The Passenger (2005)

Passenger
Rolling Stone
details
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM)
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: Oct 28, 2005
Running Time: 123 mins.
Additional Notes: dialogue English
Country Of Origin: Italy
synopsis
A portrait of a drained journalist whose deliverance is an identity exchange with a dead man. He embarks on a treacherous journey through Africa, Spain, Germany, England, Spain.
cast + crew
David Locke
Mrs Locke
Martin Knight
Actor
screenplay
screenplay
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Producer
reviews
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rating  PETER TRAVERS - October 20, 2005
For the provocative questions it asks about identity and brute force, David Cronenberg's A History of Violence is the best movie of the year so far. That's what makes the rerelease of Michelangelo Antonioni's 1975 landmark, The Passenger, such a well-timed companion piece. The script, co-written by Antonioni and Peter Wollen, focuses on a TV journalist (a superb Jack Nicholson) who steals the identity of a dead man and embarks on a new life, only to find violent surprises on his trail. … Continued