Project Detail

History Is Made At Night

Name: History Is Made At Night
Director: Ilkka Jarvilaturi
Released: 2000
Duration: 93 mins

Synopsis

Harry, a seasoned CIA agent in his mid forties, wants nothing more than to forget his years of duty in places like Nicaragua and to become his cover as a jazz club owner in Helsinki.

Natasha, a young and ambitious KGB agent with more chutzpah than experience, wants to secure a future for herself amid the uncertainty of the floundering KGB and Russian Republic.

Natasha's assignment to spy on Harry has blossomed into a torrid love affair. Like any two career couple they keep secrets from each other. But theirs have international implications.

The delicate balance of their life together is disrupted when a young, over eager CIA agent, Dave, arrives in Helsinki to intercept a videotape encoded with state secrets en route from New York - its concepts so hot that everybody who touched the tape is now dead. Dave pursues the unsuspecting courier, Max, a manic ex-bond trader who stumbled into the delivery job fresh from a prison sentence for SEC fraud.

For Natasha, the tape could be a ticket out of the KGB and into the American dream - if she crosses her boss. But as satellites hover overhead and the rusting Russian fleet leaks radiation nearby, absolutely everyone except Harry hatches a personal plan to exploit the encoded tape.

Harry is left to try to stop Natasha from getting herself killed - or worse, leaving him for America.

Details

Year: 2000
Type of project: Features
Running time: 93 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Ilkka Jarvilaturi
Producer: Nik Powell, Stephen Woolley, Gecrees Benayoun, Werner Koenig
Editor: Alan Strachan
Director of Photography: Michael Amathieu
Composer: Courtney Pine
Principal cast: Bill Pullman, Irene Jacob, Bruno Kirby, Glenn Plummer
Executive Screen Writer: Patrick Amos

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Scala Productions Contact: Jonathan Karlsen 15 Frith Street London W1V 5TS Tel: 44 20 7734 7060 Fax: 44 20 7681 3801

Sales Company

J&M Entertainment Contact: Gary Phillips 2 Dorset Square London NW1 6PX Tel: 44 171 723 6544 Fax: 44 171 724 7541 sales@jment.com www.jment.com

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