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The Saint (1997)
Country
of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1997
Running Times: 113 mins
Length: 3190 metres 3238
metres
Format: Rankcolor 35mm Panavision
(anamorphic)
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: DTS Dolby
Digital SELECTED
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: David Brown-Robert Evans Production / Paramount
Pictures / Rysher Entertainment
Executive Producer: Paul Hitchcock, Robert S. Baker
Producers: David Brown, Robert Evans, William J. MacDonald, Mace Neufeld
Associate Producer: Lis Kern
SCRIPT
Script: Jonathan Hensleigh, Wesley Strick
Story: Jonathan Hensleigh
Character: Leslie Charteris
DIRECTION
Director: Phillip Noyce
2nd Unit Directors: Mark Egerton, Mike Benson, Robert
Grasmere
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Phil Meheux
Additional Photography: Alex Thomson, Chyna Thomson
(uncredited)
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Terry Rawlings
MUSIC
Music: Graeme Revell; Edwin Astley (The Saint Theme);
A.V. Alexandrov, G.A. El-Registan, S.V. Mikhalkov (The
Anthem of the Soviet Union)
Music Performed By: The London Metropolitan Orchestra;
Orbital (The Saint Theme)
SOUND
Production Sound Mixer: Ivan Sharrock
Boom Operator: Don Banks
MAKE UP AND
COSTUMES
Supervising Make Up: Paul Engelen
Make Up: Meg Speirs
Supervising Hair: Eithné Fennell
Hair: Elizabeth A. Glasow
Costume Designer: Marlene Stewart
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: George Gibbs
VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisor: Robert Grasmere
Visual Effects Producer: Alison O'Brien
DESIGN AND SET
CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Joseph Nemec III
Supervising Art Directors: Leslie W. Tomkins, Alan Cassie
Art Directors: Nick Palmer, Lucy Richardson
LOCATIONS
Locations: Foreign Affairs Ministry building, Moscow,
Russia; Fort Amhurst, Chatham, Kent, England, UK;
Leningrad Station, Moscow, Russia; Pearl Building,
London, England, UK; Peking Hotel, Moscow, Russia; Red
Square, Moscow, Russia; University College, Oxford,
Oxfordshire, England, UK
Studio: Pinewood Studios,
Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Greg Powell
CASTING
Casting: Elisabeth Leustig, Patsy Pollock
Casting (Russia): Tamara Odintsova
CAST
Val Kilmer (Simon Templar)
Elisabeth Shue (Dr Emma Russell)
Rade Serbedzija (Ivan Tretiak)
Valery Nikolaev (Ilya Tretiak)
Henry Goodman (Dr Lev Botvin)
Alun Armstrong (Inspector Teal)
Michael Byrne (Vereshagin)
Evgeny Lazarev (real name: Yevgeni Lazarev) (President
Karpov)
Irina Apeximova (Frankie)
Lev Prigunov (General Sklarov)
Charlotte Cornwell (Inspector Rabineau)
Emily Mortimer (woman on plane)
Lucija Serbedzija (Russian prostitute)
Velibor Topic (skinhead)
Tommy Flanagan (Scarface)
Yegor Pozenko (Scratchface)
Adam Smith (young Simon Templar)
Pat Laffan (Catholic priest)
Verity Dearsley (Agnes)
Michael Marquez (boy in orphanage)
Lorelei King (TV reporter)
PLOT SUMMARY
As a boy in a Catholic
orphanage, Simon Templar rejected his given name and
adopted the name of the saint of magic. As an adult, he's
a master thief with a gift for disguise which he puts to
lucrative use working covertly for different countries.
He's hired by a Russian industrialist to steal the
formula for a cold fusion process discovered by a young
female scientist. But Templar finds his latest mission
complicated when he falls in love with his intended
victim...
AVAILABILITY
Argentina
Video Distributor: Argentina Video Home
Germany
Paramount (P 901229; includes - audio commentary by Phillip Noyce)
Portugal
Theatrical Distributor: Lusomundo
UK
Video Distributor: CIC
Laserdisc Distributor: Pioneer (PLFEB 36871)
DVD Distributor: Paramount (PHE8030; includes - audio
commentary by Phillip Noyce)
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Paramount Pictures / United
International Pictures
Video Distributor: Paramount Home Video
Laserdisc Distributor: Paramount (LV 335363; includes -
audio commentary by Phillip Noyce)
DVD Distributor: Paramount (154967; includes - audio
commentary by Phillip Noyce)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Argentina
Rating: 13
Australia
Rating: M
Finland
Rating: K-12
France
Rating: U
Germany
Rating: 12
Ireland
Rating: 12
Netherlands
Rating: 12
Norway
Rating: 11
Portugal
Rating: M/12
Spain
Rating: 7
Sweden
Rating: 11
UK
Rating: 12
USA
Rating: PG-13 (for action violence, brief strong language, some sensuality
and drug content)
AWARDS
1998
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, USA
Favorite Actress: Suspense (Elisabeth Shue) - nominated
Razzie Awards,
USA
Worst Actor (Val Kilmer) - nominated
TIMELINE
1996
March
Day Unknown: UK - production begins
August
Day Unknown: UK - production begins
1997
April
4: Canada, USA - theatrical release
17: Australia - theatrical release
18: Spain, UK - theatrical release
24: Portugal - theatrical release
25: Denmark - theatrical release
May
1: Germany, Singapore - theatrical release
3: South Korea - theatrical release
9: Switzerland - theatrical release in German speaking
region
16: Finland, Sweden - theatrical release
23: Mexico - theatrical release
29: Slovenia - theatrical release
June
5: Hong Kong - theatrical release
6: Iceland - theatrical release
12: Argentina, Russia - theatrical release
13: Poland - theatrical release
18: Belgium, France - theatrical release
20: Norway - theatrical release
26: Hungary - theatrical release
28: Japan - theatrical release
July
9: Kuwait - theatrical release
October
28: USA - laserdisc release (Paramount (LV 335363))
31: Estonia - theatrical release
1998
March
Day Unknown: UK - laserdisc release (Pioneer (PLFEB
36871))
October
6: USA - DVD release (Paramount (154967))
2000
December
4: UK - DVD release (Paramount (PHE8030))
7: Germany - DVD release (Paramount (P 901229))
POSTER TAGS
Cunning. Devious. Dangerous. Treacherous.
Never reveal your name. Never turn your
back. Never surrender your heart.
Who is The Saint?
A man without a name, can never be
identified. A man who doesn't exist, can never be caught.
A man who doesn't love, can never truly be alive
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Empire no.89 (November
1996) p.15 (UK)
illustrated preview
Empire May 1997 p.40 (UK)
review (by Darren Bignell)
Empire November 1997
p.139 (UK)
review
Film Review May 1997 p.21
(UK)
review (by G.C. Murphy)
Hollywood Reporter 7 May
1996 p.22 (USA)
review
Imágenes June 1997 p.118
(Spain)
review (by Antonio José Navarro)
Première July 1997 p.34
(France)
review (by Gilles Verdiani)
Studio June 1997 p.36
(France)
review (by Juliette Michaud)
Total Film June 1997 p.90
(UK)
review (by Andy Sumner)
NEWSPAPERS
A Capital, Guia TV 9
January 1998 (Portugal)
review (by Rui Brazuna)
Diario de Noticias 24
April 1997 (Portugal)
interview with Phillip Noyce (by Eurico De Barros)
Diario de Noticias 4 May
1997 (Portugal)
review (by Eurico De Barros)
Diario de Noticias, Programas 25
April 1997 (Portugal)
review (by Jose De Matos-Cruz)
Expresso, Cartaz 25 April
1997 (Portugal)
interview with Phillip Noyce (by Joao Lopes); review (by
Joao Lopes)
Svenska Dagbladet 16 May
1997 (Sweden)
review (En dussinhjälte utan gloria by Jeanette Gentele) KEYWORDS
book into film, chemists, cold fusion, computers, disguises, physicists, physics,
politics, russia, russian mafia, scientists, spies, thieves
Last Updated:
15 October, 2008
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