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[[File:TheAmerican_poster_5155.png|frame|[[Captain Obvious|George Clooney is American.]]]]
''[[The American]]'' is a 2010 drama film by director Anton Corbijn (most known for directing [[Control]] and numerous U2 music videos). Adapted from Martin Booth's 1990 novel ''A Very Private Gentleman'' (in which the protagonist is actually English), it follows [[George Clooney]] as Jack, a lonesome assassin who, after some enemies track him down to his remote cabin in Sweden, moves to a remote village in Italy to lay low. What follows is a character study of a man who lives a very rigid, lonely life due to his career. He befriends the local priest, and starts a relationship with Clara, a prostitute in the area.▼
▲''The American'' is a 2010 drama film by director Anton Corbijn (most known for directing [[Control]] and numerous U2 music videos). Adapted from Martin Booth's 1990 novel ''A Very Private Gentleman'' (in which the protagonist is actually English), it follows [[George Clooney]] as Jack, a lonesome assassin who, after some enemies track him down to his remote cabin in Sweden, moves to a remote village in Italy to lay low. What follows is a character study of a man who lives a very rigid, lonely life due to his career. He befriends the local priest, and starts a relationship with Clara, a prostitute in the area.
Taut, featuring beautiful cinematography, and poor marketing, ''The American'' is notable for how it [[Subverted Trope|subverts]] the tropes common in the hitman movie, not so much by lampshading them, but simply by using them to the advantage of the film's contemplative tone.
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* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]: The Swedes are hunting Jack down after all. The blond assassin in the middle of the film exemplifies this.
* {{spoiler|[[Backwards-Firing Gun]]: Jack ends up rigging Mathilde's gun to do this once he figures out she's been contracted to kill him.}}
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