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Review: Katie Holmes & Luke Kirby In Bipolar Disorder Drama ‘Touched With Fire’

The Playlist Staff — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 22:05:46 +0000

Review: Katie Holmes & Luke Kirby In Bipolar Disorder Drama 'Touched With Fire'

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Trailer For Anton Corbijn’s ‘The American’ Starring George Clooney Debuts

Edward Davis — Mon, 03 May 2010 23:39:00 +0000

Here’s good evidence of a studio — unlike say, Warner Bros. and “Jonah Hex” — not being scared to show a trailer several months in advance of its release date (instead of just about 4-5 weeks out in that D.C. Comics film adaptation).

Anton Corbijn‘s follow-up to “Control” (the Ian Curtis biopic), “The American” starring George Clooney, isn’t due in theaters until September 3, 2010, but a trailer has already arrived.

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Anton Corbijn’s ‘The American’ Is Complete, Ready For Test Screenings

Rodrigo Perez — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:04:00 +0000

Good news for those of you — like us — who appreciate the mid-budgeted adult drama (please don’t go the way of the dodo bird). The Anton Corbijn-directed, Rowan Joffe-penned suspense thriller “The American”is locked and ready for test screenings according to Corbijn himself (via Rope of Silicon). In case you’ve forgotten this one, we’ve covered “The American” several times in the past, when it was still titled“A Very Private Gentleman.” Based on the novel by Martin Booth, the film stars George Clooney as an assassin hiding out in Italy, biding time for a final hit while taking on a false identity as a painter.

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Anton Corbijn’s ‘Gentleman’ With George Clooney Changes Title To ‘The American’

Rodrigo Perez — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:08:00 +0000

Most of this is old information, but several publications are treating this like it’s a new story for some reason. Be wary of those that fall hook line and sinker for the press release.

Back in May it was announced that Anton Corbijn, whose debut feature film was the Joy Division biopic, “Control,” would direct “A Very Private Gentleman,” for Focus Features, with George Clooney in the lead role.

This is still the case, only now the film, a Rowan Joffe adaptation of a Martin Booth novel, is now imaginatively called, “The American.”

It’s essentially a “creepy psychological suspense” story that follows an assassin (Clooney) “to a rural village in southern Italy where he poses as… a quiet artist who paints miniatures of butterflies and has traveled to the area to capture a unique native specimen.” He has one more assignment to carry out, but of course romantic entanglements and local friendships complicate his task.

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