The Passenger
I used to be somebody else...but I traded him in.
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Production
Budget
$0
Box office
$768 744
Director
Actors
Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre, Ian Hendry, Steven Berkoff, Ambroise Mbia, José María Caffarel, James Campbell, Manfred Spies, Jean-Baptiste Tiémélé
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Carlo Ponti, Alessandro von Norman
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Composer
Artist
Audition
Short description
David Locke is a world-weary American journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern Africa, but he makes little progress with the story. When he discovers the body of a stranger who looks similar to him, Locke assumes the dead man's identity. However, he soon finds out that the man was an arms dealer, leading Locke into dangerous situations. Aided by a beautiful woman, Locke attempts to avoid both the police and criminals out to get him.
What's left behind the scenes
- This is the last film in Michelangelo Antonioni’s English-language trilogy, shot under contract with Carlo Ponti under the auspices of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
- According to Nicholson, actress Maria Schneider spent the days of filming in a drug-induced haze, so he sometimes had to hold her up to prevent her from falling in front of the camera.
- The story is based on Mark Piplow’s short story “Fatal Exit” – a native of the east coast of Africa.
- In English-speaking countries, the film is known as “The Passenger”.
- The film was shot on location – in Chad, Algeria, London, Munich, and Spain. Technically, the most challenging part was filming in the Sahara: in the scorching desert conditions, the film had to be transported in a refrigerator.
- Initially, the film was planned to be shot in the Amazon jungle (as well as in Sardinia and Rome), but the preparation period lasted for 2 years. Working in the jungle turned out to be an expensive undertaking, and producer Carlo Ponti stated that he would not be able to finance the shooting. It was then decided to film with the same actors, but in the Sahara, which was more accessible from a logistical point of view.
- To mark the 30th anniversary of its premiere, the film received a limited release in the US and some other countries.
- Despite a tight shooting schedule, Antonioni filmed far more material than was needed for the film's editing. In particular, an explicit love scene between Nicholson and Schneider did not make it into the final version. Initially, Antonioni assembled a four-hour cut of the film, and then asked editor Franco Arcalli to reduce it by more than an hour and a half. This version was shown in Europe, but for the American premiere, it was also subjected to further cuts.
- At the director's instruction, the film crew painted the fruits of unripe citrus trees in a Spanish garden.
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