Assassination Tango

Assassination Tango
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Duvall
Produced by	Rob Carliner Robert Duvall
Written by	Robert Duvall
Starring	Robert Duvall Rubén Blades Kathy Baker Luciana Pedraza
Music by	Luis Enríquez Bacalov
Cinematography	Félix Monti
Editing by	Stephen Mack
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer American Zoetrope
Release date(s)	March 28, 2003
Running time	114 minutes
Country	United States Argentina
Language	English Spanish

Assassination Tango is a 2002 crime film written, produced, directed by, and starring Robert Duvall. It is a thriller about an assassin's discovery of Argentine tango. Other actors include Rubén Blades, Kathy Baker and Duvall's wife, Luciana Pedraza. Francis Ford Coppola was one of the executive producers; the majority of the film was shot in Argentina. Some scenes at the beginning and end of the story were filmed in Coney Island, Brooklyn.

Plot

Anderson (Duvall) is a successful American hitman whose employer sends him to do a job in Argentina. His contacts inform him that his target is a former General. Things are not as easy as they seem. A paranoid Anderson simultaneously rents a room in two different Hotels. From the safety but close proximity of one Hotel room, he witnesses police converge on the other Hotel. Anderson will fulfill his obligation to do the job, despite the obvious reality that there is a leak. We witness the conspirator Miguel (Rueben Blades) being harshly interrogated by Buenos Aires police. Miguel can eventually breathe a sigh of relief, when his conspirator within the Argentinian Federal Authorities shows up. Anderson (Duvall) eventually makes it out of Argentina safely. ....The character of Jo-Jo is a small supporting role played by Frank Cassavetes, a son of the late Director John Cassvetes and actress Gena Rowlands.

External links

• Official site
• Assassination Tango at the Internet Movie Database
• Assassination Tango at Rotten Tomatoes