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THE GOOD GERMAN (2006)

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THE BACK OF THE BOX
WHAT THE STUDIO WANTS YOU TO KNOW

    Who knows what American journalist Jake Geismer (George Clooney) expected to find in postwar Berlin? Peace, maybe. Or at least a story. But certainly not Lena (Cate Blanchett), his beautiful, embittered one-time love. And not the trail of secrecy and deception that leads from Lena to the scheming young corporal (Tobey Maguire) who's her new lover... and to a murder no one seems interested in solving. Except Jake.
    Steven Soderbergh directs three of today's top talents in this zigzag thriller that's both an atmospheric homage to 1940's filmmaking and a deft modern film noir. The Good German is "haunting and hypnotic, it's pure moviegoing bliss" (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone)

STARRING:

George Clooney: Captain Jacob "Jake" Geismer
Cate Blanchett: Lena Brandt
Tobey Maguire: Patrick Tully

SCREENWRITER: Paul Attanasio

DIRECTOR: Steven Soderbergh

RUNNING TIME: 108 minutes

STUDIO: Warner Brothers

Average Hollywood Guys Rating: B +

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GIGGLES, GLOBES AND OSCARS
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

ACADEMY AWARDS
(1 nomination and 0 wins)

Best Original Score - Thomas Newman
(nominated)

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GOLDEN GIGGLES
(1 nomination and 0 wins)

Best Supporting Actress - Cate Blanchett
(nominated)

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GOLDEN GLOBES

No awards or nominations given to this film.

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THE GEEK BOX
TRIVIA TO IMPRESS YOUR EASILY IMPRESSED FRIENDS

• Steven Soderbergh wanted this to not only look like a movie from the 1940's, but he wanted to film it that way as well. As a result no radio body microphones were allowed, instead the traditional boom mics were used. In addition only incandescent lighting was allowed on the set. Period lenses were used on the camera and zooms were as limited as they were in the '40's. Soderbergh also directed his actors to perform in a "presentational stage style". Even the size of the picture was the same size as it would have been in the 1940's, and since theaters are not equipped to play films that size anymore, they were forced to print it on modern reels with black bars on the sides. The only exception to this rule was the swearing, violence and nudity which would not have been allowed due to Hollywood's "Production Code".
• A completed score for this film was done by David Holmes, however it was rejected by Soderbergh. A new score was then done by Thomas Newman, which was later nominated for an Academy Award.

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