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Louisa, who has to fight off Osnard after she goes to investigate him and he holds his hand over her mouth, gropes her, and throws her on a bed, finds out what Pendel has been doing and races to the Administrator's office. The Administrator contacts the President of Panama, who is able to contact the
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after having an affair in Madrid with the foreign minister's mistress. His superior warns him of the corruption present in Panama, but Osnard views that as an opportunity. Consulting a list of British citizens residing in Panama, he meets Harry Pendel, the tailor to many of Panama's elite, including
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The British Ambassador uncovers what Osnard has been up to, and threatens to reveal everything. Osnard pays for his silence and cooperation with $ 1.25 million. Osnard manages to ditch his superior and make off with the briefcase. Meanwhile, Pendel gets a call from Marta, who tells him that Mickie
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Pendel starts "tailoring" his stories, escalating the roles of friends to make them appear more significant than they are. He casts Mickie as a revolutionary who still holds sway over the youth of Panama, and his shop manager as the leader of an opposition movement. After fixing the suit of the
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has committed suicide out of fear that he would go to prison for his supposed revolutionary ties. Pendel blames himself for Mickie's death, and resolves to thwart Osnard's plans. He waylays Osnard as he flees to the airport, but Osnard gives him the slip.
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U.S. government and have the invasion called off shortly after it began. During the confusion, Osnard goes to the airport, where he meets the Ambassador and hands him his bribe. The Ambassador allows Osnard to get on an airplane.
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Knowing that Pendel needs money, Osnard offers to help him, if Pendel feeds him information about the elite of Panama City. Pendel agrees, and uses the money to pay off his debts and help his friend Mickie, a down-on-his-luck
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President of Panama (whose conversation consisted of his suit being too tight), he comes up with a tale that the president intends to sell the canal to China. When an incredulous Osnard asks which,
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on 30 March. It received positive reviews, with praise for the performances of Brosnan and Rush, and grossed $ 28 million on a $ 21 million budget.
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Pendel returns home to Louisa and tells her about his criminal past, and she forgives him. Osnard, meanwhile, escapes the country with the money.
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As he passes along this misinformation (bypassing the embassy staff, apart from Francesca, a staffer he is sleeping with), it makes its way to
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is a smart, darkly satirical thriller with exuberant performances from Pierce Brosnan and Geoffrey Rush." On
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In the original ending of the film Osnard is shot by Pendel. This was changed to allow Osnard to escape.
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with an average rating of 6.80/10 based on 118 reviews. The site's consensus states: "
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the President. Pendel, a gifted storyteller, passes himself off as being formerly of
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on 11 February 2001, and was released theatrically in the United States by
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2001 Irish–American spy thriller directed by John Boorman
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John Boorman
John le Carré
Andrew Davies
The Tailor of Panama
Pierce Brosnan
Geoffrey Rush
Jamie Lee Curtis
Brendan Gleeson
Catherine McCormack
Leonor Varela
Harold Pinter
Philippe Rousselot
Shaun Davey
Columbia Pictures
Sony Pictures Releasing
Berlin
spy
thriller film
John Boorman
John le Carré
Andrew Davies
1996 novel of the same name
Pierce Brosnan
Geoffrey Rush
MI6
Panamanian
Jamie Lee Curtis
Brendan Gleeson
Catherine McCormack

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