| Assassination Tango | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Robert Duvall |
| Screenplay by | Robert Duvall |
| Produced by | Rob Carliner Robert Duvall |
| Starring | Robert Duvall Rubén Blades Kathy Baker Luciana Pedraza |
| Cinematography | Félix Monti |
| Edited by | Stephen Mack |
| Music by | Luis Enríquez Bacalov |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | MGM Distribution Co. |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Spanish |
| Box office | $1,013,272 |
Assassination Tango is a 2002 American crime thriller film written, produced, directed by, and starring Robert Duvall. Other actors include Rubén Blades, Kathy Baker and Duvall's Argentine wife, Luciana Pedraza.[1] Francis Ford Coppola was one of the executive producers.
The film centers on the life of a hitman who travels to Argentina for a job, as well as his discovery of Argentine tango and his relationship with a woman living there. The film is considered a "labour of love" of Duvall, a self-confessed tango addict.[2] Most of the film was shot in Buenos Aires,[3] and some scenes at the beginning and end of the story were filmed in Coney Island, Brooklyn.
- ^ Luongo, Michael (5 July 2011). Frommer's Buenos Aires. John Wiley & Sons. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-118-11548-0.
- ^ Paz, Alberto; Hart, Valorie (2008). Gotta Tango. Human Kinetics. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-7360-5630-4.
- ^ Bernhardson, Wayne (11 January 2011). Moon Buenos Aires. Avalon Travel. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-59880-884-1.