“Dark, brooding, methodical, meticulous, and absorbing Anton Corbjin's "The American" is a master class on the proper ways of filmmaking and how sometimes the best dramas are the …”
The American is a 2010 American thriller film directed by Anton Corbijn and starring George Clooney, Thekla Reuten, Violante Placido, Irina Björklund, and Paolo Bonacelli. It is an adaptation of the 1990 novel A Very Private Gentleman by Martin Booth. The film opened on September 1, 2010. A trailer for the film was released on May 3, 2010.