Archive for the ‘‘Duplicity’’ Category

Clive Owen seems to be making his own bid for Bond. Not content with grumping his way through espionage thriller The International like Daniel Craig’s younger, hairier brother, he’s followed it up with a super-sexy, sophisticated corporate spy caper where he plays a suave secret agent with a fondness for tuxedos.

Displaying oodles of sexual chemistry, if resolutely little flesh (bah), Julia Roberts and Owen are Claire and Ray, double agents who can’t, given their professions, ever fully trust each other, particularly when it comes to the big ‘I love you’.

As such, this glitzy caper plays on surprisingly accessible relationship insecurity issues, as well as spoiling us rotten with Moët-glugging, shagging-in-glam-hotels escapist entertainment. • Continue Reading

Deception reaches new heights in this smart, slick romantic spy-thriller. Think Mr and Mrs Smith without the Hollywood candycoat.

Julia Roberts and Clive Owen star in opposing roles as two suave corporate ex-spies with a romantic history who take on a complicated commercial battle.

Ex-CIA Claire Stenwick (Roberts) and ex-M16 Ray Koval (Owen) challenge two rival pharmaceutical companies racing to unleash a formula that will revolutionise the industry. • Continue Reading

Clive Owen & Duplicity are among the nominees of 2009 MTV Movie Awards. Nominee voting is only open from now until April 20. So vote now!

For Clive Owen
- Best Male Performance

For Duplicity
- Best Female Performance (Julia Robert)

America’s current financial situation isn’t looking too promising. Jobs are down, costs are up and there’s no money to go around. These days, everybody wants to stick it to The Man. However, nobody can afford to, both figuratively and literally … which is why everyone should see the movie “Duplicity,” because regardless of what our checking account reads, we could all afford to live vicariously through people who actually can stick it to The Man.

“Duplicity” brags a very talented cast, starring Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Tom Wilkinson and the great Paul Giamatti. Roberts and Owen portray ex-American/ex-British government spies who now work for rivaling mega business franchises, owned by Wilkinson and Giamatti. However, the cutthroat companies don’t know that Roberts and Owen are secretly partners, trying to take the companies for $40 millon by working both sides (this is where the title gets its name). To complicate matters even more, the spies are also on-again/off-again lovers, whose rocky romance may or may not threaten the success of the entire operation. • Continue Reading

I’ve uploaded new stills of Clive Owen on ‘Duplicity’. Thanks to Steph!

GALLERY LINK:
- Duplicity (2009): Stills

The Julia Roberts-Clive Owen spy caper Duplicity gets five stars for putting luxury hotels in the limelight.
The camera caresses so many over-the-top suites where the courting rivals passionately couple that the roosts could rate third billing. “Fantastic hotel rooms,” raved David Letterman during Roberts’ appearance on his show to promote the film.

Ritzy hotel bedrooms play an important role because they’re romantic and “the only time (the lead characters) have to be together is clandestine meetings in hotels,” Duplicity location manager Rob Striem says. • Continue Reading

Duplicity” begins on July 4, 2003 at the U.S. Consolate. She is ex-CIA and he is M16. A power struggle between Claire, (Julie Roberts) and Ray, (Clive Owen) as they represent two competitive industry giants CEO Dick Garsick (Paul Gimatti) and rival CEO Howard Tully (Tom Wilkinson).

Both CEOs attempt to outsmart each other in a plan to acquire the molecular formula to a product that is supposed to bring millions of dollars to the company and its shareholders.

No holds barred in this open playing field steeped with counter-intelligence, encryption, hacking, security cameras, bugs, wiretaps and even secret devices placed in select photocopy machines designed to transmit the stolen information. • Continue Reading

I’ve uploaded all the video interviews of Clive promoting ‘Duplicity’ & ‘The International’ with many captures to the gallery & media vault. Enjoy!

GALLERY LINKS:
- Captures: GMTV ‘Duplicity’ 2009
- Captures: Sky News ‘Duplicity’ 2009
- Captures: Sky News ‘The International’ 2009

MEDIA LINKS:
- Clive Owen on Sky News – The International 2009
- Clive Owen on GMTV 2009
- Clive Owen on Sky News – Duplicity 2009

The only thing you can trust about Duplicity is its title. It’s a throwback to the days of old school caper movies like To Catch A Thief.

It’s also just the kind of sophisticated amusement you would expect from filmmaker Tony Gilroy, who wrote the Bourne films and made his directorial debut with Michael Clayton.

In Duplicity, he has done a lighter-side version of the latter: Back we go to the dog-eat-dog world of corporate malfeasance and industrial espionage. Only this time, it’s played for laughs and romance. • Continue Reading

Prior to the release of “Duplicity,” award watchers had to wonder if Julia Roberts suffered from the Oscar Curse. You know, win an Oscar, then disappear — at least from significance. (We’re talking about you, Helen Hunt and Cuba Gooding Jr.) The Academy Award champ for “Erin Brockovich” hasn’t made many movies of importance in recent years. “Charlie Wilson’s War” and “The Closer” showed great early awards promise but fizzled at the Oscars, making us wonder if Julia Roberts was burning out as superstar.

“Duplicity” looks like a comeback of sorts for Julia Roberts. It’s a box-office hit getting mixed to terrific reviews, making us wonder next: Is this just a throwaway thriller that won’t matter much on the kudos scene (like the “Bourne” flicks, which “Duplicity” scribe Tony Gilroy penned) or one of the rare gems of that genre that succeed at the Oscars and Golden Globes (like “Michael Clayton,” which Gilroy also wrote and directed)? • Continue Reading