Allied

"The enemy is listening."

2016 2h 4m EN

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6.8

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★6.8TMDB · 4,909

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In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.

“The enemy is listening.”

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Cast

Brad Pitt
Max Vatan
Marion Cotillard
Marianne Beauséjour
Jared Harris
Frank Heslop
Simon McBurney
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Lizzy Caplan
Bridget Vatan
Daniel Betts
George Kavanagh
Matthew Goode
Guy Sangster
Camille Cottin
Monique

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writers: Steven Knight
Languages: Arabic, English, French, German
Countries: China, United States of America

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MONEY

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$106M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Arabic, English, French, German.

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WORLD

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

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CAST

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257+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Robert Zemeckis, shot by Don Burgess. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Alan Silvestri. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Robert Zemeckis directs. Don Burgess behind the camera. Alan Silvestri scores. Mick Audsley cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in China, United States of America. Dialogue in Arabic, English, French, German.

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1$106M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Released 10 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Arabic, English, French, German.
4International production across 2 countries: China, United States of America.
5257+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Robert Zemeckis, shot by Don Burgess. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Alan Silvestri. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Mick Audsley shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard and Jared Harris carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "The enemy is listening.".
11IMDB entry: tt3640424 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 12 themes, including "nazi", "resistance", "spy", "world war ii".

The technical file

Cinematography: Don Burgess
Original score: Alan Silvestri
Editing: Mick Audsley
Production design: Gary Freeman
Costume design: Joanna Johnston
Makeup / hair: Daniel Phillips
VFX supervisor: Kevin Baillie
Sound: Jeremy Bowker
Stunt coordinator: Mark Southworth
Runtime: 124 min · 2h 4m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $106,000,000
Box office: $119,520,023
Return: 113% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Allied (2016)

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Reno2017-02-26
★ 9/10
Marriage made in the field never work! This is definitely among the top five films of the year. But the sad part is the Oscars snub. Nominated for Costume Design, but I expected the Best Actor, Actress, and particularly Original Screenplay and Motion Picture. This amazing spy thriller-drama was directed by Robert Zemeckis of many popular flicks. The best casting in the recent films and visually so good of those 40s atmosphere, like it be the war or the society. This is the story of two spies from different nation who meet in Casablanca for a mission. Pretending to be a newly wed couple, soon they enter the real wedlock. The rest of the tale follows a couple of years later when a big question arises, in that they have to prove their innocence. Failing it could lead them to a serious consequence. So the narration filled with suspense and thriller takes over with a greater pace till the end. Obviously the film was long, but I did not mind or I could say I did not know how the two hours went on so quickly. Engaging plot kept me my focus on the screen. As we know, all these years the Oscars turned down the best performance recognitions, including this one for Brad. Before going to watch this film, I thought it was another World War II film which might be inspired by the real. But it was not. Takes place in the background of the same war, but this is a spy film. And their personal life and profession, how one another influences is what revealed. Now I don't know when such kind of a great spy thriller I'm going to watch next. I think it is massively underrated, especially stupid film critics and their takes on it was unbelievably wrong. I surely, highly recommend it. 9/10
GenerationofSwine2023-01-14
★ 10/10
Marion Cotillard, yeah, she's one of those people that you know you've seen her before but you can't exactly place her and it tortures you for the duration of the film. She also looks so much like she was actually from The Greatest Generation that she's probably one of those actors that can morph with every role she's in. And, looking at her on IMDB, I've actually seen her more than I thought I had. At any rate, she blends well with the era...but, unfortunately, Pitt looks less from the times than he did in his other WWII movies, which is odd given how he can blend as well. I guess the producers wanted to feature him more for the draw of Brad Pitt. In either case, it is a suspenseful and emotional film and one that will sit among the better spy movies ever made. It's low key, the action and the violence is down played to the point where it's far removed from Bond and comes across as a very straight spy thriller. In other words it's the type of movie we unfortunately don't see enough of these days, subtle and straight. It's a movie that is based around the characters, the script, and the acting more than special effects and because of that it's easy to get involved emotionally with the plot and the people, even if it does move a bit faster than I would have liked. Overall, it's a breath of fresh air in the era of the MCU and over-the-top effects and it pays off in the end from pure emotion. You can't get much better.