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| Directed by | James Cameron |
| Screenplay by | James Cameron |
| Based on | La Totale! by Claude Zidi Simon Michaël Didier Kaminka |
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| Cinematography | Russell Carpenter |
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| Music by | Brad Fiedel |
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Running time | 141 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $100[2][3]–120[4] million |
| Box office | $378.9 million[5] |
True Lies is a 1994 American action comedy film written and directed by James Cameron, based on the 1991 French comedy film La Totale![4] The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Harry Tasker, a U.S. government agent, who struggles to balance his double life as a spy with his familial duties. Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Art Malik, and Tia Carrere star in supporting roles. True Lies was the first Lightstorm Entertainment project to be distributed under Cameron's multimillion-dollar production deal with 20th Century Fox, as well as the first major production for the visual effects company Digital Domain, which was co-founded by Cameron. It was also the first film to cost $100 million.
True Lies received mostly positive reviews from critics, and ultimately grossed $378 million worldwide at the box office, becoming the third-highest-grossing film of 1994.[6] For her performance, Curtis won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and the Saturn Award for Best Actress, while Cameron won the Saturn Award for Best Director. It was also nominated at the Academy Awards and BAFTAs in the Best Visual Effects category, and also for seven Saturn Awards.
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