The Peacemaker

"In the fall of 1997, every nuclear device in the world will be accounted for...except one."

1997 2h 4m EN

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★6.1TMDB · 1,161🥫49%Rotten Tomatoes●43Metacritic★6IMDB · 65,975

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Synopsis

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When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a plot to cover up the theft of the weapons. Assigned to help her recover the missing bombs is a crack Special Forces Colonel.

“In the fall of 1997, every nuclear device in the world will be accounted for...except one.”

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Cast

George Clooney
Lt. Col. Thomas Devoe
Nicole Kidman
Dr. Julia Kelly
Marcel Iureș
Dusan Gavrich
Aleksandr Baluev
General Aleksandr Kodoroff
Rene Medvešek
Vlado Mirich
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Dimitri Vertikoff
Goran Višnjić
Bazta Sergeant
Tamara Tunie
Jody

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mimi Leder
Writers: Michael Schiffer, David Lowery, Kevin Bernhardt
Languages: English, Russian, Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $50M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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ERA

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29 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 5 languages: English, Russian, Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian.

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4 / 8

CAST

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

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Mimi Leder, shot by Dietrich Lohmann. 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 Hans Zimmer. 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 David Rosenbloom 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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George Clooney and Nicole Kidman and Marcel Iureș carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Mimi Leder directs. Dietrich Lohmann behind the camera. Hans Zimmer scores. David Rosenbloom cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Russian, Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian.

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1Mid-budget at $50M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
229 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Dialogue crosses 5 languages: English, Russian, Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian.
4214+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Mimi Leder, shot by Dietrich Lohmann. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Hans Zimmer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor David Rosenbloom shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8George Clooney and Nicole Kidman and Marcel Iureș carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "In the fall of 1997, every nuclear device in the world will be accounted for...except one.".
10IMDB entry: tt0119874 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 14 themes, including "helicopter", "politics", "nuclear missile", "bridge".
12Released under 15 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Dietrich Lohmann
Original score: Hans Zimmer
Editing: David Rosenbloom
Production design: Leslie Dilley
Makeup / hair: Beatrix Dollingerová
VFX supervisor: Michael Backes
Sound: Adam Sawelson
Stunt coordinator: G.A. Aguilar
Runtime: 124 min · 2h 4m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $50,000,000
Box office: $110,463,140
Return: 221% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Peacemaker (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes: 49% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 43/100
IMDB rating: 6/10 · 65,975 votes
MPAA: R

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CinemaSerf2022-09-03
★ 6/10
Well at least there is some eye candy - George Clooney is at his most alluring. Otherwise, this is really all rather a dull and unremarkable thrill-free thriller that follows the antics of an American colonel "Devoe" and his handler "Kelly" (Nicole Kidman). He is a special intelligence officer, she a scientific expert at the White House - and both are concerned following a nuclear accident on board a train in Russia. Was it an accident? What happened to the warheads that were being transported? Is this a state sponsored bit of warmongering, or have the Kremlin got some rogues to deal with? Of course it falls to our not very dynamic duo to thwart the dastardly plan before the United Nations itself becomes a target. It's got all the usual ingredients - political machinations in Washington, Vienna comes in for quite a pummelling and, of course, there are pyrotechnics too - but the whole film is just too derivative. It smacks of a weak "James Bond" style affair, only without the gadgets or the power ballad. The supporting cast are adequate, and from the looks of it pretty local to the Macedonian location filming, but that authenticity does nothing to augment the pretty stilted dialogue and at over two hours, the largely lethargic pace of the whole thing. Clooney looks the part, Kidman looks uncertain and frankly, a little bored. I now how she felt.

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