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Released 16 years ago.
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Fair Game
"Wife. Mother. Spy."
2010 1h 48m EN
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6.5
SOLID
★6.5TMDB · 884
DramaThriller
Synopsis
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A devoted wife and mother leads a secret life as a CIA agent until her husband’s article exposes a scandal, putting her identity and loved ones at risk. As her world crumbles, she must navigate the fallout of her double life.
“Wife. Mother. Spy.”
Cast
Naomi Watts
Valerie Plame
Sean Penn
Joseph Wilson
Sam Shepard
Sam Plame
Noah Emmerich
Bill
Michael Kelly
Jack
Bruce McGill
Jim Pavitt
David Andrews
Scooter Libby
Tim Griffin
Paul
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Doug Liman
- Writers
- John-Henry Butterworth, Jez Butterworth
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America, United Arab Emirates
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WORLD
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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, United Arab Emirates.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Doug Liman, shot by Doug Liman. 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 John Powell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Christopher Tellefsen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Naomi Watts and Sean Penn and Sam Shepard carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Wife. Mother. Spy.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0977855 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Doug Liman directs. Doug Liman behind the camera. John Powell scores. Christopher Tellefsen cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America, United Arab Emirates. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 16 years ago.
- 2International production across 2 countries: United States of America, United Arab Emirates.
- 3Directed by Doug Liman, shot by Doug Liman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by John Powell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Editor Christopher Tellefsen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Naomi Watts and Sean Penn and Sam Shepard carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "Wife. Mother. Spy.".
- 8IMDB entry: tt0977855 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Released under 12 different titles around the world.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Doug Liman
- Original score
- John Powell
- Editing
- Christopher Tellefsen
- Production design
- Jess Gonchor
- Costume design
- Cindy Evans
- Makeup / hair
- Amanda Miller
- Stunt coordinator
- G.A. Aguilar
- Runtime
- 108 min · 1h 48m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $22,000,000
- Box office
- $25,806,953
- Return
- 117% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- PG-13
- IMDB
- Fair Game (2010)
Also by
Doug Liman
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Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
River Road Entertainment
US
Participant
US
- FA
Fair Game Productions
Dillywood
US
- HY
Hypnotic
Weed Road Pictures
US
- ZU
Zucker Productions
US
Image Nation Studios
AE
Key crew
- Associate ProducerSean Gesell
- BookJoseph Wilson
- Line ProducerCarson Ng
- Executive ProducerMohamed Khalaf Al-Mazrouei
- Line ProducerWesam Seif Elislam
- Line ProducerBruce Wayne Gillies
- Line ProducerAnadil Hossain
- BookValerie Plame
- Co-ProducerAvram Ludwig
- Line ProducerPete Singh
- Executive ProducerJeff Skoll
- Key Hair StylistAmanda Miller
- Associate ProducerGerry Robert Byrne
- Makeup Department HeadMichal Bigger
- HairstylistLisa Hazell
- Stunt CoordinatorG.A. Aguilar
- Stunt CoordinatorPeter Bucossi
- ProducerDoug Liman
- EditorChristopher Tellefsen
- Costume DesignCindy Evans
- Production DesignJess Gonchor
- ProducerJez Butterworth
- Co-ProducerDavid Sigal
- Executive ProducerMari-Jo Winkler
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- politician
- iraq
- nuclear scientist
- duringcreditsstinger
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2010-05-20PG-13
Also known as
International titles
- Fair Game - Caccia alla spiaIT
- Честная играRU
- Jogo de PoderBR
- Juego de traicionesES
- Joc corectRO
- Caza a la espíaES
- 众矢之的CN
- 公平游戏CN
- Fair Game - Nichts ist gefährlicher als die WahrheitDE
- بازی عادلانهIR
- بازی سیاستIR
- قربانی سیاستIR
