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 The Peacemaker (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Peacemaker is a 1997 thriller and action movie starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman.
It is notable because it was the first film released by the film studio DreamWorks.
Although the scene is set in Russia, it was obviously filmed in Bosnia or Macedonia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Peacemaker_(movie)   (280 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Special reports The man who thinks he's George Clooney. A story of lawless Kabul
In 2000, he issued a writ against DreamWorks, claiming its 1997 film The Peacemaker, which starred George Clooney and Nicole Kidman, was based on his story.
The film is about a maverick American colonel, played by Clooney, who tracks down a Russian nuclear smuggling team.
Yesterday, Afghan security forces and the US military admitted they appeared to have uncovered a freelance counterterrorism mission by bounty hunters, who may have been lured to the country by the prospect of earning multimillion-dollar rewards.
www.guardian.co.uk /afghanistan/story/0,1284,1257512,00.html   (966 words)

  
 Montreal Film Journal
The FX budget is huge, Leder has talent (her 1997's "The Peacemaker" is superior to most recent action films), and the cast is impressive.
Like, this film is pretty much a big budget excuse to display special FX of a meteor destroying a big part of America.
But for some reason, instead of playing it like it is, director Mimi Leder tries to make a "good" film by putting scene after scene of corny emotion, as if she thought that would be enough to get her a truck load of Oscars.
www.montrealfilmjournal.com /review.asp?R=R0000149   (402 words)

  
 Terrorism & Security csmonitor.com
He also unsuccessfully sued film maker Steven Spielberg for allegedly stealing his life story for a commando character in the 1997 movie "The Peacemaker".
www.csmonitor.com /2004/0826/dailyUpdate.html   (402 words)

  
 The Peacemaker (movie) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Peacemaker is a 1997 thriller and action movie starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman.
It is notable because it was the first film released by the film studio DreamWorks.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Peacemaker_(movie)   (402 words)

  
 Moviefone: The Peacemaker Movie
Synopsis: The first motion picture produced by DreamWorks SKG, The Peacemaker (1997) was a spy thriller that married the exotic locations and derring-do of...
This is a movie review of The Peacemaker, a Mimi Leder film starring George Clooney, and Nicole Kidman.
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 MTV.com - Movies - John Wells
There's no question that his television ventures served him well in that decade, and with feature production work on such theatrical hits as The Peacemaker (1997), Far From Heaven, and White Oleander (both 2002) following shortly thereafter, the prolific television figure was poised to make his mark on the film world as well.
In 1997, Wells teamed with ER star George Clooney for the high-stakes thriller The Peacemaker, marking Wells ' first foray into feature films.
By this point, Wells was primarily a feature producer, a fact that he would drive home with work on such films as A Home at the End of the World, Shadows, and Daisy Winters (all 2004).
www.mtv.com /movies/person/103082/bio.jhtml   (402 words)

  
 DreamWorks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first feature length DreamWorks film to be released was The Peacemaker, in 1997, although a failed TV pilot called Dear Diary was put into limited theatrical release in 1996.
DreamWorks, L.L.C., doing business as DreamWorks SKG, is a Big Ten studio in the United States of America which develops, produces, and distributes films, video games, and television programming.
The initials "SKG" stand for the company's co-founders, Steven Spielberg (movie director and founder of Amblin Entertainment), Jeffrey Katzenberg (former head of The Walt Disney Company's film studios), and David Geffen (founder of Geffen Records).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/DreamWorks   (700 words)

  
 Nicole Kidman
The Peacemaker with George Clooney and Practical Magic with Sandra Bullock were her next films, released 1997 and 1998.
Nicole dropped out of high school when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in order to help her.
Nicole Kidman took ballet lessons at the age of three, later also classes in dance, drama and mime at the St. Martin's Youth Theatre, the Australian Theatre for Young People and the Philip Street Theatre in Australia.
www.cosmopolis.ch /english/cosmo23/nicole_kidman.htm   (1112 words)

  
 The Peacemaker (1997): George Clooney, Nicole Kidman, Marcel Iures, Mimi Leder
The Peacemaker (1997): George Clooney, Nicole Kidman, Marcel Iures, Mimi Leder
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 HSX Prediction Market: StarBonds® : Mimi Leder
She teamed up with ER star George Clooney when she was tabbed to direct DreamWorks first feature film in 1997's action thriller The Peacemaker.
She also counts among her credits directing episodes of LA Law and China Beach.
Eventually Leder went on to direct, making her name in TV directing as she received Emmys for directing and co-executive producing NBC's perennial no.1hit ER.
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 George Clooney: bio and encyclopedia article
The peacemaker is a 1997 thriller and action movie starring george clooney and nicole kidman....
Nick clooney (born january 13, 1934) is an american television news anchorman and politician from the u.s....
Confessions of a dangerous mind is a 2002 drama film directed by george clooney....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/ge/george_clooney.htm   (1515 words)

  
 Modern Humorist - Two Thumbs Off!
Take Pay It Forward (2000), one of the worst in recent memory: It was directed by Mimi Leder, who began her career with the limp "The Peacemaker" (1997) and went on to commit such indiscretions as "Deep Impact" (1998), the bad asteroid movie.
No matter how bad a rating the film receives, it would still be released.
For each movie, twelve citizens drawn at random would determine the fate of that movie’s director.
www.modernhumorist.com /mh/0111/iran   (929 words)

  
 About george clooney, actor, celebrity, george clooney pictures!
Directed by ER directress Mimi Leder, in 1997 he has the part of colonel Tom Devoe who has to save the world next to Nicole Kidman: "The Peacemaker" is the first movie of Steven Spielbergs Dream Works Studios.
"Batman and Robin" is the 4th part of the Batman movies, the film is not successfull as the ones before, but George becomes a top star and has now the possibility to play only in movies he likes to.
It is followed by "One Fine Day" (1996): george clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer are single parents who have to find a compromise between their careers and their kids.
www.actingmodeling.com /celebs/george_clooney.htm   (950 words)

  
 John Wells
There's no question that his television ventures served him well in that decade, and with feature production work on such theatrical hits as The Peacemaker (1997), Far From Heaven, and White Oleander (both 2002) following shortly thereafter, the prolific television figure was poised to make his mark on the film world as well.
By this point, Wells was primarily a feature producer, a fact that he would drive home with work on such films as A Home at the End of the World, Shadows, and Daisy Winters (all 2004).
Wells' subsequent involvement as producer on such theatrical releases as One Hour Photo, Far From Heaven, Party Monster, and Camp seemed to indicate that he was moving away from small-screen work.
www.djangomusic.com /actor_bio.asp?pid=P116385   (382 words)

  
 Publisher-supplied biographical information about contributor(s) for Library of Congress control number 97023465
Andrew Cockburn's wide-ranging journalistic career in print and television includes the George Foster Peabody Award-winning documentary The Red Army, and the first detailed description of the terrible 1957 nuclear accident in the Urals.  The Cockburns are both contributing editors for Vanity Fair, and are coproducers of the 1997 DreamWorks film The Peacemaker.
Leslie Cockburn's coverage of foreign affairs has won her numerous awards, including the Emmy, George Polk and duPont-Columbia Awards, the Robert F. Kennedy Award for International Reporting, and the National Press Club Award for Diplomatic Correspondence.
The Library of Congress makes no claims as to the accuracy of the information provided, and will not maintain or otherwise edit/update the information supplied by the publisher.
www.loc.gov /catdir/bios/random057/97023465.html   (185 words)

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