The Tourist (2010)
- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck originally wanted a completely different ending for the film, but test audiences preferred the one we see today.
- During the filming of The Tourist, Johnny Depp improvised one of the most famous lines in the movie.
- The incredible score for The Tourist was composed in just a few weeks after the original composer dropped out.
The Tourist is a 2010 American romantic thriller directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Johnny Depp stars as Frank Tupelo, a mild-mannered American math teacher vacationing in Venice who becomes entangled in an international espionage plot when the glamorous Elise Clifton-Ward, played by Angelina Jolie, sits across from him on a train and allows both Interpol and a Russian mobster to believe Frank is her fugitive ex-lover โ a man wanted for stealing billions who has reportedly had plastic surgery to change his appearance. The Venice setting was the film's greatest asset, with the city's canals, piazzas, and rooftop chase sequences providing gorgeous visual spectacle.
The chemistry between Depp and Jolie, two of the biggest movie stars on the planet, was curiously muted despite the pairing's theoretical appeal. The Tourist earned $278 million worldwide on a $100 million budget but received predominantly negative reviews.
