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Duplicity - Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Gilroy

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Movie propaganda

CIA officer Claire Stenwick (Julia Roberts) and MI6 agent Ray Koval (Clive Owen) have left the world of government intelligence to cash in on the highly profitable cold war raging between two rival multinational corporations. Their mission? Secure the formula for a product that will bring a fortune to the company that patents it first.

For their employers - industry titan Howard Tully (Tom Wilkinson) and buccaneer CEO Dick Garsik (Paul Giamatti) - nothing is out of bounds. But as the stakes rise, the mystery deepens and the tactics get dirtier, the trickiest secret for Claire and Ray is their growing attraction. And as they each try to stay one double-cross ahead, two career loners find their schemes endangered by the only thing they can't cheat their way out of: love.

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film crime thriller caper corporate espionage con spy dirty tricks romance danger money

Persons of interest

Julia Roberts .... Claire Stenwick
Clive Owen .... Ray Koval
Carrie Preston .... Barbara Boffered
Paul Giamatti .... Dick Garsik
Tom Wilkinson .... Howard Tully
Thomas McCarthy .... Jeff Bauer
Wayne Duvall .... Ned Guston
Rick Worthy .... Dale
Christopher Denham .... Ronnie Partiz
Kathleen Chalfant .... Pam Frailes
Khan Baykal .... Patel
Eliezer Meyer .... Rabbi Elli
Tony Gilroy .... Screenwriter
Tony Gilroy .... Director

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NB: English and Spanish language dialogue with English language subtitles
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Universal Pictures

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Theatrical report

Duplicity is like Mr & Mrs Smith without the over-the-top action bits. It's also like Derailed without the low-life bits. Duplicity is a very tightly-woven Hollywood thriller with some very lovely twists. You'll like it.

The crime, thriller movie Duplicity is directed by Tony Gilroy and stars Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Billy Bob Thornton.