The International - videos, teasers and stills from filming

All videos, teasers and footage from the filming of the film "The International"

The International (2009)

Timing: 1:58 (118 min)

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Actors and characters

'The International' Trailer (High Quality)

English

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The International ≣ 2009 ≣ Trailer

English

1:33

What's left behind the scenes

The primary source of inspiration for the filmmakers was the financial scandal involving the international bank “Bank of Credit and Commerce International” in the early 1990s. The names of the two banks, the fictional one in the film and the real one, are quite similar, just as the bank's activities in the film closely resemble those that “Bank of Credit and Commerce International” was accused of.
After unsuccessful test screenings, the film's premiere was postponed from August 2008 to February 2009 in order to have time to reshoot several scenes and make the film more focused on action.
Copies of the film were delivered to American cinemas under the false title “Across Boundaries”.
The tense shootout scene with explosions, as scripted, takes place in the famous New York Guggenheim Museum, during which the museum building suffers serious damage. To film it, an exact replica of the building's interior was constructed using the original blueprints inside an old abandoned locomotive depot. It took 4 months of work to build such a massive structure.
During the film, the heroine Naomi Watts exchanges SMS messages with someone from her contacts. The sender's number, 352 22 28 09, which appears on her BlackBerry smartphone, actually exists and belongs to a Luxembourg travel agency.
The German Federal Film Fund provided 5.8 million euros (approximately 7.9 million dollars) for the production of the film, on the condition that at least two-thirds of the filming process takes place in Germany, and that German actors Armin Mueller-Stahl, Axel Milberg, cinematographer Frank Griebe, and production designer Uli Hanisch are involved in the work.

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