History Is Made At Night
Synopsis
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
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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
Categories
Production Status
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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