The Peacemaker

Director: Mimi Leder Mimi Leder

Overview

Macho maverick field colonel Thomas Devoe (George Clooney) and White House nuclear expert Julia Kelly (Nicole Kidman) team up to save Manhattan from a crazed terrorist who is threatening to blow up Manhattan with one of nine stolen Russian nuclear warheads unless the world pays more attention to the plight of people in Bosnia. First time feature film director Mimi Leder uses her experince helming episodes of the fast-paced NBC medical drama ER to create nonstop action sequences that begin with a train wreck and a nuclear explosion and do not end until the protagonists have chased their quarry around the world. The story's exciting climax occurs on the streets of East Manhattan.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/26/2017
UPC:	0032429283818
Original Release:	1997
Rating:	R
Source:	PARAMOUNT
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:04:00
Sales rank:	5,763

Special Features

Closed Caption; From The Cutting Room Floor; Stunt Footage; Production Notes; Cast & Filmmakers' Bios; Theatrical Trailers

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

George Clooney	Actor
Nicole Kidman	Actor
Armin Mueller-Stahl	Actor
Marcel Iures	Actor
Rene Medvesek	Actor
Gary Werntz	Actor,Actor
Randall Batinkoff	Actor
Jim Haynie	Actor
Alexander Strobele	Actor
Holt McCallany	Actor
Michael Boatman	Actor
Joan Copeland	Actor
Carlos Gomez	Actor
Slavko Juraga	Actor,Actor
Dejan Acimovic	Actor
Harsh Nayyar	Actor
Matt Adler	Actor
Tamara Tunie	Actor
Aleksandr Yatsko	Actor,Actor
Bruce MacVittie	Actor
Lubomir Paulovic	Actor,Actor,Actor
Charles Dumas	Actor
Ramsey Faragallah	Actor
Murphy Guyer	Actor
Leslie Dilley	Actor
Adina Porter	Actor
Hubert Kramar	Actor
Alma Cuervo	Actor
Sabastian Roche	Actor,Actor
Gordon Catlin	Actor
Blaise Corrigan	Actor
David Lomax	Actor,FBI Agent #2
John Ottavio	Actor
Goran Visnjic	Actor
Jay Acovone	Actor
James Colby	Actor
Jean Rogers	Actor
Matt Winston	Actor
Terry Serpico	Actor
Thom Mathews	Actor
Jerry Dixon	Actor
David Lagle	Actor
Louis Mustillo	Actor
Bozidar Smiljanic	Actor
Michael Potts	Actor
Richard Poe	Actor
Slobodan Dimitrijevic	Actor
Martin Nikodym	Actor
Charles Cavalier	Actor
Jerome Hardeman	Actor
David Simonds	Actor
Irmelin Mai Hoffer	Actor
Chuck Cooper	Actor
Jono Kouzouyan	Actor
Jared Chandler	Actor
Evert Sooster	Actor
Branko Lustig	Actor
Matthew Sussman	Actor
Bill Christ	Actor
William Hill	Actor
Bernie McInerney	Actor
Andrea Doven	Actor
James Dumont	Actor
Mark Johnson	Actor
Alexander Kuznetsov	Actor
Aleksandr Baluev	General Aleksandr Kodoroff
Ed Semenov	Actor
Aleksandr Peskov	Vassily,Actor
Bruce Gray	Actor
Dejan A¿imovi¿	Kodoroffs Fahrer
Endre Hules	Actor
Rene Medve¿ek	Vlado Mirich
Hans Zimmer	Composer
Alexander Baluyev	Actor
Hubert Kramer	Actor

Technical Credits

Michael Schiffer

Leslie Cockburn

Mimi Leder	Director
Michael Schiffer	Screenwriter
George Aguilar	Stunts,Stunts
Michael Backes	Special Effects
Risa Bramon Garcia	Casting
Michael Grillo	Executive Producer,Producer
Randi Hiller	Casting
Branko Lustig	Producer
Laurie MacDonald	Executive Producer,Producer
Walter F. Parkes	Producer
John Wells	Executive Producer,Producer
Leslie Cockburn	Screenwriter,Screenwriter,Producer
Ian Biggs	Special Effects
Mary Andrews	Sound Effects
Pat Kehoe	Producer
Christopher S. Aud	Sound Effects
Keith Batten	Sound Effects
Anna Behlmer	Sound Effects
John Voss Bonds Jr.	Sound Effects
Rahul Thakkar	Special Effects
Vladimir Fistric	Stunts
Tom Nelson	Sound/Sound Designer
Brian Simmons	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

The first motion picture release under the Dreamworks SKG label is a fairly decent attempt to mount a fast-paced, James Bond-style techno-thriller. On the plus side, the film moves along well and features some swell action sequences (a train assault, a car chase, and an attack on a bridge) thanks to the solid craftsmanship of former TV director Mimi Leder, making her big-screen debut thanks to her ER crony George Clooney. For his part, Clooney is a sturdy and believable military hero, thankfully more of the "quiet professional" type of educated modern-day soldier than a cartoon-style G.I. Joe or Rambo. Nicole Kidman is believable as a scientist and even whips up a little chemistry with her co-star, although their time sharing the same space onscreen is woefully limited. On the negative side, the whole affair is emotionally flat, sparing little time to explore or even hint at the internal lives of its protagonists, leaving the audience little to root for. Oddly, the film's chief villain, extremely well-played by Romanian actor Marcel Iures, is presented in the most sympathetic terms, leading to an odd conundrum in the finale where it's difficult to know exactly for who or what to root. The Peacemaker (1997) is a decent, professional work of a Tom Clancy- or Ian Fleming-type geopolitical suspense, but it could have been better by presenting its heroes with the same heart and soul that it does its bad guy.