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| Plot | |
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Silvia Broome (Nicole Kidman) is an interpreter working at the United Nations in New York. She was raised in the Republic of Matobo, a fictional African country, but has dual citizenship.
The United Nations is considering indicting Edmond Zuwanie (Earl Cameron), president of Matobo, to stand trial in the International Criminal Court. Initially a liberator, over the past 20 years he has become as corrupt and tyrannical as the government he overthrew, and is now responsible for ethnic cleansing and other atrocities within Matobo. Zuwanie is soon to visit the United Nations and put forward his own case to the General Assembly, in an attempt to avoid the indictment.
A security scare forces the evacuation of the UN building, and Silvia returns at night to reclaim some personal belongings. At that time she overhears discussion of an assassination plot, and runs scared from the building when those discussing the plot become aware of her presence. The next day, Silvia recognizes words in a meeting where she is interpreting from phrases she overheard the night before, and reports the incident to UN security; the target of the plot appears to be Zuwanie himself. They, in turn, call in the United States Secret Service, who assign Tobin Keller (Sean Penn) and Dot Woods (Catherine Keener) to investigate, as well as protect Zuwanie when he arrives. Keller learns that Silvia has, in the past, been involved in a Matoban guerrilla group, that her parents and sister were killed by land mines laid by Zuwanie's men, and that she has dated one of Zuwanie's political opponents. Although Keller is suspicious of Silvia's story, the two grow close and Keller ends up protecting her from attacks on her person. Silvia later finds that her brother Simon and her lover Xola were killed (as shown in the opening scene). The purported assassin is discovered while Zuwanie is in the middle of his address to the General Assembly, and security personnel rush Zuwanie to a safe room for his protection. Silvia, anticipating this, has been hiding in the safe room, and confronts Zuwanie and intends to kill him herself. Keller determines that the assassination plot is a false flag operation created by Zuwanie to gain credibility that his rivals are terrorists and to deter potential supporters of his removal. Keller rushes to the safe room and arrives just in time to prevent Silvia from murdering Zuwanie. Zuwanie is indicted, and Silvia is expelled from the USA, returning home to Matobo soon afterwards.
[edit] Tags:Nicole Kidman,Sean Penn,Catherine Keener,United Nations,New York,Republic,Fictional,Indicting,Earl Cameron,International Criminal Court,Ethnic Cleansing,General Assembly,Assassination,United States Secret Service,Guerrilla Group,False Flag,Murdering, | |
| Production | |
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The Interpreter was shot almost entirely in New York City. The opening sequence was shot in Mozambique with a support crew made up largely of South African nationals.
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| Filming in UN buildings | |
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The Interpreter is the first movie ever filmed inside the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council chambers (though the 1953 Columbia movie The Glass Wall includes genuine interior and exterior sequences). Other earlier films used only the exteriors or were filmed back when the buildings were under construction (and did not really have an "inside"). The producers approached the U.N. about filming there before, but their request was turned down. The production would have relocated to Toronto with a constructed set; however, this would have substantially increased costs, and so Sydney Pollack approached then-Secretary-General Kofi Annan directly, and personally negotiated permission to film inside the United Nations. Annan commented on The Interpreter that "the intention was really to do something dignified, something that is honest and reflects the work that this Organization does. And it is with that spirit that the producers and the directors approached their work, and I hope you will all agree they have done that."
Because the Security Council can call an emergency meeting at any time with three hours notice, the film crew had to take into account that they could be asked to leave almost immediately.
Ambassadors at the United Nations had hoped to appear in the film, but actors were asked to play the roles of diplomats. Spain's UN Ambassador Inocencio Arias jokingly complained that his "opportunity to have a nomination for the Oscar next year went away because of some stupid regulation."[1]
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| Matobo and Ku | |
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The country "Republic of Matobo" and its corresponding constructed language "Ku" were created for this film. The director of the Centre for African Language Learning in England, Said el-Gheithy, was commissioned in January 2004 to create Ku. Ku is based on Bantu languages spoken in Eastern and Southern Africa, and is a cross between Swahili and Shona, with some unique elements.
The tagline for the film, "The truth needs no translation.", in Ku is Angota ho ne njumata.
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| Cast | |
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Nicole Kidman as Silvia Broome
Sean Penn as Tobin Keller
Catherine Keener as Dot Woods
Jesper Christensen as Nils Lud
Yvan Attal as Philippe
Earl Cameron as Edmond Zuwanie
George Harris as Kuman-Kuman
Michael Wright as Marcus
Clyde Kusatsu as Police Chief Lee Wu
Eric Keenleyside as Rory Robb
Hugo Speer as Simon Broome
Maz Jobrani as Mo
Yusuf Gatewood as Doug
Sydney Pollack as Jay Pettigrew
Curtiss Cook as Ajene Xola
Byron Utley as Jean Gamba
[edit] Tags:Jesper Christensen,Yvan Attal,George Harris,Michael Wright,Clyde Kusatsu,Eric Keenleyside,Hugo Speer,Maz Jobrani,Yusuf Gatewood,Curtiss Cook,Byron Utley, | |
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There are strong parallels between President Robert Mugabe and the character Dr. Zuwanie in the film, as well as between Matobo and Zimbabwe – which banned the film after it had been shown in the country. The parallels include:
Both Robert Mugabe and Zuwanie were once respected freedom-fighters.
In real life, President Mugabe had ruled Zimbabwe for 25 years when the movie was released. The movie's Zuwanie had been in power for 23 years.
Australia and New Zealand are pushing for President Mugabe to be indicted by the UN Security Council for trial before the International Criminal Court on charges of crimes against humanity; Zuwanie is indicted by the UN Security Council for trial before the International Criminal Court on charges of crimes against humanity.
Both President Mugabe and Zuwanie were teachers before being involved with politics.
President Mugabe tends to wave his fist; Zuwanie his gun.
President Mugabe hired Ari Ben-Menashe, who claimed to be an ex-Israeli secret service agent, to arrange an assassination attempt which would see Morgan Tsvangirai tried for treason. Zuwanie is portrayed as arranging for a Dutch former mercenary to arrange an assassination attempt on him, since – as described in the film – "a nearly-assassinated president gains credibility and sticks around to enjoy it."
President Mugabe has a preoccupation with the British and frequently accused Tony Blair of trying to unseat him. Zuwanie thinks the French are doing the same.
The flag of Matobo bears a strong resemblance to the flag of Zimbabwe.
Zuwanie is the dictator of the fictional country of Matobo, an apparent reference to Matobo National Park in Zimbabwe.
The film has a scene where there is a demonstration against Zuwanie at the UN; one of the anti-Zuwanie demonstrators is holding a poster with the open-handed symbol of the main opposition party in Zimbabwe: the Movement for Democratic Change.
Zimbabwe's government has itself spotted the parallels between Mugabe and Zuwanie.[2]
In September 2005, the Herald, a government-controlled newspaper in Harare, Zimbabwe, attacked the film, calling it an anti-Zimbabwean work supported by the CIA. The film has been approved for release and distribution inside the country by the country's official censorship board. Acting Minister of Information and Publicity Chen Chimutengwende said, "The CIA-backed film showed that Zimbabwe's enemies did not rest. They have resources and are determined to wage their war on the economic, social and cultural fronts. The names of the main character in the film are Shona," Mr Chimutengwende said, referring to Zimbabwe's main ethnic group to which President Mugabe belongs. "The film talks about an African president going to the United Nations and our president is going to the UN next week so the connection is so obvious," he said. "But we will defeat them and we will defeat neo-colonialism. We have defeated a powerful enemy before which was colonialism," he said. Tafataona Mahoso, chairman of the Zimbabwe government Media and Information Commission, said it was "cheap American and Rhodesian propaganda . . . typical of the tactics used during the Cold War."
Zimdaily.com reported on 23 September 2005 that the President's Office had issued an interdict banning screening of The Interpreter. The interdict, seen by Zimdaily, stated that the film is "mischievous" and a "subtle denigration of our head of State by the Bush administration and the CIA." It states that screening the film risks contravening Section 13(1)(A) as read with subsection (6) of the Censorship and Entertainment Control Act, and that it is in contravention of the Public Order and Security Act, which outlaws communicating statements deemed to undermine the head of State.
Zimbabwe's government also linked the film to efforts by Australia and New Zealand to have Mugabe indicted by the UN Security Council for trial before the International Criminal Court on charges of crimes against humanity.
[edit] Tags:Robert Mugabe,Zimbabwe,Ari Ben-menashe,Morgan Tsvangirai,Tony Blair,Flag Of Zimbabwe,Matobo National Park,Movement For Democratic Change,Newspaper,Harare,Cia,Un Security Council,Crimes Against Humanity, | |
| Box office | |
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The picture was #1 In its opening weekend. According to Box Office Mojo, The Interpreter had a domestic gross of $72,708,161 and an international tally of $90,236,762, bringing the picture's worldwide gross to $162,944,923 versus an $80 million budget, so the film was considered a box office success.
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| Awards | |
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In 2005, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association awarded Catherine Keener as Best Supporting Actress, for her parts in several films including The Interpreter.
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| See also | |
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Ku (language)
United Nations
United Nations General Assembly
United Nations Interpreters
Matobo National Park
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| References | |
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^ Diplomats' movie hopes dashed
^ "Zimbabwe accuses CIA of film plot". BBC news. 5 September 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4216168.stm. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
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Official website
The Interpreter at the Internet Movie Database
The Interpreter at AllRovi
The Interpreter at Rotten Tomatoes
The Interpreter at Metacritic
The Interpreter at Box Office Mojo
Comments of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan o n 'The Interpreter'
Reception Held at UN Headquarters for Film "The Interpreter", UN.org, April 23, 2004, retrieved on May 31, 2007
Press Conference: Filming of "The Interpreter" at UN Headquarters, UN.org, March 9, 2004, retrieved on May 31, 2007
Dialogue transcript of The Interpreter
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This Property Is Condemned (1966)
The Scalphunters (1968)
Castle Keep (1969)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
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The Way We Were (1973)
The Yakuza (1975)
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Bobby Deerfield (1977)
The Electric Horseman (1979)
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Absence of Malice (1981)
Tootsie (1982)
Out of Africa (1985)
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The Firm (1993)
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Random Hearts (1999)
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