Duplicity

"She's ex-CIA. He's ex-MI6. Together they're stealing a fortune."

2009 2h 5m EN

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5.9

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★5.9TMDB · 900

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Two romantically involved government operatives Claire Stenwick and Ray Koval team up to manipulate a race between opposing corporations to corner the market on a medical innovation that will reap huge profits and allow them to lead an extravagant lifestyle together. They find themselves on opposing sides as corporate spies; however, as they each try to outdo the other, neither one can decide how far to trust the other in this high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse.

“She's ex-CIA. He's ex-MI6. Together they're stealing a fortune.”

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Cast

Julia Roberts
Claire Stenwick
Clive Owen
Ray Koval
Tom Wilkinson
Howard Tully
Paul Giamatti
Richard Garsik
Tom McCarthy
Jeff Bauer
Denis O'Hare
Duke Monahan
Kathleen Chalfant
Pam Frailes
Wayne Duvall
Ned Guston

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tony Gilroy
Writers: Tony Gilroy
Languages: English, German, Russian, Spanish
Countries: Germany, United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $60M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, German, Russian, Spanish.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Germany, United States of America.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tony Gilroy, shot by Robert Elswit. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by James Newton Howard. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor John Gilroy shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Julia Roberts and Clive Owen and Tom Wilkinson carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Tony Gilroy directs. Robert Elswit behind the camera. James Newton Howard scores. John Gilroy cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Germany, United States of America. Dialogue in English, German, Russian, Spanish.

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1Mid-budget at $60M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Released 17 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, German, Russian, Spanish.
4International production across 2 countries: Germany, United States of America.
5Directed by Tony Gilroy, shot by Robert Elswit. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by James Newton Howard. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor John Gilroy shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Julia Roberts and Clive Owen and Tom Wilkinson carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "She's ex-CIA. He's ex-MI6. Together they're stealing a fortune.".
10IMDB entry: tt1135487 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 10 themes, including "love affair", "cat and mouse", "opposition", "con game".

The technical file

Cinematography: Robert Elswit
Original score: James Newton Howard
Editing: John Gilroy
Production design: Kevin Thompson
Makeup / hair: Chris Bingham
VFX supervisor: Alan E. Bell
Sound: Michael Barry
Stunt coordinator: Jery Hewitt
Runtime: 125 min · 2h 5m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $60,000,000
Box office: $78,176,181
Return: 130% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Duplicity (2009)

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Andre Gonzales2023-07-10
★ 5/10
Kind of a dumb movie. They were trying to commit espionage but failed. Even if it worked it was still a boring movie with no results.
CinemaSerf2024-06-09
★ 6/10
This is a bit of a mess. It centres around the antics of former CIA operative "Claire" (Julia Roberts) and her ex-MI6 equivalent "Ray" (Clive Owen) who had a very brief dalliance five years earlier that saw him with an hangover and some egg on his face. Now, employed in the private sector, he encounters her at Grand Central station in New York whilst he is on a job only to discover that she is still in the same line of work too - and it's industrial secrets being bartered this time. They both know that a ground-breaking announcement is due imminently, so conclude that maybe the best plan is for them to do some of thieving for themselves and pocket a cool $35 million. The thing is that even though their romance is burgeoning, they still don't quite trust each other - and neither do we. Nor, I have to say, did I really care. Roberts tries quite hard here but Owen only ever really had eye-candy value and here is little different. Tom Wilkinson sports an unnecessary American accent as the owner of the magic formula and Paul Giamatti appears sparingly as the man determined to pinch it, but once we get the gist of the premiss the thing just recycles itself and for the next two hours we sort of keep going round the same block. The story is quite weakly written with some fairly formulaic attempts at comedy and a denouement that is hardly a surprise if you're still remotely paying attention. Perhaps it might have worked better with a stronger leading man but...