The Tourist
About the Film
Reeling from the disappearance of her fugitive lover, the elegant Elise Clifton-Ward is under constant surveillance by British agents who hope she will lead them to him. Following his written instructions, she boards a train to Venice and picks out a stranger of similar build to act as a decoy: Frank Tupelo, a mild-mannered American maths teacher from Wisconsin travelling to mend a broken heart.
Mistaken by police and gangsters alike for the man they are hunting, Frank is suddenly swept into a world of rooftop chases, canal-boat pursuits and glamorous intrigue across Venice. As he falls for the mysterious Elise, the film builds to a twist that recasts everything the audience — and Frank — thought they understood about who is really who.
Plot synopsis by johnny-depp.org.
Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp plays Frank Tupelo as a deliberately ordinary everyman — rumpled, unassuming and out of his depth — a community-college maths teacher swept up in a glamorous espionage plot he barely understands. Depp underplays the role for gentle comedy, letting Frank’s bewildered decency and dry humour anchor the film’s Venetian romance and its final sleight-of-hand.
Cast & Crew
Cast
Frank TupeloJohnny Depp
Elise Clifton-WardAngelina Jolie
Inspector John AchesonPaul Bettany
Chief Inspector JonesTimothy Dalton
Reginald ShawSteven Berkoff
The EnglishmanRufus Sewell
Colonel LombardiChristian De Sica
Crew
DirectorFlorian Henckel von Donnersmarck
ScreenplayVon Donnersmarck, Christopher McQuarrie & Julian Fellowes
Based on the filmAnthony Zimmer (2005)
MusicJames Newton Howard
CinematographyJohn Seale
ProducersGraham King, Tim Headington, Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber
StudioGK Films / Columbia Pictures
Filming Locations
- Venice, Italy (the Grand Canal, canals and rooftops)
- Paris, France
- Studio interiors in England
More about this film
Trivia
- The film is a remake of the 2005 French thriller Anthony Zimmer.
- Tom Cruise and Sam Worthington were among the actors considered for the male lead before Johnny Depp was cast.
- Production wrapped in about 58 days to fit around Depp’s Pirates of the Caribbean schedule.
- The director considered the film a drama, but the Golden Globes controversially entered it in the Musical or Comedy categories.
Awards
- 2011 Golden Globe — Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy, nominated
- 2011 Golden Globe — Best Actor, Musical or Comedy (Johnny Depp), nominated
- 2011 Golden Globe — Best Actress, Musical or Comedy (Angelina Jolie), nominated
