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Plot

An encounter in a Mexican hotel bar, between tired traveling salesman Danny Wright (Greg Kinnear) and jaded assassin Julian Noble (Pierce Brosnan), leads both men into an awkward friendship. Noble faces the morality of his profession and goes through a mid life crisis, one that causes him to freeze on a job. His bosses request him dead, so Julian flees Mexico and visits Danny at his home on Christmas, looking for a place to stay. Then, one night, he shares the real reason that he came to his new friend: he needed help with one last job. Greg Kinnear (born June 17, 1963 in Logansport, Indiana) is an Academy Award nominated American actor. ... Pierce Brendan Brosnan OBE[1] (born May 16, 1953) is an Irish actor and producer who now holds American citizenship and is best known for portraying James Bond in four films: GoldenEye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The World Is Not Enough (1999) and Die Another Day (2002). ...

Critical reaction

Having been screened at the Sundance, Toronto, and Chicago International film festivals prior to its release, the film was generally well received by critics. Early professional reviews praised Pierce Brosnan's performance, as well as the film's unique and provocative premise and themes. ^[1] The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival in the United States, and ranks alongside the Cannes, France, Venice, Italy, Berlin, Germany, and Toronto, Canada festivals as one of the most prestigious in the world. ... The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is generally considered to be one of the five top film festivals in the world. ... The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual film festival that is presented by Cinema/Chicago. ... A film festival is the presentation or showcasing of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues. ...

Ebert & Roeper gave it an enthusiastic "two thumbs up," with Ebert praising the movie as "an overlooked gem" and "Pierce Brosnan's best work to date."

Pierce Brosnan was nominated for Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical Film at the Golden Globes in 2006. However, he lost to Joaquin Phoenix for Walk the Line. Joaquín Rafael Phoenix (pronounced IPA: ) (born October 28, 1974 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is an Academy Award nominated, Golden Globe Award winning, and Grammy Award winning American actor. ... Walk the Line is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy Award-winning film chronicling the life of Johnny Cash, American country singer. ...

Trivia

• The rifle used by Julian Noble is made by Accuracy International.

• Actress Hope Davis was pregnant during the filming of the movie

• According to the credits following the film, all bullfights were created using computer generated images.

• The horse racing scenes were filmed in Mexico City, not Arizona.

• Although Julian travels to Vienna, Las Vegas, Moscow and Manila, the film was shot entirely in Mexico City.

• If you listen to the commentary for the first deleted scene on the DVD, director Richard Shephard states that the first cut of the film was 2 hours and 10 minutes. This was "very long", and so it was cut down to its current length of 1 hour and 37 minutes.

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Cast

Pierce Brendan Brosnan OBE[1] (born May 16, 1953) is an Irish actor and producer who now holds American citizenship and is best known for portraying James Bond in four films: GoldenEye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The World Is Not Enough (1999) and Die Another Day (2002). ... Greg Kinnear (born June 17, 1963 in Logansport, Indiana) is an Academy Award nominated American actor. ... Hope Davis (born March 23, 1964 in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American actress. ... Philip Baker Hall (born September 10, 1931) is an American screen actor. ... Dylan Baker Dylan Baker is an American actor best known for playing supporting roles in both major studio movies and independent films. ... Adam Scott (born April 3, 1973 in Santa Cruz, California) is an American actor. ... Portia Dawson is an American film and television actress. ...

References

1. ^ Honeycutt, Kirk. "The Matador." Hollywood Reporter. Jan. 22, 2005. [1]

External links

• The Matador at the Internet Movie Database
• The Matador Review