| I Hired a Contract Killer | |
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| Directed by | Aki Kaurismäki |
| Written by | Aki Kaurismäki |
| Produced by | Aki Kaurismäki |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Timo Salminen |
| Edited by | Aki Kaurismäki |
| Music by | Roberto Pla |
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| Distributed by | Finnkino |
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Running time | 79 minutes[2] |
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| Languages | English Finnish |
| Budget | £800,000[3] |
I Hired a Contract Killer is a film directed, produced and written by the Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismäki in 1990. It is a Finnish-British-German-Swedish co-production and stars the renowned French actor Jean-Pierre Léaud. The film also features a cameo appearance by Joe Strummer as a guitar player.[4]
The film's plot device of a man arranging for an assassin to kill him but later attempting to call off the deal is also used in the more famous 1998 American film Bulworth.[5]
- ^ I Hired a Contract Killer (1990) - IMDb
- ^ "I Hired a Contract Killer". British Board of Film Classification.
- ^ "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 24.
- ^ "Joe Strummer keeps busy since Clash split". The Joe Strummer Resource. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
- ^ "'Bulworth,' Reviewed". The New Republic.