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I Hired a Contract Killer (1990) [N/A]

Release Date:
October 12, 1990

Original Title:
I Hired a Contract Killer

Alternate Titles:
Contraté a un asesino
Contraté a un asesino a sueldo
Ho assoldato un killer
Ich engagierte einen Berufskiller
Najal jsem si vraha
Proselava enan epagelmatia dolofono
Unajmio sam placenog ubicu
Vertrag mit meinem Mörder
Yo alquilé a un asesino por contrato
Я нанял убийцу

Genres:
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
Channel 4 Television
Esselte Video
Finnkino
Megamania
Pandora Film
Pyramide Productions
Villealfa Filmproductions

Production Countries:
Finland | France | Germany | Sweden | United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
AR: +13  DE: 12  FI: K-12  GB: 15  NL: 12  PT: M/16  SE: 15  TW: 12+ 

Runtime: 80

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After losing his job and realizing that he is alone in the world, a businessman opts to voluntarily end his life. Lacking courage, he hires a contract killer to do the job. Then, while awaiting his demise, he meets a woman and promptly falls in love.

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Art Direction:
Mark Lavis

Assistant Location Manager:
Andy Eliot
Charlie Woodhouse

Assistant Production Manager:
Jaakko Talaskivi

Boom Operator:
Ronald Bailey

Carpenter:
Nigel Ashby
Richard F. Ward III

Catering:
Erkki Lahti

Costume Design:
Simon Murray

Dialogue Coach:
Irmeli Debarle

Director:
Aki Kaurismäki

Director of Photography:
Timo Salminen

Driver:
Jamie Forder

Editor:
Aki Kaurismäki

Electrician:
Peter Bass

First Assistant Camera:
Jacques Cheuiche

First Assistant Director:
Pauli Pentti

Gaffer:
Olli Varja
Peter A. Hoffman

Genetator Operator:
George Cowen

Grip:
Wolfgang Kluge

Idea:
Peter von Bagh

In Memory Of:
Michael Powell

Line Producer:
Martin Bruce-Clayton
David P. Kelly

Location Manager:
Andy Pavord

Negative Cutter:
Danny Coulson

Post Production Coordinator:
Erkki Astala

Producer:
Aki Kaurismäki

Production Assistant:
Jonathan Finn
Tom Houghton
Peter La Terriere
Giulia Maura

Production Design:
John Ebden

Production Manager:
Klaus Heydemann

Production Secretary:
Haije Alanoja

Property Buyer:
Sarah Horton

Property Master:
Heikki Ukkonen

Props:
Philip Hunt

Screenplay:
Aki Kaurismäki

Script Supervisor:
Malla Hukkanen

Second Assistant Camera:
Isabella Fernandes

Second Assistant Director:
Kari Laine
Robert Fabbri

Sound:
Timo Linnasalo

Sound Assistant:
Danny Malone

Sound Editor:
Jouko Lumme

Sound Effects:
Beryl Mortimer

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Tom Forsström

Still Photographer:
Malla Hukkanen

Story:
Aki Kaurismäki

Translator:
Mikko Lyytikäinen

Unit Production Manager:
Pauli Pentti

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