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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: John Madden’s The Debt

Madden doesn’t have the best of scorecards (Killshot anyone?), but isn’t revenge more sweet after a three decade defrost period and when you have thesps Ciarán Hinds, Helen Mirren and Tom Wilkinson on board?

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#38. The Debt

Director: John Madden
Writer(s): Assaf Bernstein, Jane Goldman, Ido Rosenblum and Matthew Vaughn
Producers: Eduardo Rossoff , Kris Thykier and Matthew Vaughn
Distributor: Miramax.

The Gist: A remake of Assaf Bernstein’s 2007 Israeli film “HaHov”, this follows a trio of 1960s Israeli intelligence agents who pursue a Nazi war criminal only to have him escape. More than 30 years later, their target re-emerges, forcing one of the agents to track him down and preserve their decades-old cover-up...(more)

Cast: Sam Worthington, Ciarán Hinds, Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson, Marton Csokas, Jesper Christensen and Jessica Chastain

Why is it on the list?: Madden doesn’t have the best of scorecards (Killshot anyone?), but isn’t revenge more sweet after a three decade defrost period and when you have thesps Ciarán Hinds, Helen Mirren and Tom Wilkinson on board?

Release Date/Status?: Still no release date set – Disney still trying to figure out best rollout strategy for Miramax.

 
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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