The Interpreter (2005)

Director:

Sydney Pollack

Writers (WGA):

Martin Stellman (story) &
Brian Ward (story) ...
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Release Date:

22 April 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

The truth needs no translation.

Plot:

Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a US Secret Service agent (Penn) is assigned to investigate an interpreter (Kidman) who overhears an assassination plot.

Plot Keywords:

Hospice | Political Thriller | Political | Freeze Frame | Assassination Attempt

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Nicole Kidman	...	Silvia Broome
Sean Penn	...	Tobin Keller
Catherine Keener	...	Dot Woods
Jesper Christensen	...	Nils Lud
Yvan Attal	...	Philippe
Earl Cameron	...	Dr. Edmond Zuwanie
George Harris	...	Kuman-Kuman
Michael Wright	...	Marcus
Clyde Kusatsu	...	Police Chief Lee Wu
Eric Keenleyside	...	Rory Robb
Hugo Speer	...	Simon Broome
Maz Jobrani	...	Mo
Yusuf Gatewood	...	Doug
Curtiss Cook	...	Ajene Xola (as Curtiss I'Cook)
Byron Utley	...	Jean Gamba
Robert Clohessy	...	FBI Agent King
Terry Serpico	...	FBI Agent Lewis
David Wolos-Fonteno	...	Phillip Ostroff (as David Fonteno)
John Knox	...	Fred Jameson
David Zayas	...	Charlie Russell
Lynne Deragon	...	American Ambassador Davis
Christopher Evan Welch	...	Jonathan Williams
Manuel Mawele	...	African Boy
Dino Mulima	...	African Boy
Litto	...	African Boy
Adrian Martinez	...	Roland
Tsai Chin	...	Luan
Francine Roussel	...	Isobel
Enid Graham	...	Jenny
Lou Ferguson	...	Matoban Ambassador
Okwui Okpokwasili	...	Tour Guide
Vladimir Bibic	...	G.A. President
Jacques Sebag	...	French Ambassador
Pietro Gonzales	...	Chilean Ambassador
Patrick Ssenjovu	...	Jad Jamal
Michael McGrath	...	Jonathan Ferris (as Michael Patrick McGrath)
Paul De Sousa	...	Portuguese Janitor
Chris McKinney	...	Forensic Officer
Martha Elliott	...	Woman on Bus
Jim Ward	...	U.N. Security Officer
Trevor Archer	...	U.N. Security Officer
Ricardo Walker	...	U.N. Security Officer
Harry O'Reilly	...	U.N. Security Officer
Kirby Mitchell	...	U.N. Security Officer
Ramsey Faragallah	...	Polygraph Technician
Guy A. Fortt	...	UN Security Officer (as Guy Fortt)
John Di Benedetto	...	Mechanic
Bridget L. Doerksen	...	Stripper
Ana Maria Lupo	...	Stripper
Nelson Landrieu	...	Spanish Speaking Interpreter
Leonid Citer	...	Russian Interpreter
Satish Joshi	...	Secretary General
Sophie Traub	...	Young Silvia
Monty Ashton-Lewis	...	Young Simon
Pat Kiernan	...	Himself
Margot Staub	...	News Reporter
Harry Prichett	...	News Reporter
Ed Onipede Blunt	...	News Reporter
Diane Winter	...	British Airways Ticket Agent
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jacqueline Lovell	...	Extra (unconfirmed)
Ernest Alexis	...	United Nations Protester (uncredited)
Gerry Robert Byrne	...	U.N. Tourist (uncredited)
Wayne Chang	...	Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
Greg D'Agostino	...	U.N. Security Officer (uncredited)
Mike Dobbins	...	U.N. Protestor (uncredited)
Joe Dolinsky	...	Peruvian Diplomat (uncredited)
Dana Eskelson	...	Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
Marshall Factora	...	Prime Minister at Strip Club (uncredited)
Eli Harris	...	Secretary of Staff (uncredited)
Jossara Jinaro	...	Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Lovari	...	Cook (uncredited)
Shawn Luckey	...	U.N. Delegate (uncredited)
Arthur Lupetti	...	United Nations delegate (uncredited)
Todd Malta	...	Sgt. Luper (uncredited)
Denis McKeown	...	Delegate from Luxembourg (uncredited)
Lisa Marie Palmieri	...	UN VIP Delegate (uncredited)
Gloria Parks	...	Protester (uncredited)
Rose Pasquale	...	Barfly (uncredited)
Sydney Pollack	...	Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
Americo Presciutti	...	U.N. Security (uncredited)
Dawn Ressy	...	United Nations Delegate (uncredited)
Antonio Saillant	...	UN Official (uncredited)
Tracey Silver	...	Azerbaijan Delegate (uncredited)
Ronald Sylvers	...	Passenger on bus (uncredited)
Joe Wissler	...	Uzbeki Delegate (uncredited)
Shane Wright	...	Passenger on bus (uncredited)
Scott Yannick	...	U.N. Security- Advanced Team (uncredited)

Directed by
Sydney Pollack

Writing credits (WGA)
Martin Stellman		(story) &
Brian Ward		(story)
Charles Randolph		(screenplay) and
Scott Frank		(screenplay) and
Steven Zaillian		(screenplay)

Produced by
Tim Bevan	....	producer
G. Mac Brown	....	executive producer
Liza Chasin	....	co-producer
Eric Fellner	....	producer
Debra Hayward	....	co-producer
Anthony Minghella	....	executive producer
Kevin Misher	....	producer
Nicci Perrow	....	co-producer: Moonlighting
Sydney Pollack	....	executive producer
Michael E. Steele	....	co-producer: U.S. (as Michael Steele)
Jennifer J. Thomas	....	line producer: additional photography (as Jennifer Thomas)

Original Music by
James Newton Howard

Cinematography by
Darius Khondji		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
William Steinkamp

Casting by
Ellen Lewis
Juliet Taylor

Production Design by
Jon Hutman

Art Direction by
W. Steven Graham		(supervising art director)
Zack Grobler
Tom Warren

Set Decoration by
Beth A. Rubino		(as Beth Rubino)

Costume Design by
Sarah Edwards

Makeup Department
Qodi Armstrong	....	hair stylist
Angel De Angelis	....	key hair stylist
Felice Diamond	....	makeup artist
Patricia Grande	....	hair stylist
Beverly House	....	makeup artist: Africa (as Beverley House)
Don Kozma	....	makeup artist: Mr. Penn (as Donald Kozma)
Craig Lyman	....	makeup artist
Bernadette Mazur	....	key makeup artist
Robert McCann	....	hair stylist: Ms. Kidman
Robert McCann	....	makeup artist: Ms. Kidman
Melissa Slabbert	....	hair stylist: Africa
Laurel Van Dyke	....	hair stylist: Mr. Penn

Production Management
Carol Cuddy	....	unit production manager
Ruth Hasty	....	post-production supervisor
João Ribeiro	....	production manager
Michelle Wright	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ferdi Burger	....	second assistant director: Africa
Chris DeAngelis	....	dga trainee
David M. Dunlap	....	second unit director
Betsy Friedman	....	additional second assistant director
Craig Haagensen	....	second unit director
Stephen E. Hagen	....	second assistant director (as Stephen Hagen)
Tudor Jones	....	second second assistant director
Kathleen E. Kearney	....	additional second assistant director
Eric Richard Lasko	....	additional second assistant director
David McGiffert	....	first assistant director
Andrea O'Connor	....	additional second assistant director
Michael E. Steele	....	first assistant director: Africa (as Michael Steele)
Adam T. Weisinger	....	additional second assistant director

Art Department
Philip Da Rocha Antunes	....	art department assistant
JoAnn Atwood	....	on-set dresser
Jimena Azula	....	art production assistant
Anthony Baldasare	....	assistant property master
Susan A. Burig	....	graphic designer
Diana Burton	....	property master
Stephen Caldwell	....	scenic artist
Shannon Canfield	....	set dresser
William Cheng	....	set designer
Paul Cheponis	....	assistant set decorator
Amiee Clark	....	art department coordinator
John Davis	....	storyboard artist
Jonathan Davis	....	art apprentice (as Jon Davis)
Brent Godek	....	set dresser
Regina Graves	....	buyer
Michael D. Harrell	....	props
Joanna Hartell	....	set dresser
Doug Huszti	....	assistant art director
Syndey Huynh	....	set decorating tracker
Timothy Joliat	....	set dresser
Adam Jones	....	scenic shopman
Hinju Kim	....	assistant art director
Marion Kolsby	....	assistant art director
Ana Lombardo	....	property assistant
Paulo Luis	....	swing team leader
Jennifer Massi	....	art department assistant
Eric M. Metzger	....	set dresser
Timothy Metzger	....	leadman
Gifford Meyer	....	set dresser
Lyvan A. Munlyn	....	scenic foreman
Meghan Murray	....	art department assistant
Ken Nelson	....	construction coordinator
Garry Pastore	....	set dresser
Chuck Potter	....	assistant set decorator
Matthew Rignanese	....	construction manager
Jeffrey Rollins	....	set dresser
Maggie Ryan	....	scenic artist foreman
James Sadek	....	shop craft foreman
Rodney Sterbenz	....	set dresser
Samuel J. Tell	....	buyer
Robert Topol	....	master scenic artist
M. Tony Trotta	....	camera scenic artist
Joan Winters	....	graphic designer
Dan Yarhi	....	art director: pre-production
Rosalie Russino	....	scenic artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Michael Babcock	....	sound effects editor
Benjamin Beardwood	....	dialogue editor (as Ben Beardwood)
Carmen Flores De Tanis	....	first assistant sound editor
Joe Dorn	....	adr editor
Jessica Gallavan	....	adr supervisor
Gary A. Hecker	....	foley artist (as Gary Hecker)
Scott Hecker	....	supervising sound editor (as Scott A. Hecker)
Chris Jenkins	....	supervising sound mixer
Michael Keller	....	sound re-recording mixer: temp dubs
James Likowski	....	foley editor (as Jim Likowski)
Nico Louw	....	sound mixer
Danny Michael	....	production sound mixer
Frank A. Montaño	....	supervising sound mixer (as Frank A. Montano)
Eric A. Norris	....	sound effects editor
Mark Pappas	....	foley supervisor
Nancy Parker	....	foley artist
Carin Rogers	....	dialogue editor
Andrew Schmetterling	....	boom operator
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Greg ten Bosch	....	assistant sound editor
Byron Wilson	....	dialogue editor
Jerry Yuen	....	utility sound
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist
Christopher S. Aud	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Martin Lourens	....	special effects technician: Africa unit
Andrew Mortelliti	....	special effects technician
R. Bruce Steinheimer	....	special effects supervisor
John Stifanich	....	on-set special effects coordinator
Rick Thompson	....	pyrotechnician: New York
Janek Zabielski	....	pyrotechnician: African unit (as Jannek Zabielski)

Visual Effects by
Erik Akutagawa	....	scan/record manager
Satish Babu	....	digital compositor
Thad Beier	....	visual effects supervisor: Hammerhead Productions
Greg Bradner	....	systems support
Daniel Aristoteles Collins	....	systems/operations: Rhythm & Hues
Brian Corpus	....	technical operations manager: Pacific Title and Art Studio
Thomas Dadras	....	compositor: Hammerhead Productions
Michelle Eisenreich	....	visual effects producer: Hammerhead
Jon Farhat	....	visual effects supervisor
Joe Gareri	....	visual effects executive producer: Pacific Title & Art Studio
Bill Georgiou	....	roto artist
Lisa Goldberg	....	visual effects producer: Rhythm & Hues
Anthony Harris	....	digital color timer
Joe Hathaway	....	digital preview colorist
Phil Holland	....	scan-, record-, color coordinator
Patrick D. Hurd	....	visual effects coordinator: Rhythm & Hues Studio (as Patrick Hurd)
Justin Jones	....	lead compositor
Ntana Key	....	digital intermediate color assistant
Hong Kim	....	digital effects artist
Perry M. Kimura	....	digital film scanning and recording: EFILM
Dan Lazarow	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Craig Mathieson	....	digital compositor
Mamie McCall	....	tracking artist: Hammerhead
L. Patrick McCormack	....	visual effects
Valerie McMahon	....	digital artist
Fatima Mojaddidy	....	rotoscope artist: Hammerhead
Paolo Moscatelli	....	digital compositor: Hammerhead Prod.
Jeremy Nelligan	....	lead compositor
Elam Parithi	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues, India
Patrick Phillips	....	visual effects
Corinne Pooler	....	visual effects producer: Digital Dream
Jerry Pooler	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Dream
Alfredo Ramirez	....	rotoscope artist
Michael Ramirez	....	roto artist
Jim Rider	....	cameraman
Jonathan Robinson	....	2D supervisor: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Lopsie Schwartz	....	digital artist
Steven J. Scott	....	supervising digital colorist: EFilm
Seshaprasad	....	digital production coordinator
Fred Simon	....	systems support: Rhythm & Hues
David Sosalla	....	visual effects supervisor: Pacific Title & Art Studio
Derek Spears	....	visual effects supervisor: Rhythm & Hues Studios
James D. Tittle	....	visual effects coordinator: Pacific Title
Bob Wiatr	....	Inferno artist: Pacific Title
Joel Ashman	....	digital compositor: main titles: Yu and Company (uncredited)
Donnie Creighton	....	digital intermediate assistant producer (uncredited)
Ryan English	....	character rigger: Rhythm & Hues (uncredited)
Harrison Hays	....	render coordinator: Rhythm & Hues (uncredited)
Thomas Mathai	....	data manager (uncredited)
Tony Noel	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Monty Phillips	....	digital artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Bill Anagnos	....	stunts
Chris Barnes	....	stunt double
Tim Buchanan	....	stunts
Niabi Caldwell	....	stunts
Alisa Hensley	....	stunts
Donald John Hewitt	....	stunts (as Donald J. Hewitt)
Jery Hewitt	....	stunt coordinator
Joanne Lamstein	....	stunts
Rose Sias	....	stunt performer
Shawnna Thibodeau	....	stunt double
Kym Washington	....	stunt performer
Roy T. Anderson	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Jon Braver	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Cort Hessler	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Derrick Simmons	....	stunts (uncredited)
Kym Washington	....	stunt driver (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Joe Abbatecola	....	grip (as Joe Abbotecola)
Amy Albano	....	additional camera loader
James Boniece	....	key rigging grip (as Jim Boniece)
Phil Bray	....	still photographer
Michael Cambria	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera (as Mike Cambria)
Paul Candrilli	....	grip
Caesar Carnevale	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Andrew Casey	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Andrew Casey	....	steadicam operator
Andrew Cheung	....	grip
Peter Colavito	....	electrician
Mark Davidson	....	grip: Africa
Christopher DeBlau	....	electrician
John W. DeBlau	....	gaffer (as John DeBlau)
Angelo Di Giacomo	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Chris Drechsler	....	electrician
David M. Dunlap	....	camera operator: "b" camera
David M. Dunlap	....	director of photography: second unit
Robert Falcone	....	electrician
Stanley Fernandez Jr.	....	first assistant camera
Dylan Goss	....	camera operator: aerial unit (as Dylan M. Gross)
Christopher F. Graneto	....	grip
Michael N. Green	....	additional electrician
Andy Gribble	....	grip
Craig Haagensen	....	camera operator
James Harker	....	electrician
Susan Heller	....	electrician
Sandi Higgins	....	assistant to director of photography
William Hines	....	best boy rigging electric
Dana Hook	....	grip
Roberto Jiménez	....	electrician (as Roberto Jimenez)
Gregory F. Johnson	....	grip
Nils Johnson	....	key video assist operator
Peter Koola	....	electrician
John Krause	....	grip
Thomas Landi	....	electrician
Eric Leigh	....	house electrician
Mitchell Andrew Lillian	....	key grip (as Mitch Lillian)
Jeff Lomaglio	....	grip
Charlie Marroquin	....	best boy grip
Rick Marroquin	....	dolly grip
Sal Martorano	....	electrician
Michael A. McFadden	....	best boy rigging grip
Charles Meere III	....	rigging gaffer (as Charles E. Meere III)
Heather Norton	....	additional first assistant camera
Anna Novick	....	grip
Bill O'Leary	....	gaffer: Africa
Wayne Paull	....	additional camera operator
Tom Percarpio	....	best boy electric (as Thomas Percarpio)
Melvin Pukowsky	....	grip
Eric Swanek	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Eric Swanek	....	steadicam assistant
Andrew Sweeney	....	grip
Joshua Van Praag	....	rigging electrician
Rebecca Venezia	....	camera loader (as Beka Venezia)
Franz Yeich	....	grip
Daniel Feighery	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Darren Ryan	....	24 frame video operator (uncredited)
Rebecca Venezia	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
J. Dan Wright	....	electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Jennifer Euston	....	casting associate
Sylvia Fay	....	extras casting
Lee Genick	....	extras casting
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting
Patricia Kerrigan DiCerto	....	casting associate
Julie Schubert	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Pam Aaron	....	set costumer: extras (as Pamela Aaron)
Laurie Buehler	....	seamstress
Laurie Buehler	....	tailor
Charles C. Crutchfield	....	additional set costumer
Roberto De Jesus	....	costume production assistant
Caroline Duncan	....	costume production assistant
Debbe DuPerrieu	....	costumer
Kate Edwards	....	wardrobe supervisor
Patricia Eiben	....	additional set costumer
Sue Gandy	....	assistant costume designer
Melissa Haley	....	costume department coordinator
Addie Hall	....	costume ager/dyer
Addie Hall	....	set costumer
Jennifer Joseph	....	assistant costume designer
Iris Horta Lemos	....	set costumer (as Iris Lemos)
Fionnuala M. Lynch	....	costumer: Ms. Kidman (as Fionnuala Lynch)
Donna Maloney	....	costume supervisor
Carmia Marshall	....	additional set costumer
Benjamin Wilson	....	set costumer
Benjamin Wilson	....	costumer: Mr. Penn (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Nerissa Black	....	post-production facilities coordinator
Ben Estrada	....	assistant: digital intermediate colorist
Banner Gwin	....	editorial production assistant
Gershon Hinkson	....	first assistant editor: New York (as Gershon F. Hinkson)
Jason Joseph	....