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The Peacemaker (movie)

This article is about the 1997 movie. For other meanings, see Peacemaker (disambiguation).

The Peacemaker is a 1997 thriller and action movie starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman. It is notable because it was the first film released by the film studio DreamWorks.

Plot summary

When two trains are crashing in Russia, one of them carrying a nuclear payload, a nuclear explosion follows. White House nuclear expert Dr. Julia Kelly (Kidman) thinks this wasn't an accident and asks the help of Special Forces Intelligence Officer Colonel Thomas Devoe (Clooney), who has Russian contacts and is convinced that terrorists are behind the crash.

One of the terrorists, Dusan Gavrich (Marcel Iures), is a Yugoslav without identity ("I am a Muslim, a Croat and a Serb"). He wants to avenge the death of his wife and daughter, who were killed by a sniper in Sarajevo. He blames the United Nations for not protecting them and therefore he wants to blow up the United Nations building in New York.

What then follows is a chase to catch Dusan Gavrich, which goes through Austria, Russia, Iran, Yugoslavia and New York.

Cast and crew

  • Lt. Col. Thomas Devoe - George Clooney
  • Dr. Julia Kelly - Nicole Kidman
  • Dusan Gavrich - Marcel Iures
  • General Aleksandr Kodoroff - Aleksandr Baluyev
  • Vlado Mirich - Rene Medvesek
  • Terry Hamilton - Gary Werntz
Directed by: Mimi Leder
Written by: Leslie Cockburn , Andrew Cockburn
Screenplay by: Michael Schiffer
Original music by: Gavin Greenaway , Hans Zimmer
Last updated: 05-28-2005 20:19:06
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