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Overview

A chance meeting between two middle-aged men leads one into a life of crime in this offbeat comedy. Danny Wright (Greg Kinnear) is an American businessman whose life has been going through a sour patch after he and his wife, Carolyn (Hope Davis), lost their young son. During a business trip to Mexico City, Danny strikes up a conversation in a hotel bar with fellow out-of-towner Julian Noble (Pierce Brosnan), and while Julian's loud and brassy manner initially puts Danny off, in time the two become friends, and Julian feels comfortable enough with Danny to tell him what he does for a living. It seems Julian is a hired killer working under the auspices of underworld kingpins Lovell (Dylan Baker) and Mr. Randy (Philip Baker Hall), and Julian tries to persuade Danny to help him with his latest assignment. Danny refuses, but a few months later a distraught Julian appears unannounced on Danny's doorstep. It seems Julian has blown his two most recent assignments due to a variety of psychosomatic illnesses, and now Lovell and Mr. Randy want him dead. Julian has also done something to put Danny in his debt, and the previously non-criminal businessman is forced to help his friend stage a hit, with Julian's presence in his home upsetting the precarious balance of Danny and Carolyn's marriage.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/16/2007
UPC:	0796019791496
Original Release:	2005
Rating:	R
Source:	Weinstein Company
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Full Frame]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:37:00
Sales rank:	22,589

Special Features

Closed Caption;Deleted scenes; Feature commentary with director, Richard Shepard; Commentary with Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear & Richard Shepard; Making the Matador featurette; The Business & the Treatment: Feature radio programs discuss the Matador; TV commercial; Theatrical trailer; Language: English 5.1; Subtitles: English [cc], Spanish

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Pierce Brosnan	Julian Noble
Greg Kinnear	Danny Wright
Hope Davis	Carolyn `Bean' Wright
Philip Baker Hall	Mr. Randy
Adam Scott	Phil Garrison
Dylan Baker	Lovell
Arlin Miller	Radio DJ
Azucena Medina	Young Denver Fling
Portia Dawson	Genevive
Israel Tellez	The Matador
Claudia Lobo	Vienna Fling
Arturo Echeverria	Manila Target
Ramon Valverde	Young Julian in Manila
Jonah Meyerson	Ten Year Old Boy
Antonio Zavala Kugler	Hotel Bartender 1
Carolyn Horwitz	Cantina Turista #1
Guillermo Ruiz	Fat Man
Hanny S?enz	Fat Man's Girlfriend
Maureen Muldoon	Australian Bar Waitress
Roberto Sosa	Actor
Rolfe Kent	Composer

Technical Credits

Richard Shepard	Screenwriter
Pierce Brosnan	Producer
Bryan Furst	Producer,Producer
Josef Lautenschlager	Executive Producer
Adam Merims	Executive Producer
Andrew Reimer	Executive Producer,Executive Producer
Andreas Thiesmeyer	Executive Producer
Bob Yari	Executive Producer
Susanne Bohnet	Producer
Ricardo del R?o	Producer
Manfred D. Heid	Producer
Bradley Jenkel	Producer,Producer
Gerd Koechlin	Producer
Beau St. Clair	Producer
Richard Hymns	Sound Effects
Howard London	Sound Effects
Mark Gordon	Executive Producer,Producer
Carla Hool	Casting
Wendy Weidman	Casting
Amanda Mackey Johnson	Casting
Sig De Miguel	Casting
Santiago Rojo	Sound/Sound Designer
Richard Shepherd	Screenwriter

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- The Matador
1. Meet Julian Noble [2:31]
2. Opening Titles [1:49]
3. Never Talk to Strangers [1:29]
4. Meet Danny and Bean [3:28]
5. Mexico City [3:17]
6. Happy Birthday [2:37]
7. This Smells Like a Party [2:01]
8. Two Guys Walk Into a Bar [6:40]
9. Julian's Apology [3:36]
10. A Facilitator of Fatalities [5:47]
11. Show and Tell [5:47]
12. A Huge Favor [6:14]
13. Julian Needs a Break [5:31]
14. Mr. Stick Is Upset [1:32]
15. Denver [3:02]
16. Surprise Guest [6:40]
17. A Problematic Meltdown [11:41]
18. You Owe Me [5:30]
19. Tuscon [4:36]
20. A Pep Talk [3:05]
21. The Humble Pie Julian [6:14]
22. End Credits [4:06]

Disc #1 -- The Matador
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Special Features
Making the Matador
Deleted & Extended Scenes with Optional Commentary
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Delayed at the Airport in Denver
On the Way to Mexico
Julian's Birthday Night Out at the Sex Club
Julian Turns on Danny
Julian's Distraction at the Outdoor Cafe
Julian's Budapest Romp
Mr. Stick Is Upset
Bean Remembers Her Son
Julian and Danny Travel to Tucson First Class
Julian and Danny Flashback
Julian's Nightmare Vision
Feature Commentary With Director Richard Shepard
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Feature Commentary With Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, & Director Richard Shepard
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Director Richard Shepard on the Radio
"Sundance Rollercoaster" From NPR's the Business
Richard Shepard on KCRW's - The Treatment With Elvis Mitchell
Theatrical Trailer
TV Spot
Set Up
Captions and Subtitles: English for the Hearing Impaired
Captions and Subtitles: Spanish
Captions and Subtitles: None
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Editorial Reviews

If this compact black comedy didn’t create the commercial stir it should have, lay the blame on Pierce Brosnan’s courage. The character he plays in The Matador is a far stretch from James Bond, the suave superspy his fans identify him with. Here Brosnan is Julian Noble, a world-weary, cynical hit man who follows each job with prolonged bouts of drinking and womanizing. While on assignment in Mexico City, he meets Danny Wright (Greg Kinnear), a glum businessman who hopes his prolonged bad-luck streak will end with the acquisition of a large new account. Removing a competitor would ensure that Danny gets the business, but he just can’t bring himself to hire Julian. Writer-director Richard Shepard manages to exploit every iota of comedic potential in his odd-couple scenario, focusing on the unlikely attraction between the irrepressible, uncontrollable Julian and the drab, responsible Danny. Brosnan is a revelation as the assassin; he portrays Noble as seemingly unrestrained yet, at bottom, emotionally repressed by the grim requirements of his chosen profession. Brosnan’s detailed performance brings considerable empathy to an outwardly repellent character. Kinnear adds similar dimension to Danny, a sad sack who ultimately emerges as a man of substance. Shepard gambles that his viewers will follow the rather convoluted sequence of events he proffers, particularly during the film’s ambiguous middle section. But he has good reason to withhold key bits of information, and attentive viewers will be satisfied by the ingenuity with which he wraps up a genuinely intriguing work; one that seems to telegraph its intentions early on yet ultimately confounds audience expectations by shrewd plot manipulation.

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