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Directed by | John Boorman |
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Based on | The Tailor of Panama by John le Carré |
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Cinematography | Philippe Rousselot |
Edited by | Ron Davis |
Music by | Shaun Davey |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing[1] |
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Running time | 110 minutes[2] |
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Budget | $21 million[3] |
Box office | $28 million[3] |
The Tailor of Panama is a 2001 spy thriller film directed by John Boorman from a screenplay he co-wrote with John le Carré and Andrew Davies. Based on le Carré's 1996 novel of the same name, it stars Pierce Brosnan and Geoffrey Rush. Rush portrays the title character, a former convict turned tailor who is strong-armed by an amoral MI6 agent (Brosnan) into spying on the Panamanian government. Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine McCormack, Leonor Varela and Harold Pinter co-star, along with Daniel Radcliffe in his film debut.
The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on 11 February 2001, and was released theatrically in the United States by Columbia Pictures on 30 March. It received positive reviews, with praise for the performances of Brosnan and Rush, and grossed $28 million on a $21 million budget.