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1994 film by James Cameron

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A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.

Released: 1994-07-15141 minDir: James CameronAction, ThrillerBudget: $115MBox office: $379M

Cast

  • Arnold Schwarzenegger as Harry
  • Jamie Lee Curtis as Helen
  • Tom Arnold as Gib
  • Bill Paxton as Simon
  • Tia Carrere as Juno
  • Art Malik as Aziz

Themes

  • florida
  • horseback riding
  • gun
  • kidnapping
  • spy
  • florida keys
  • secret agent
  • terrorism
  • terrorist plot
  • top secret

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Ratings

IMDb

7.3/10

301,034 votes

Year
1994
Runtime
141 min
Genres
Action, Comedy, Thriller

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Key facts

Directed by
James Cameron
Screenplay by
James Cameron
Based on
La Totale! , (1991 film), by Claude Zidi , Simon Michaël, Didier Kaminka , Émilie , (1981 screenplay), by Lucien Lambert
Produced by
James Cameron Stephanie Austin
Starring
Arnold Schwarzenegger Jamie Lee Curtis Tom Arnold Bill Paxton Art Malik Tia Carrere
Cinematography
Russell Carpenter
Edited by
Conrad Buff IV Mark Goldblatt Richard A. Harris
Music by
Brad Fiedel
Production company
Lightstorm Entertainment
Distributed by
20th Century Fox (United States, Canada, France and Italy) Universal Pictures (through United International Pictures , international)
Release dates
July 12, 1994 ( 1994-07-12 ) ( Regency Village Theatre ) July 15, 1994 ( 1994-07-15 ) (United States)
Running time
141 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$100 –120 million
Box office
$378.9 million

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Wikidata facts

Duration
141
FilmAffinity ID
991501
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True Lies
publication date
1994-10-12
title
True Lies
capital cost
115000000
box office
378882411
review score
63/100
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True Lies is a 1994 American action comedy film written and directed by James Cameron. It 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, and Jamie Lee Curtis as his unknowing wife. Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Art Malik, Tia Carrere, Eliza Dushku, and Charlton Heston star in supporting roles. The screenplay is based on the 1991 French comedy film La Totale!.

The film 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.

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