Salt (film)

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Movie
German title Salt
Original title Salt
Country of production United States
original language English , Russian
Publishing year 2010
length Cinema version: 96 minutes,
Extended Cut: 97 minutes,
Director's Cut: 100 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
JMK 14
Rod
Director Phillip Noyce
script Kurt Wimmer ,
Brian Helgeland
production Lorenzo di Bonaventura ,
Sunil Perkash
music James Newton Howard
camera Robert Elswit
cut Stuart Baird ,
John Gilroy ,
Steven Kemper
Lee Percy
occupation

Salt is an action thriller from 2010 . Kurt Wimmer and Brian Helgeland wrote the script and Phillip Noyce directed. Angelina Jolie plays the title role .

action

Cinema version

The film begins with a brief flashback. The CIA agent Evelyn Salt refuses to reveal her identity under severe torture by North Korean soldiers until her friend Michael Krause, a German arachnologist , reaches an agent exchange through public pressure .

In the main story, Evelyn is now happily married to Michael and works in Washington, DC in the back office of the CIA. There she interrogates the Russian defector Orlov, who tells her about the "Day X" operation. This is an operation that a powerful Russian has been preparing since the Cold War and that is supposed to lead to the destruction of the United States . Orlov says that the Russian President will be killed at the funeral of the late US Vice President in New York - by a Russian spy named Evelyn Salt.

Salt is shocked by the accusation. First she tries to reach her husband Michael, fearing for his safety. Meanwhile, Orlov escapes. Salt is forced to flee as her CIA colleagues now suspect her of being a double agent . She escapes to her apartment and finds that her husband is not there, but that the premises show signs of a fight. She looks for everything she needs and flees, taking a poisonous spider from her husband with her. The motives for their actions remain unclear at first. She barely escapes her colleagues from the CIA on the highway during a car chase and arrives unrecognized by bus to New York.

The next morning, Salt reaches the tunnels under the heavily guarded St. Bartholomew's Church , away from the main traffic routes , where the mourning ceremony for the US Vice President is to take place. During the Russian President's eulogy, she detonates an explosive device on the ceiling of the crypt , causing the Russian President to lose his feet and fall into the lower church. There, according to Orlov's prediction, Salt fired a shot at the president. Immediately thereafter, she meets her CIA colleague Peabody, whom she could shoot but does not. First arrested, she escapes the New York police by overpowering the driver of the patrol car and causing the vehicle to be in a traffic accident .

A series of flashbacks shows Salt growing up in the Soviet Union and Orlov training her and other children to be sleeper agents. Her job is to go to the USA after her training, to integrate herself there and to hold top positions. On "Day X" he will give her and the others orders to strike at various points in the USA.

After her attack on the Russian president, Salt went to the meeting point with her command officer Orlov, who gave her a warm welcome. He takes her on a ship, where there are more sleepers that she knows from before. There he tests her loyalty by having her kidnapped husband Michael shot in front of her eyes. Salt pretends not to be impressed by the murder. Orlov then informed her of the second part of his plan: the takeover of the US nuclear weapons inventory. But suddenly kills Salt now Orlov all other persons on the vessel, it goes to one of Orlov previously arranged meeting with a NATO - Mole .

The mole arrives at the White House with Salt, who disguises himself as his assistant , where he starts a shooting with the Secret Service and blows himself up. The Secret Service takes the President to the President's Emergency Command Center under the White House, along with Salt's longtime CIA colleague Ted Winter. The President is convinced that Russia is preparing a nuclear war against the USA, and as a precaution he sends the start codes for a possible counterattack from the atomic case . Salt manages to break into the bunker and incapacitate the president's bodyguards. Meanwhile, Winter kills all of the bodyguards remaining in the command room as well as the secretary and knocks the president out.

Winter explains through the armored glass window of the command room to the astonished Salt, who he believes to be a comrade-in-arms, that he is part of Orlov's plan and also a sleeper. He then triggers the launch sequences for two nuclear missiles that target Tehran and Mecca . In this way, millions of Muslims worldwide are to be turned against the USA and a counterattack from the Middle East is supposed to destroy the USA. Salt asks Winter to let them into the armored bunker room as well. At the same time, however, Winter learns through a television report that the Russian President was not killed in the attack in the church, but was only apparently dead from spider venom . He realizes that Salt is not on his side. Meanwhile, Salt manages to penetrate the room and stop winter. After breaking off the shooting sequence, agents arrive and arrest Salt under the assumption that as a Russian agent she was responsible for the death of the US president's bodyguards. Winter's true identity as a sleeper, however, remains undiscovered, and he is now waiting to stab Salt during her removal. Instead, Salt manages to strangle Winter with her handcuff chain.

Salt is put in a helicopter with Peabody, where she tries to convince Peabody of what happened. The initially skeptical Peabody finally believes her after receiving a message that Salt's fingerprints were found on the ship on which Orlov was killed. Because Salt had told Peabody that there were other moles, Peabody told them to find them and kill them. Peabody secretly removes the bottom security from Salt's handcuff chain so that she can open the helicopter's emergency exit and jump into the Potomac River . While several helicopters are still searching for Salt in the water, she is already fleeing through the nearby forests.

Alternative versions with a different ending

In the Extended Edition , some scenes were added and replaced. Salt's husband Michael is drowned in front of their eyes and not shot, and Orlov and his "children" are killed on the ship. At the end of the film, Salt is not flown away in the helicopter, but sits in an interrogation room, where she is interrogated by Peabody. However, he already knows from the President's statement that Winter wanted to launch the rockets, but was prevented from doing so by Salt. Salt, however, does not provide any useful information to Peabody because she kills Orlov and does not want to see him alive in a prison. To improve her escape options, she pretends to swallow a cyanide capsule , whereupon she is taken to the infirmary and can escape from there. In the last scene, she drowns Orlov in Russia by throwing him into the water with a stone by his feet, and blows up the training camp.

There is also a Director's Cut in which the background of the characters is illuminated a little longer, but it is largely the same as the theatrical version. The biggest difference lies in the altered ending, in which the president dies and, during Salt's escape from the helicopter, a newscaster explains off-screen that the new president of the United States lost his family in a plane crash in Russia, which suggests this that this one is also a sleeper.

background

Angelina Jolie at the German premiere in Berlin on Potsdamer Platz

Development, script and casting

In 2007 it was reported that Terry George and Peter Berg would be directing, but both canceled. It was also Michael Mann brought as a potential director this week. A year later, Phillip Noyce was confirmed as director. Noyce approached Tom Cruise so that he could play the leading role under the name "Edwin A. Salt" , which was then in Kurt Wimmer's script . Cruise could not accept the role, however, due to obligations in other projects. He also had concerns because he felt the character too similar to the role of "Ethan Hunt" he played in Mission: Impossible . One tried in vain to differentiate the figure more from Hunt. Noyce said of Cruise that he understood his point of view: "It would be like playing the brother or cousin of someone you've played in other films."

Amy Pascal , Columbia Pictures executive , suggested Angelina Jolie to play the title role. Noyce had often before with Jolie about wanting a female agent - Franchise spoken. Jolie was presented with the script for the movie "Salt" in September 2007, which she immediately liked. Wimmer, Noyce and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura traveled to France to discuss a possible script and a change in the main character with Jolie. Writer Brian Helgeland helped develop the role and dialogue for the script based on the tapes of the discussion between Jolie and the film crew. The name of the title role was also changed to "Evelyn Salt".

When asked if the script for Cruise was the same as for Jolie, Helgeland replied, “I think it was an ongoing process that was obviously accelerated by a change in the main character. However, the ideas, the multitude of ideas that make the film work, are the same. A CIA secret agent is accused of being a Russian mole and flees to defend himself. It's the same as at the beginning. The tint of the film has changed in this evolution. In the same way, I think how action thrillers have changed along the lines of the James Bond films. "

On February 19, 2009 it was reported that Liev Schreiber would play the role of Ted Winter, Evelyn Salt's friend and colleague. Three days later, Variety reported that Chiwetel Ejiofor would play Peabody Who Hunts Salt.

Filming

With a budget of 130 million US dollars , about 110 million US dollars after tax credit , found the shooting mainly at places in New York and Washington, DC instead. Filming began on March 3, 2009 and ended in June 2009, followed by post-shootings in December 2009. A chase scene was shot in Albany on Water Street near the ramp to Interstate 787 . The shooting of the training camp took place in the monastery of Makarjewo .

Jolie trained before filming because she wanted to do almost all of the stunts herself. Bonaventura explained: “She is well prepared and highly motivated, she would do any stunt. We made them jump out of helicopters, shoot, jump from almost anything and penetrate places that you couldn't actually get into. ”On March 29, 2009, Jolie sustained a minor head injury in an action scene. As a precautionary measure, she was taken to hospital, from which she was released on the same day, after which filming could continue.

publication

The film premiered on July 19, 2010 in Los Angeles . It was unveiled at San Diego Comic-Con on July 22, 2010 and released across North America on July 23, 2010. The film was first shown in Germany on August 18, 2010 and was released one day later in German and Swiss cinemas. Another day later it was shown in Austrian cinemas. With the film title "Salt", chosen at the time of release, the film plays on the treaties negotiated under the name " Strategic Arms Limitation Talks ", or "SALT" for short, from 1969 to 1979 to limit nuclear armament between the USA and the Soviet Union during the cold days War on.

revenue

"Salt" was released in 3,612 theaters and grossed $ 12.5 million in the US on the day it was released, only surpassed by " Inception " with revenues of $ 13.1 million on its second Weekend grossed $ 42.7 million. On the weekend of its release, "Salt" grossed over $ 36 million. In total, the film raised $ 118 million in the US and more than $ 175 million in other countries.

Soundtrack

Salt: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Studio album by James Newton Howard

Publication
(s)

2010

Label (s) Madison Gate Records

Format (s)

Audio CD or downloadable

Genre (s)

Film music

Title (number)

21st

running time

59:10 min

occupation James Newton Howard

An official film music album for "Salt" was released on July 20, 2010 exclusively on iTunes and as CD-R via Amazon.com . The music, composed by James Newton Howard and published by Columbia Pictures on the Madison Gate Records label , does without a choir used for the film version in several places for reasons of cost . The soundtrack contains 21 music tracks.

Track list (soundtrack)

  1. Prisoner Exchange
  2. Escaping the CIA
  3. Cornered
  4. Orlov's story
  5. Chase Across DC
  6. Hotel Room Preparations / Parade
  7. Attack on St. Bart's Cathedral
  8. A Dark Goddamn Hole
  9. Taser Puppet
  10. You Are My Greatest Creation
  11. Destiny
  12. Barge Apocalypse
  13. Day X
  14. I'm going home
  15. Eight Floors Down
  16. Arming the football
  17. Not Safe With Me
  18. You're About to Become Famous
  19. Mano a mano
  20. Garroted
  21. Go get em

Reviews

“The sensitivity with which Noyce initially stages the story falls by the wayside - as if, because of all the action, he had lost sight of the inner workings of his main character at some point. This is how you can flute what makes her charm - and that is incredibly cool, how she on the run, quite casually in passing, stealing what she can use as a disguise and weapon without blinking an eyelid. "

- Susan Vahabzadeh, Süddeutsche Zeitung

“ You don't notice in the character that Salt was originally developed for Tom Cruise and later rewritten for Angelina Jolie. And the parallels to Matt Damon's Jason Bourne are far greater than the similarities to the overpowering agent icon James Bond : the game with identity, the desperation of the main character, the conspiracy in the background. Here Angelina Jolie proves to be a sister in spirit with potential for continuation. [...] Conclusion: breathless action in a daring story. "

"Phillip Noyce's spy thriller turbo doesn't come close to the condensed brilliance of The Bourne Ultimatum or the immense tension of a No Way Out in the final accounts , but it pleases as a fun action orgy with an omnipresent leading actress."

- Carsten Baumgardt, film starts

“The intricate and ultimately hair-raising story takes up the paranoia of the Cold War . Conventional, but extremely well done and therefore so entertaining, the action is also designed with lots of shootings, skirmishes, explosions and car chases. In the skilled hands of Noyce, who knows how to stage this elegantly with a tight pace and flowing cuts, this becomes a decisive plus. "

- Arabella Akossy, kino.de

Awards

Salt received an Oscar nomination for Best Sound in 2011 . The previous year, cinematographer Robert Elswit and film composer James Newton Howard were nominated for the Satellite Award .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Release certificate for Salt . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2010 (PDF; test number: 123 883 K).
  2. Age rating for Salt . Youth Media Commission .
  3. Cut report : In the extended version on Blu-ray , Michael is drowned.
  4. sectional report . The US President does not survive in the Director's Cut. At the end of the film, it is implied that his successor in office is also a sleeper.
  5. a b sectional report
  6. ^ Salt Peppered With Cruise . In: IGN Entertainment , News Corporation , June 27, 2007. Retrieved February 28, 2010. 
  7. Nicole Sperling: Peter Berg to direct cruise in 'Edwin A. Salt'? . In: Hollywood Insider , Entertainment Weekly , December 18, 2007. Archived from the original on August 13, 2010 Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved February 28, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / hollywoodinsider.ew.com 
  8. a b c d Background information according to the Internet Movie Database
  9. Michael Fleming: Phillip Noyce to direct Col's 'Salt' . In: Variety , Reed Business Information , June 30, 2008. Archived from the original on August 8, 2008 Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved February 28, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.variety.com 
  10. ^ A b c d Paul Fischer: Exclusive: Phillip Noyce Talks "Salt" , Dark Horizons . June 22, 2009. Archived from the original on February 26, 2010 Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved January 27, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.darkhorizons.com 
  11. Michael Fleming: Jolie replaces Cruise in 'Salt' . In: Variety , Reed Business Information, August 11, 2008. Archived from the original on March 25, 2009 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved March 23, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.variety.com 
  12. ^ Morris Clint: Liev Schreiber eyes Salt (Updated!) , Moviehole. February 17th, 2009. Archived from the original on February 26th, 2010 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved February 25, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.moviehole.net 
  13. Michael Fleming: Chiwetel Ejiofor joins Noyce's 'Salt' . In: Variety , Reed Business Information, February 23, 2009. Archived from the original on July 5, 2010 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved February 25, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.variety.com 
  14. First Look at Angelina Jolie in Salt . In: ComingSoon.net , CraveOnline , March 3, 2009. Retrieved January 27, 2010. 
  15. Ben Fritz: Movie projector: 'Salt' to challenge 'Inception' in tight box-office race . In: Los Angeles Times , Tribune Company , July 22, 2010. Retrieved July 23, 2010. 
  16. Locations according to the Internet Movie Database
  17. a b c d e budget and box office results according to the Internet Movie Database
  18. Rebecca Murray: Filming Begins on Salt Starring Angelina Jolie . In: About.com , The New York Times Company , March 3, 2009. Retrieved December 28, 2009. 
  19. Angelina Jolie and Salt Filming Albany, New York Latest News! . In: The Insider , CBS Interactive , April 24, 2009. Archived from the original on February 26, 2010 Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved December 28, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.theinsider.com 
  20. Angelina Jolie Gearing Up To Film More 'Salt' . In: Access Hollywood , NBC Universal , December 16, 2009. Retrieved December 28, 2009. 
  21. Albany filming for Jolie movie continues . In: WTEN , Young Broadcasting , April 24, 2009. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved August 13, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wten.com 
  22. 'Salt' Sneak Peak . In: Los Angeles Times , Tribune Company , January 17, 2010. Retrieved January 27, 2010. 
  23. Angelina Jolie back filming on "Salt" after head injury on set! . In: The Insider , CBS Interactive, June 1st, 2009. Archived from the original on February 26th, 2010 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved December 28, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.theinsider.com 
  24. a b c d Start dates according to the Internet Movie Database
  25. Erik Davis: Comic Con Thursday Schedule Announced . In: Cinematical , Moviefone , July 8, 2010. 
  26. ^ Salt - Daily box Office Results . In: Box Office Mojo . Internet Movie Database . July 23, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  27. ^ Salt . In: Box Office Mojo . Internet Movie Database . Retrieved August 9, 2010.
  28. Salt (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) . In: iTunes Store . Retrieved February 9, 2011.
  29. ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung , Susan Vahabzadeh, August 19, 2010, p. 10
  30. ^ Film review , Cinema
  31. ^ Film review , film starts , Carsten Baumgardt
  32. movie review , kino.de, Arabella Akossy