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The Interview
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6.2Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapaport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to Pyongyang into an assassination mission.
Cast
- James Franco as Dave Skylark
- Seth Rogen as Aaron Rapaport
- Lizzy Caplan as Agent Lacey
- Randall Park as President Kim Jong-un
- Diana Bang as Sook
- Timothy Simons as Malcolm
Themes
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- socialism
- coup d'etat
- assassination attempt
- evil dictator
- north korea
- disdainful
- disgusted
- doubtful
- dubious
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Ratings
IMDb
6.5/10
373,382 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
51%
Metacritic
52/100
- Year
- 2014
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 wins & 6 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Seth Rogen Evan Goldberg
- Screenplay by
- Dan Sterling
- Story by
- Seth Rogen Evan Goldberg Dan Sterling
- Produced by
- Seth Rogen Evan Goldberg James Weaver
- Starring
- James Franco Seth Rogen Lizzy Caplan Randall Park
- Cinematography
- Brandon Trost
- Edited by
- Zene Baker Evan Henke
- Music by
- Henry Jackman
- Production companies
- Point Grey Pictures LStar Capital
- Distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
- Release dates
- December 11, 2014 ( 2014-12-11 ) (Los Angeles) December 25, 2014 ( 2014-12-25 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 112 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English, Korean
- Budget
- $44 million
- Box office
- $12.3 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- interview
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- Japanese
- Main subject
- attempted murder
- Director
- Seth Rogen
- Screenwriter
- Seth Rogen
- Cast member
- Song Kang-ho
- Composer
- Henry Jackman
- Production company
- Point Grey Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Brandon Trost
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- Vancouver
- Duration
- 112
- FilmAffinity ID
- 733139
- Performer
- Henry Jackman
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.seetheinterview.com
- Image
- The Interview.png
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- distributed by
- Netflix
- title
- The Interview
- characters
- Kim Jong Un
- capital cost
- 42000000
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 52/100
- language of work or name
- English language
- publication date
- 2015-02-05
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Encyclopedic overview
The Interview is a 2014 American political satire action comedy film produced and directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg in their second directorial work, following This Is the End (2013). The screenplay was written by Dan Sterling, which he based on a story he co-wrote with Rogen and Goldberg. The film stars James Franco and Rogen as journalists who set up an interview with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, played by Randall Park, only to end up being recruited by the CIA to assassinate him.
Rogen and Goldberg developed the idea for The Interview in the late 2000s, with Kim Jong Il as the original assassination target. Following Kim Jong Il's death and Kim Jong Un's succession as the North Korean leader in 2011, Rogen, Goldberg and Sterling redeveloped the script to focus on Kim Jong Un's character. The Interview was first announced in March 2013 at the beginning of pre-production, with principal photography taking place in Vancouver from October to December 2013. The film was produced by LStar Capital and Rogen and Goldberg's Point Grey Pictures, and distributed by Columbia Pictures through Sony Pictures Releasing.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Interview” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.