The Peacemaker 1997

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 118 min

genre: political

theme: chase

director: Mimi Leder

Score: 5 / 10

The Peacemaker is a 1997 American political action thriller film starring George Clooney, Nicole Kidman, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Marcel Iureș and Aleksandr Baluev and directed by Mimi Leder (in her feature directorial debut). It is the first film distributed by DreamWorks Pictures. While the story takes place all over the world, it was shot primarily in Slovakia with some sequences filmed in New York City, Philadelphia and North Macedonia. The basis for the film was the 1997 book One Point Safe by Andrew and Leslie Cockburn, about the state of Russia's nuclear arsenal.

Plot

Outside a church celebrating an Eastern Orthodox baptism in Pale, Bosnia, the Bosnian Serb Finance Minister, a moderate pushing for peace in the ongoing Yugoslav Wars, is murdered.

Cast

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author	Michael Schiffer
contentLocation	New York City
director	Mimi Leder
editor	David Rosenbloom
events	terrorism
genre	action crime drama mystery political thriller
keywords	2nd ranger battalion armed forces of russia army general azerbaijan baptism being followed bosnia bosnia and herzegovina bosnian bosnian serb bosnians brief build chechen chechen republic of ichkeria chelyabinsk oblast church collision course commits suicide critical mass dagestan dismantling facility eastern orthodox explosive lens federal security service follow fsb hijack ifor implementation force iran kartaly kill load meet missile murder nsc nuclear explosion nuclear scientist nuclear war nyc passenger train pit plutonium core russia russian army russian mafia sarajevo serbs of bosnia and herzegovina smuggle soviet special forces special operations special ops spetznaz ss-18 satan start ii suicide surface-to-air missile survive swim traffic jam truck turkey un headquarters united states army special forces united states national security council united states special operations command us army ranger us government ussr video cassette vienna wound yugoslav wars
musicBy	Hans Zimmer
producer	Branko Lustig Walter F. Parkes
publisher	DreamWorks Pictures
recordedAt	Czech Republic New York City
theme	chase conspiracy theories mystery thriller neo-noir political thriller psychological thriller terrorism war