The American Trailer: Does This George Clooney Film Owe a Debt to Lost?
I've been looking forward to the Anton Corbijn-directed, George Clooney-starring thriller The American for a while, and the new trailer doesn't disappoint. Not only is it beautiful, spare, and visually striking, but it appears to be a big-budget feature version of "The Economist," one of my favorite episodes of Lost.
In case you forgot, that'd be the Season 4 flash-forward episode that finds assassin Sayid abroad, contracted by a mysterious, never-seen voice on the phone to perform some sort of shadowy hit. Complicating matters is when he falls in love with a beautiful blond European (played by Thekla Reuten).
So what do we see in The American? Well, it appears that assassin George Clooney has been sent abroad, contracted by a mysterious, never-seen voice on the phone to perform some sort of shadowy hit. Complicating matters is when he falls in love with a beautiful blond European (still played by Thekla Reuten).
Homage? Coincidence? I don't care. Just give me a Michael Emerson cameo and my ticket's bought!
VERDICT: Sold.
The American [Yahoo]
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It looks like he fell in love with the brunette, not the blond.
"The American" is based on the Martin Booth novel, "A Very Private Gentleman," written in 2005. More likely this book was the inspiration for the Lost episode. Uncredited, I would guess.