The Peacemaker (1997 film)

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

The Peacemaker
film poster
Directed by	Mimi Leder
Written by	Michael Schiffer
Starring	George Clooney Nicole Kidman
Cinematography	Dietrich Lohmann
Music by	Hans Zimmer
Distributed by	DreamWorks
Release date	1997
Running time	124 min.
Language	English

The Peacemaker is a 1997 thriller and action movie starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman. It is notable as being the first film released by DreamWorks.

Plot summary

Template:Spoiler When two trains crash 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, Dušan Gavrić (Marcel Iures), is a Yugoslav without identity ("I am a Serb, a Croat, and a Muslim", although he clearly makes the "sign of the Cross" before boarding the plane as a diplomat). He wants to avenge the death of his wife and daughter, who were killed by a sniper in Sniper Alley, Sarajevo. He blames the United Nations for not protecting them and therefore he wants to blow up the United Nations building in New York City.

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

Trivia

• When Kodoroff's truck pulls into the village and Devoe asks the Pakistani scientist to dismantle the primary, the Macedonian Cyrillic word КРОЈАЧ is clearly visible on a sign. Ч is not used outside Serbia or Macedonia. Although the scene is set in Russia, it was obviously filmed in Macedonia, as stated in the end credits.
• After Clooney's friend gets shot the gunman's firearm is empty after firing only two shots.
• The "US Air Force attack helicopters" in George Clooney's combat unit are Aerospatiale Dauphins, which although see combat use in other country's military services, is only used by the United States Coast Guard as the HH-65 Dolphin.

Selected Cast

• George Clooney – as Lt. Col. Thomas Devoe
• Nicole Kidman – as Dr. Julia Kelly
• Marcel Iures – as Dušan Gavrić
• Aleksandr Baluyev – as General Aleksandr Kodoroff
• Rene Medvešek – as Vlado Mirić
• Gary Werntz – as Terry Hamilton
• Armin Mueller-Stahl – as Dimitri Vertikoff
• Randall Batinkoff – as Ken