The American is a 2010 American thriller film directed by Anton Corbijn and starring George Clooney, Thekla Reuten, Violante Placido, Irina Björklund, and Paolo Bonacelli. It is an adaptation of the 1990 novel A Very Private Gentleman by Martin Booth. The film opened on September 1, 2010. Jack , a gunsmith, and his lover Ingrid are relaxing in a remote cabin in Sweden. While walking, they are attacked by a sniper. Jack kills the sniper and then shoots Ingrid in the back of the head as she leaves to call the police, and shoots and kills another armed man on a nearby road, stealing his... car. He then flees to Rome and contacts a "business associate" named Pavel . Pavel insists that Jack cannot stay in Rome, sends him to Castelvecchio and tells him "Don't make any friends, Jack." Jack becomes nervous, and, disposing of the cell phone which Pavel had given him, goes to nearby Castel del Monte instead. While in Abruzzo, Jack contacts Pavel, who sets him up with another job.
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| Release date: | September 1, 2010 |
| Directed by: | Anton Corbijn |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 105 Minutes |
| Producer: | George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Anne Carey, Jill Green, Ann Wingate |
| Editor: | Andrew Hulme |
| Music by: | Herbert Grönemeyer |
| Cinematography: | Martin Ruhe |
| Screenplay by: | Rowan Joffé |
| Estimated budget: | $20,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | very private gentleman |
| Genre: | Thriller |