and his closest group of friends seem always to be attending weddings but are never the bride or groom, and as such, each, except for gay couple Gareth and Matthew, is looking for love. At the wedding of their friends Angus and Laura where Charles is acting as best man, Charles meets an American woman named Carrie. For him, it's love at first sight. She too is attracted to him. Although they spend a memorable evening together, that's all it ends up being. Over three more successive weddings - some of the brides and grooms who are very near and dear to Charles' heart - and one unfortunate funeral, Charles runs into Carrie, but something always seems to prevent the two from getting together. He also runs into a plethora of old girlfriends, one of whom he may believe is really the one he was meant to end up with, especially if Carrie seems to remain unattainable. Will Charles settle for who in his heart is second best, or will fate finally bring Charles and Carrie together?
Budget: £3,500,000
Gross Profit: $52,000,000 (USA) $244,100,000 (Worldwide)
Plunkett & Macleane
Plunkett & Macleane
Directed by: Jake Scott
Writers: Selwyn Robets
Produced by: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Star cast: Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyne, Liv Tyler
Setting: In 1748, England
Plot summery: Will Plunkett and Captain James Macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18th-century England, enter a gentlemen's agreement: They decide to rid the aristocrats of their belongings. With Plunkett's criminal knowledge and Macleane's social connections, they team up to be soon known as "The Gentlemen Highway robbers." But when one day these gentlemen hold up Lord Chief Justice Gibson's coach, Macleane instantly falls in love with his beautiful and cunning niece, Lady Rebecca Gibson. Unfortunately, Thief Taker General Chance, who also is quite fond of Rebecca, is getting closer and closer to getting both: The Gentlemen Highway robbers and Rebecca, who, needless to tell, don't want to get any closer to him. But Plunkett still has a thing to sort out with Chance, and his impulsiveness gets all of them in a little trouble.
Budget: Unknown, $1,500,000 to $30,000,000 My estimation
Gross Profit: $474,900 (USA) (31 October 1999)
Notting Hill
Notting Hill
Directed by: Roger Michell
Writers: Richard Curtis
Produced by: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Star cast: Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant
Setting: Notting Hill, London
Plot summery: Every man's dream comes true for William Thacker, an unsuccessful Notting Hill bookstore owner, when Anna Scott, the world's most beautiful woman and best-liked actress, enters his shop. A little later, he still can't believe it himself, William runs into her again - this time spilling orange juice over her. Anna accepts his offer to change in his nearby apartment, and thanks him with a kiss, which seems to surprise her even more than him. Eventually, Anna and William get to know each other better over the months, but being together with the world's most wanted woman is not easy - neither around your closest friends, nor in front of the all-devouring press.
Budget: $42,000,000
Gross Profit: $116,006,080 (USA) (3 October 1999)
Long Time Dead
Long Time Dead
Directed by: Marcus Adams
Writers: Eitan Arrusi
Produced by: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Star cast: Joe Absolom, Lara Belmont
Setting: London
Plot summery: A group of British students enbark on summoning spirits on a Ouija board after a night of clubbing. But someone breaks the link before they have finished and now a demon is trapped in their world and the only way to banish it, is for all the people who summoned it to die.
Budget: Less than $3,000,000
Gross Profit: £1,581,952 (UK) (3 February 2002)
Thirteen
Thirteen
Directed by: Catherine Hardwicke
Writers: Catherine Hardwicke, Nikki Reed
Produced by: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Star cast: Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood, Nikki Reed
Setting: Los Angeles
Plot summery: At the edge of adolescence, Tracy is a smart straight-A student--if not a little naive (it seems...she smokes and she cuts to alleviate the emotional pain she suffers from having a broken home and hating her mom's boyfriend, Brady.) When she befriends Evie, the most popular and beautiful girl in school, Evie leads Tracy down a path of sex, drugs and petty crime (like stealing money from purses and from stores). As Tracy transforms herself and her identity, her world becomes a boiling, emotional cauldron fueled by new tensions between her and her mother--as well as, teachers and old friends.
Budget: Less than $1,500,000
Gross Profit: $4,599,680 (USA) (14 December 2003)
United 93
United 93
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Writers: Paul Greengrass
Produced by: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Star cast: J.J.Johnson, Gary Commock
Setting: New York, USA
Plot summery: On September, 11th 2001, four United Airlines American domestic flights are hijacked by terrorists. After the collision of two planes against the World Trade Center and one against the Pentagon, the passengers and crew of United Flight 93 unsuccessfully decide to struggle against the four terrorist to take back the control of the airplane.
Budget: Less than $15,000,000
Gross Profit: $31,471,430 (USA) (2 July 2006)
Smokin’ Aces
Smokin’ Aces
Directed by: Joe Carnahan
Writers: Jon Carnahan
Produced by: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Star cast: Ryan Reynolds, Ray Liotta
Setting: Lake Tahoe
Plot summery: Mob boss Primo Sparazza has taken out a hefty contract on Buddy "Aces" Israel, a sleazy magician who has agreed to turn state's evidence against the Vegas mob. The FBI, sensing a chance to use this small-time con to bring down big-target Sparazza, places Aces into protective custody-under the supervision of two agents dispatched to Aces' Lake Tahoe hideout. When the word of the price on Aces' head spreads into the community of ex-cons and cons-to-be, it entices bounty hunters, thugs-for-hire, deadly vixens and double-crossing mobsters to join in the hunt. With all eyes on Tahoe, this rogues' gallery collides in a comic race to hit the jackpot and rub out Aces.
Budget: Less than $17,000,000
Gross Profit: $35,662,731 (USA) (15 March 2007)
Burn After Reading
Burn After Reading
Directed by: The Coen Brothers
Writers: The Coen Brothers
Produced by: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Star cast: George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich
Setting: USA
Plot summery: Osbourne Cox, a Balkan expert, is fired at the CIA, so he begins a memoir. His wife wants a divorce and expects her lover, Harry, a philandering State Department marshal, to leave his wife. A diskette falls out of a gym bag at a Georgetown fitness center. Two employees there try to turn it into cash: Linda, who wants money for elective surgery, and Chad, an amiable goof. Information on the disc leads them to Osbourne who rejects their sales pitch; then they visit the Russian embassy. To sweeten the pot, they decide they need more of Osbourne's secrets. Meanwhile, Linda's boss likes her, and Harry's wife leaves for a book tour. All roads lead to Osbourne's house.
Budget: Less than $37,000,000
Gross Profit: $60,355,347 (USA) (25 December 2008)
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