The Saint (1997)

Regisseur:

Phillip Noyce

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Leslie Charteris (character)
Jonathan Hensleigh (story)

Premierendatum:

4. April 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Romanze | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Werbezeile:

Cunning. Devious. Dangerous. Treacherous.

Plot:

Simon Templar has no real family, no real home and Simon Templar isn't even his real name. Yet Simon Templar ...

Plot Keywords:

Electronic Music | Undressing Scene | Theme Song | Former Soviet Union | Political

Filmpreise:

1 win & 2 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Am I the only one to like it?

Besetzung

Val Kilmer	...	Simon Templar
Elisabeth Shue	...	Dr. Emma Russell
Rade Serbedzija	...	Ivan Tretiak
Valeri Nikolayev	...	Ilya Tretiak (as Valery Nikolaev)
Henry Goodman	...	Dr. Lev Botvin
Alun Armstrong	...	Inspector Teal
Michael Byrne	...	Vereshagin, Tretiak's Aide
Yevgeni Lazarev	...	President Karpov (as Evgeny Lazarev)
Irina Apeksimova	...	Frankie (as Irina Apeximova)
Lev Prygunov	...	General Sklarov (as Lev Prigunov)
Charlotte Cornwell	...	Inspector Rabineau
Emily Mortimer	...	Woman on Plane
Lucija Serbedzija	...	Russian Prostitute
Velibor Topic	...	Skinhead
Tommy Flanagan	...	Scarface

Alternativ:

Mann ohne Namen, Der (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for action violence, brief strong language, some sensuality and drug content.

Länge:

116 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch | Russisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Rankcolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Altersfreigabe:

Philippines:PG-13 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Germany:12 | Ireland:12 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario)

Drehorte:

Foreign Affairs Ministry building, Moscow, Russia

Firma:

Paramount Pictures

Dies und das:

Ralph Fiennes was offered $1 million to take the lead.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: In the middle of the airport lounge, Simon orders a cup of coffee, which is then delivered to him 2 seconds later by the same waitress.

Dialogzitate:

Simon Templar: Emma!
Emma Russell: Hi.
Simon Templar: I-I'm overwhelmed. You found me.
Emma Russell: It wasn't very hard.

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Soundtrack:

6 Underground (Nellee Hooper Edit)

Am I the only one to like it?

I liked this movie. Not as "The Saint" but as an elaborate action movie with a twist. Val Kilmer bears nothing in him that even gets close to Roger Moore's character - but if you look away from that and try to see it as an ordinary film, it's really good.

First of all, Val Kilmer performs fairly well, despite his weird accents. I really liked his artist type guy who seduces Emma Russell, he was great fun.

As for the story, well...I didn't bother to check for anomalies, I knew I'd find plenty. I only have two more things to say:

1. Elisabeth Shue is absolutely stunningly beautiful in this film.

2. The cool car that we only get to see a few seconds is a Volvo C70, a worthy replacement for the Volvo P1800 that Moore's Saint drove around in.