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Salt is put on a helicopter with Peabody and she explains everything to him; because "they took everything from her" she wants revenge. Salt also tells Peabody that there are "many more" remaining agents trained by Orlov. A skeptical Peabody eventually accepts she is telling the truth after receiving an [[SMS]] saying that Salt's fingerprints were found at the barge, confirming her betrayal of Orlov. Peabody uncuffs Salt, and tells her to "Go get'em!" before she jumps into the [[Potomac River]].
Salt is put on a helicopter with Peabody and she explains everything to him; because "they took everything from her" she wants revenge. Salt also tells Peabody that there are "many more" remaining agents trained by Orlov. A skeptical Peabody eventually accepts she is telling the truth after receiving an [[SMS]] saying that Salt's fingerprints were found at the barge, confirming her betrayal of Orlov. Peabody uncuffs Salt, and tells her to "Go get'em!" before she jumps into the [[Potomac River]].

== Cast ==
* [[Angelina Jolie]] as Evelyn Salt, a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] agent accused of being a [[double agent]] for the [[KGB]].
* [[Liev Schreiber]] as Ted Winter, the head of the fictional CIA's Russia House<ref name="totalfilmpg77">{{cite journal |year=2010 |title=Cover Story (Salt) |journal=[[Total Film]] |publisher=[[Future Publishing]]|volume=August 2010 |issue=170 |page=77 |doi= }}</ref>
* [[Chiwetel Ejiofor]] as Peabody, a United States [[counter-intelligence]] agent in pursuit of Salt<ref name="totalfilmpg78">{{cite journal |year=2010 |title=Cover Story (Salt)|journal=Total Film |publisher=Future Publishing|volume=August 2010 |issue=170 |page=78 |doi= }}</ref>
* [[Daniel Olbrychski]] as Oleg Vassilevich Orlov, the Russian [[Defection|defector]] and [[spymaster]]
* [[August Diehl]] as Michael "Mike" Krause, Salt's husband
* [[Olek Krupa]] as Russian President Boris Matveyev
* [[Hunt Block]] as United States President Howard Lewis
* [[Corey Stoll]] as Shnaider, the Russian suicide-bomber sent to his death by Orlov


== Production ==
== Production ==
=== Development, writing, and casting ===
=== Development, writing, and casting ===
The early development of the script began while Kurt Wimmer was doing interviews promoting ''[[Equilibrium (film)|Equilibrium]]''. In a November 2002 interview, he discussed what scripts he was working on. He stated that "I have several scripts - foremost of which is one called ''The Far-Reaching Philosophy of Edwin A. Salt'' - kind of a high-action spy thriller..."<ref name="chud" />
The early development of the script began while Kurt Wimmer was doing interviews promoting ''[[Equilibrium (film)|Equilibrium]]''. In a November 2002 interview, he discussed what scripts he was working on. He stated that "I have several scripts - foremost of which is one called ''The Far-Reaching Philosophy of Edwin A. Salt'' - kind of a high-action spy thriller..."<ref name="chud"/>
In another interview, Wimmer described the project as "very much about me and my wife".<ref name="10 questions" />
In another interview, Wimmer described the project as "very much about me and my wife".<ref name="10 questions"/>
The plot incorporated many elements from ''Equilibrium'', with an oppressive and [[paranoid]] political system of [[brainwashing]] that gets overthrown by one of its high ranking members who rebels due to an emotional transformation.<ref name="EquilibriumSaltSimilarity" /> With the shortened title ''Edwin A. Salt'', the script was sold to [[Columbia Pictures]] in January 2007.<ref name="AllBusiness" /> By July 2007, the script had attracted the attention of Tom Cruise.<ref name="Variety2007" />
The plot incorporated many elements from ''Equilibrium'', with an oppressive and [[paranoid]] political system of [[brainwashing]] that gets overthrown by one of its high ranking members who rebels due to an emotional transformation.<ref name="EquilibriumSaltSimilarity"/> With the shortened title ''Edwin A. Salt'', the script was sold to [[Columbia Pictures]] in January 2007.<ref name="AllBusiness"/> By July 2007, the script had attracted the attention of Tom Cruise.<ref name="Variety2007"/>


[[Terry George]] was the first director to join the project, and he also did some revisions to the script, but he soon left the project. [[Peter Berg]] was the next director to consider, but he too, eventually dropped out for undisclosed reasons.<ref name="IGN" /><ref name="EW" /> A year later it was confirmed that [[Phillip Noyce]] would direct.<ref name="variety" /> Noyce was attracted to ''Salt'' for its espionage themes, which are present in most of his filmography,<ref name="kcrw" /> as well as the tension of a character that tries to prove his innocence yet also does what he was previously accused of.<ref name=comm/> During 2008, [[Tom Cruise]], who had been loosely attached to star for more than a year, began discussions with Noyce about playing Edwin A. Salt. Cruise was unable to commit to the script because he feared that the character was too close to his ''[[Mission: Impossible (film series)|Mission Impossible]]'' character [[Ethan Hunt]].<ref name="director interview" /> Cruise decided to work on ''[[Knight and Day]]'' instead. The filmmakers tried to differentiate the character from Hunt, but eventually came to accept they were too similar and decided not to change the characteristics of Salt. Noyce said "But, you know, he had a valid point. It was kind of returning to an offshoot of a character that he’d already played. It’s like playing the brother, or the cousin, of somebody that you played in another movie".<ref name="director interview" />
[[Terry George]] was the first director to join the project, and he also did some revisions to the script, but he soon left the project. [[Peter Berg]] was the next director to consider, but he too, eventually dropped out for undisclosed reasons.<ref name="IGN" /><ref name="EW" /> A year later it was confirmed that [[Phillip Noyce]] would direct.<ref name="variety"/> Noyce was attracted to ''Salt'' for its espionage themes, which are present in most of his filmography,<ref name="kcrw"/> as well as the tension of a character that tries to prove his innocence yet also does what he was previously accused of.<ref name=comm/> During 2008, [[Tom Cruise]], who had been loosely attached to star for more than a year, began discussions with Noyce about playing Edwin A. Salt. Cruise was unable to commit to the script because he feared that the character was too close to his ''[[Mission: Impossible (film series)|Mission Impossible]]'' character [[Ethan Hunt]].<ref name="director interview" /> Cruise decided to work on ''[[Knight and Day]]'' instead. The filmmakers tried to differentiate the character from Hunt, but eventually came to accept they were too similar and decided not to change the characteristics of Salt. Noyce said "But, you know, he had a valid point. It was kind of returning to an offshoot of a character that he’d already played. It’s like playing the brother, or the cousin, of somebody that you played in another movie".<ref name="director interview" />


[[Columbia Pictures]] executive [[Amy Pascal]] suggested [[Angelina Jolie]] to Noyce, who had often spoken to Jolie in the past about a desire to create a female [[spy film|spy franchise]].<ref name="director interview" /> Pascal even invited Jolie for a [[Bond girl]] role, but the actress playfully replied that she was more interested in playing [[James Bond (character)|James Bond]] himself instead.<ref name=notes/> Jolie was sent ''Salt'''s script in September 2008 and liked it. Wimmer, Noyce, and producer [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]] went to visit Jolie at her home in [[France]] to discuss a possible script and character change. Writer [[Brian Helgeland]] helped with the character development and dialogue of the script based on the notes that came out of those discussions with Jolie and to accompany the gender change, the title character's name was changed to Evelyn Salt.<ref name="director interview" /> One of Jolie's requests was to rework the third act, which originally had Salt rescued his wife and son from a coalition of villains, because she did not believe a mother would neglect her child in this kind of situation. Wimmer decided to then make Salt more crucial to the villain's schemes, and add a sequence where Salt breaks into "a place harder than [[Fort Knox]]" - after considering [[Camp David]], Wimmer settled on the [[White House]].<ref name=comm/> When asked if the script written for Cruise was the same for Jolie, he said "I think that it’s just been a continual process, obviously accelerating by changing the central character. But the ideas—the locomotive of ideas that drive the film are the same. An undercover CIA operative is accused of being a Russian [[Mole (espionage)|mole]], and has to go on the run to defend themselves. That’s been the same since day one. The tone of the film has changed in this evolution. In the same way, I guess, as—you know—action thrillers have changed along the lines of the [[James Bond (film series)|Bond film]]s and the [[Bourne (film series)|Bourne film]]s".<ref name="director interview" /><ref name="jolie" />
[[Columbia Pictures]] executive [[Amy Pascal]] suggested [[Angelina Jolie]] to Noyce, who had often spoken to Jolie in the past about a desire to create a female [[spy film|spy franchise]].<ref name="director interview" /> Pascal even invited Jolie for a [[Bond girl]] role, but the actress playfully replied that she was more interested in playing [[James Bond (character)|James Bond]] himself instead.<ref name=notes/> Jolie was sent ''Salt'''s script in September 2008 and liked it. Wimmer, Noyce, and producer [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]] went to visit Jolie at her home in [[France]] to discuss a possible script and character change. Writer [[Brian Helgeland]] helped with the character development and dialogue of the script based on the notes that came out of those discussions with Jolie and to accompany the gender change, the title character's name was changed to Evelyn Salt.<ref name="director interview" /> One of Jolie's requests was to rework the third act, which originally had Salt rescued his wife and son from a coalition of villains, because she did not believe a mother would neglect her child in this kind of situation. Wimmer decided to then make Salt more crucial to the villain's schemes, and add a sequence where Salt breaks into "a place harder than [[Fort Knox]]" - after considering [[Camp David]], Wimmer settled on the [[White House]].<ref name=comm/> When asked if the script written for Cruise was the same for Jolie, he said "I think that it’s just been a continual process, obviously accelerating by changing the central character. But the ideas—the locomotive of ideas that drive the film are the same. An undercover CIA operative is accused of being a Russian [[Mole (espionage)|mole]], and has to go on the run to defend themselves. That’s been the same since day one. The tone of the film has changed in this evolution. In the same way, I guess, as—you know—action thrillers have changed along the lines of the [[James Bond (film series)|Bond film]]s and the [[Bourne (film series)|Bourne film]]s".<ref name="director interview" /><ref name="jolie" />


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On February&nbsp;19,&nbsp;2009, it was reported that [[Liev Schreiber]] would play the role of Ted Winter, Evelyn Salt's friend and colleague in the CIA.<ref name="Liev" /> Schrieber was chosen for his "hidden emotionality" and his performance in ''[[Defiance (2008 film)|Defiance]]''.<ref name=comm/> Three days later [[Chiwetel Ejiofor]] named as CIA Agent Peabody, who is in pursuit of Salt.<ref name="variety2" /> Noyce said Ejiofor, who he first saw in ''[[Dirty Pretty Things (film)|Dirty Pretty Things]]'', seemed to have the "intelligence and disarming sort of obsessiveness" that a [[counter-intelligence]] agent would need.<ref name=comm/> [[August Diehl]], who played Salt's husband Mike Krause, came after a recommendation from Jolie's husband [[Brad Pitt]], who had worked with Diehl in ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'', and [[Daniel Olbrychski]] was chosen for Orlov because [[Andrei Konchalovsky]] told Noyce that such an evil Russian character could only be played by a Polish actor.<ref name=comm/>
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On February&nbsp;19,&nbsp;2009, it was reported that [[Liev Schreiber]] would play the role of Ted Winter, Evelyn Salt's friend and colleague in the CIA.<ref name="Liev" /> Schrieber was chosen for his "hidden emotionality" and his performance in ''[[Defiance (2008 film)|Defiance]]''.<ref name=comm/> Three days later [[Chiwetel Ejiofor]] named as CIA Agent Peabody, who is in pursuit of Salt.<ref name="variety2" /> Noyce said Ejiofor, who he first saw in ''[[Dirty Pretty Things (film)|Dirty Pretty Things]]'', seemed to have the "intelligence and disarming sort of obsessiveness" that a [[counter-intelligence]] agent would need.<ref name=comm/> [[August Diehl]], who played Salt's husband Mike Krause, came after a recommendation from Jolie's husband [[Brad Pitt]], who had worked with Diehl in ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'', and [[Daniel Olbrychski]] was chosen for Orlov because [[Andrei Konchalovsky]] told Noyce that such an evil Russian character could only be played by a Polish actor.<ref name="comm" />


=== Filming ===
=== Filming ===
On a budget of $110&nbsp;million, [[principal photography]] took place mostly on location in [[New York]] and [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="budget" /><ref name="first look" /> from March&nbsp;to&nbsp;June&nbsp;2009. <ref name="about" /><ref name="filming" /><ref name="access" /> Noyce decided to avoid "typical post-card views of Washington DC" to reflect "the more
On a budget of $110&nbsp;million, [[principal photography]] took place mostly on location in [[New York]] and [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="budget" /><ref name="first look" /> from March&nbsp;to&nbsp;June&nbsp;2009. <ref name="about" /><ref name="filming" /><ref name="access" /> Noyce decided to avoid "typical post-card views of Washington DC" to reflect "the more
day-to-day environment of massive federal buildings inhabited by the typical bureaucrat".<ref name=notes/> The opening sequence in North Korea was shot at the [[Floyd Bennett Field]], with an extra who had experience with [[prisoner exchange]] acting as a consultant. Salt's rendezvous with Orlov was shot in a ship boneyard in [[Staten Island]], with a sunk lighthouse ship serving as location. The outside of the KA training facility was the [[Makaryev Monastery]] in Russia,<ref name=comm/> while the interior was the [[Russian Orthodox]] Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Protection in New York‟s East Village.<ref name=notes/> Filming for a chase sequence took place in [[Albany, NY|Albany]] on Water Street near the [[Interstate 787]] ramp between April and May.<ref name="wten" /> Studio production took place at Grumman Studios in [[Bethpage, New York|Bethpage]], [[Long Island]], New York.<ref name="Grumanstudios" /><ref name="libn" /> While the film was in post-production, di Bonaventura became dissatisfied with some scenes.<ref name=nypost/> [[Steven Zaillian]] was brought for uncredited rewrites,<ref name="Variety2010" /> and reshoots, mostly of action scenes, were held in New York during January 2010.<ref name="nypost" />
day-to-day environment of massive federal buildings inhabited by the typical bureaucrat".<ref name=notes/> The opening sequence in North Korea was shot at the [[Floyd Bennett Field]], with an extra who had experience with [[prisoner exchange]] acting as a consultant. Salt's rendezvous with Orlov was shot in a ship boneyard in [[Staten Island]], with a sunk lighthouse ship serving as location. The outside of the KA training facility was the [[Makaryev Monastery]] in Russia,<ref name=comm/> while the interior was the [[Russian Orthodox]] Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Protection in New York‟s East Village.<ref name=notes/> Filming for a chase sequence took place in [[Albany, NY|Albany]] on Water Street near the [[Interstate 787]] ramp between April and May.<ref name="wten"/> Studio production took place at Grumman Studios in [[Bethpage, New York|Bethpage]], [[Long Island]], New York.<ref name="Grumanstudios"/><ref name="libn"/> While the film was in post-production, di Bonaventura became dissatisfied with some scenes.<ref name=nypost/> [[Steven Zaillian]] was brought for uncredited rewrites,<ref name="Variety2010"/> and reshoots, mostly of action scenes, were held in New York during January 2010.<ref name=nypost/>


After Jolie had just given birth to twins,<ref name="ultimate" /> she spent time training before filming to get fit in order to perform almost all of the stunts herself. Bonaventura said, "She is so prepared and so ready and gung-ho, she'll do any stunt. We had her jumping out of helicopters, shooting, jumping off of all sorts of things and infiltrating places that are impossible to infiltrate".<ref name="LAtimes1" /> Salt's fighting style was described as a mixture of [[Muay Thai]], which was considered by the stunt team the most fit for Jolie's physique, and [[Krav Maga]], for its rawness and aggressivity. Noyce wanted to film the scene where Salt hangs from the edge of the building in a studio with [[chroma key]], but Jolie insisted on doing it herself in the actual location.<ref name="ultimate" /> On May&nbsp;29,&nbsp;2009, filming was temporarily halted after Jolie suffered a minor head injury during filming an action scene. She was taken to a hospital as a precautionary measure and released on the same day with no serious injuries, allowing filming to resume.<ref name="injury" /> Salt's escape after being captured in St. Bartholomew's originally involved jumping her off a building into a window cleaning machine, but budgetary constraints caused the scene to be changed into a car chase.<ref name="comm" />
After Jolie had just given birth to twins,<ref name=ultimate/> she spent time training before filming to get fit in order to perform almost all of the stunts herself. Bonaventura said, "She is so prepared and so ready and gung-ho, she'll do any stunt. We had her jumping out of helicopters, shooting, jumping off of all sorts of things and infiltrating places that are impossible to infiltrate".<ref name="LAtimes1"/> Salt's fighting style was described as a mixture of [[Muay Thai]], which was considered by the stunt team the most fit for Jolie's physique, and [[Krav Maga]], for its rawness and aggressivity. Noyce wanted to film the scene where Salt hangs from the edge of the building in a studio with [[chroma key]], but Jolie insisted on doing it herself in the actual location.<ref name=ultimate/> On May&nbsp;29,&nbsp;2009, filming was temporarily halted after Jolie suffered a minor head injury during filming an action scene. She was taken to a hospital as a precautionary measure and released on the same day with no serious injuries, allowing filming to resume.<ref name="injury"/> Salt's escape after being captured in St. Bartholomew's originally involved jumping her off a building into a window cleaning machine, but budgetary constraints caused the scene to be changed into a car chase.<ref name=comm/>


[[Computer-generated imagery]] (CGI) was used extensively throughout the film to create environments and elements, such as bullet holes and flames. More dangerous objects such as a [[taser]] or the handcuffs used to strangle Winter were also made from CGI. Five companies were responsible for [[visual effects]]. The two most involved were [[Rainmaker Digital Effects|CIS Vancouver]] and [[Framestore]]. CIS Vancouver recreated the [[White House]] since the crew did not have permission to shoot in the building, and made a digital elevator shaft for the scene where Salt goes down into the White House bunker. Framestore was responsible for the assassination attempt on the Russian president, which combined actual shots of St. Bartholomew's Church, a digital recreation of the church's interior, and scenes with actor Olek Krupa falling down a collapsing floor.<ref name="awn" /><ref name="Grasmere" />
[[Computer-generated imagery]] (CGI) was used extensively throughout the film to create environments and elements, such as bullet holes and flames. More dangerous objects such as a [[taser]] or the handcuffs used to strangle Winter were also made from CGI. Five companies were responsible for [[visual effects]]. The two most involved were [[Rainmaker Digital Effects|CIS Vancouver]] and [[Framestore]]. CIS Vancouver recreated the [[White House]] since the crew did not have permission to shoot in the building, and made a digital elevator shaft for the scene where Salt goes down into the White House bunker. Framestore was responsible for the assassination attempt on the Russian president, which combined actual shots of St. Bartholomew's Church, a digital recreation of the church's interior, and scenes with actor Olek Krupa falling down a collapsing floor.<ref name="awn"/><ref name="Grasmere"/>


Female CIA agents were consulted about the creation of disguises, leading to the scene where Salt undergoes subtle changes to disguise herself as a Puerto Rican. The "sweet and caring" blonde Salt dyeing her hair black would represent the shift to Chenkov, the menacing Russian agent. For the scene where Salt disguises herself as a Major, pictures of Angelina Jolie were treated on [[Adobe Photoshop]] to create a believable male version, with the resulting image being used by the make-up team as an inspiration for the [[Prosthetic makeup|prostethics]].<ref name="Spy Disguise" />
Female CIA agents were consulted about the creation of disguises, leading to the scene where Salt undergoes subtle changes to disguise herself as a Puerto Rican. The "sweet and caring" blonde Salt dyeing her hair black would represent the shift to Chenkov, the menacing Russian agent. For the scene where Salt disguises herself as a Major, pictures of Angelina Jolie were treated on [[Adobe Photoshop]] to create a believable male version, with the resulting image being used by the make-up team as an inspiration for the [[Prosthetic makeup|prostethics]].<ref name="Spy Disguise"/>


===Versions===
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[[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[weighted average]] score out of 100 reviews from film critics, has a rating score of 65% based on 42 reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews.<ref name="metacritic" />
[[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[weighted average]] score out of 100 reviews from film critics, has a rating score of 65% based on 42 reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews.<ref name="metacritic" />
Many reviewers pointed out the coincidence of ''Salt'' getting released shortly after the reveal of real Russian sleeper agents in the [[Illegals Program]],<ref name=vv>{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-07-20/film/salt-jolie-first-ambiguous-action-heroine/|first=Karina|last=Longworth|date=2010-07-20|work=[[Village Voice]]|title=Salt's Jolie: The First (Ambiguous) Action Heroine|accessdate=2011-02-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/salt-20100721 |authorlink= Peter Travis | last = Travis | first = Peter |date=2010-07-21|accessdate=2011-02-12|title=Salt|work=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref><ref name="empire" /> with a few even comparing Salt to one of the agents, [[Anna Chapman]].<ref name="time" /><ref name="puig" />
Many reviewers pointed out the coincidence of ''Salt'' getting released shortly after the reveal of real Russian sleeper agents in the [[Illegals Program]],<ref name=vv>{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-07-20/film/salt-jolie-first-ambiguous-action-heroine/|first=Karina|last=Longworth|date=2010-07-20|work=[[Village Voice]]|title=Salt's Jolie: The First (Ambiguous) Action Heroine|accessdate=2011-02-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/salt-20100721 |authorlink= Peter Travis | last = Travis | first = Peter |date=2010-07-21|accessdate=2011-02-12|title=Salt|work=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref><ref name="empire" /> with a few even comparing Salt to one of the agents, [[Anna Chapman]].<ref name="time" /><ref name="puig" />

[[File:Angelina Jolie by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|thumb|left|Jolie at the [[San Diego Comic-Con]] in 2010 on the ''Salt'' panel]]
Kirk Honeycutt of the ''[[Hollywood Reporter]]'' said that, "While preposterous at every turn, ''Salt'' is a better Bond movie than most recent Bond movies, as its makers keep the stunts real and severely limit [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] gimmickry".<ref name="HR" />
Kirk Honeycutt of the ''[[Hollywood Reporter]]'' said that, "While preposterous at every turn, ''Salt'' is a better Bond movie than most recent Bond movies, as its makers keep the stunts real and severely limit [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] gimmickry".<ref name="HR" />
''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' critic [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film four stars (his maximum), saying "''Salt'' is a damn fine thriller. ... It's gloriously absurd. This movie has holes in it big enough to drive the whole movie through. The laws of physics seem to be suspended here the same way as in a [[Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner|Road Runner cartoon]]."<ref name="Chicago Sun-Times" />
''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' critic [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film four stars (his maximum), saying "''Salt'' is a damn fine thriller. ... It's gloriously absurd. This movie has holes in it big enough to drive the whole movie through. The laws of physics seem to be suspended here the same way as in a [[Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner|Road Runner cartoon]]."<ref name="Chicago Sun-Times" />
''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''{{'}}s reviewer Richard Corliss praised the action scenes and Noyce's persistence in keeping a serious tone - "he ignores the story's preposterous elements and lets the audience decide whether to laugh, shudder or both".<ref name="time">{{cite web |url= http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2005859,00.html |title= Angelina Jolie: Worth Her Salt|date=2010-08-02|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|accessdate=2011-02-06 |last=Corliss| first= Richard}}</ref>
''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''{{'}}s reviewer Richard Corliss praised the action scenes and Noyce's persistance in keeping a serious tone - "he ignores the story's preposterous elements and lets the audience decide whether to laugh, shudder or both".<ref name="time">{{cite web |url= http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2005859,00.html |title= Angelina Jolie: Worth Her Salt|date=2010-08-02|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|accessdate=2011-02-06 |last=Corliss| first= Richard}}</ref>
''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]''{{'}}s William Thomas praised Jolie's performance remarking that "when it comes to selling incredible, crazy, death-defying antics, Jolie has few peers in the action business",<ref name="empire">{{cite web |url= http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?DVDID=118559 |title=Salt Review|first= William|last= Thomas |work=Empire |accessdate=2011-02-12}}</ref> and ''[[Village Voice]]''{{'}}s Karina Longworth considered that original star Tom Cruise would never express the protagonist's ambiguity as well as Jolie.<ref name="vv" />
''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]''{{'}}s William Thomas praised Jolie's performance remarking that "when it comes to selling incredible, crazy, death-defying antics, Jolie has few peers in the action business",<ref name="empire">{{cite web |url= http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?DVDID=118559 |title=Salt Review|first= William|last= Thomas |work=Empire |accessdate=2011-02-12}}</ref> and ''[[Village Voice]]''{{'}}s Karina Longworth considered that original star Tom Cruise would never express the protagonist's ambiguity as well as Jolie.<ref name="vv" />


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Salt
A woman's face with. The word 'SALT' is in the center, below it the question "Who is Salt?"
Theatrical poster
Directed byPhillip Noyce
Written byKurt Wimmer
Produced byLorenzo di Bonaventura
Sunil Perkash
StarringAngelina Jolie
Liev Schreiber
Chiwetel Ejiofor
August Diehl
Daniel Olbrychski
CinematographyRobert Elswit
Edited byStuart Baird
John Gilroy
Music byJames Newton Howard
Production
companies
Relativity Media
Di Bonaventura Pictures
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • July 23, 2010 (2010-07-23)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryTemplate:FilmUS
LanguageEnglish
Budget$110 million
Box office$293,502,218

Salt is a 2010 American thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce, written by Kurt Wimmer and starring Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Daniel Olbrychski, August Diehl and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Jolie plays Evelyn Salt, who is accused of being a KGB sleeper agent, and goes on the run to try to clear her name.

Originally written with a male protagonist, the film had Tom Cruise initially secured for the lead, but the script was ultimately rewritten for Jolie. Filming took place on a location in Washington, D.C., the New York City area, and Albany, New York, between March and June 2009, with reshoots in January 2010. Action scenes were mostly done with practical stunts, with computer-generated imagery being used mostly for creating digital environments.

The film had a panel at the San Diego Comic-Con on July 22 and was released in North America on July 23, 2010 and August 18, 2010, in the United Kingdom. Salt grossed $311 million at the worldwide box office, and received mixed to positive reviews, praising the action scenes and Jolie's performance, but finding the plot predictable and implausible. The DVD and Blu-Ray was released on December 21, 2010, and featured two alternate cuts which provide different endings for the movie.

Plot

In a prison in North Korea, CIA agent Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) is tortured on suspicion of being an American spy. Released as part of a prisoner exchange, she is collected by fellow agent Ted Winter (Liev Schreiber) and German arachnologist Michael Krause (August Diehl), who campaigned tirelessly for her release. Salt then agrees to marry Krause as a result of his intervention to save her from the ordeal, but she warns him that she works for the CIA and that "he is not safe with her."

Two years later, on Salt's anniversary with Krause, a Russian defector named Orlov (Daniel Olbrychski) arrives at the CIA. During his interrogation, Orlov tells Salt about "Day X", a Russian plot to destroy the United States by using English-speaking sleeper agents trained from birth. Agent "KA-12" will kill the Russian President Boris Matveyev (Olek Krupa) at the funeral of the American vice president. Orlov reveals that KA-12 is named "Evelyn Salt".

Salt, shocked by the accusation, calls her husband. He does not answer, and she realizes that he is also in danger. When Winter and Peabody (Chiwetel Ejiofor) decide to detain Salt, she escapes and makes her way back to her apartment building. Finding signs that Michael was kidnapped, Salt takes her weapons and one of Michael's spiders.

After evading CIA pursuit Salt takes a bus from D.C. to a hotel in New York City, where she extracts venom from the spider. Salt makes her way to St. Bartholomew's Church, where the Vice President's funeral is taking place, evading pursuit and eventually setting off a demolition charge during Matveyev's eulogy. Matveyev falls through the floor and Salt shoots him. She sees Peabody approaching through the rubble but does not shoot him. She surrenders but escapes NYPD custody and takes a boat to see Orlov. On her way, in a series of flashbacks, Salt remembers growing up in the Soviet Union where Orlov trained her and many other children to obey him and infiltrate the American government. Orlov congratulates her on killing Russia's president, but criticizes her decision to marry as it was not part of her mission. Orlov then has Michael killed in front of Salt as a test, but she does not react. He then briefs her on her next mission: the commandeering of the U.S. nuclear arsenal and the assassination of sitting American President Howard Lewis (Hunt Block). Once he has finished, Salt stabs Orlov with a broken vodka bottle and then kills the other agents as well.

Salt continues with Orlov's mission, meeting a fellow KA agent named Shnaider (Corey Stoll), currently disguised as a Czech NATO liaison. The two of them infiltrate the White House, where Shnaider sets off a suicide bomb, causing the President to be moved to the lower bunker, with Salt in hot pursuit. With everybody's attention focused on Salt, Winter kills everyone in the bunker except for President Lewis, whom he knocks unconscious, thus revealing himself to also be a Russian sleeper agent. He then takes over the defense computers enabled by the President, and begins preparations to launch nuclear missiles at Mecca and Tehran. Salt manages to penetrate the bunker, reuniting with Winter and realizing he is also a KA agent. Salt asks to join Winter, but he refuses after seeing news that prove Salt's duplicity: Matveyev is alive. His mistakenly-reported death was actually a temporary paralysis caused by spider venom. Salt manages to break into control room, where she fights Winter over the nuclear football; during the fight, Winter criticizes Salt for falling for Krause instead of trying to recruit him to their cause, and reveals he arranged for Orlov's appearance and Krause's kidnapping. Salt eventually aborts the launch, but is arrested by Secret Service. On the way out of the White House, Salt manages to use the chain of her handcuffs to choke and kill Winter.

Salt is put on a helicopter with Peabody and she explains everything to him; because "they took everything from her" she wants revenge. Salt also tells Peabody that there are "many more" remaining agents trained by Orlov. A skeptical Peabody eventually accepts she is telling the truth after receiving an SMS saying that Salt's fingerprints were found at the barge, confirming her betrayal of Orlov. Peabody uncuffs Salt, and tells her to "Go get'em!" before she jumps into the Potomac River.

Production

Development, writing, and casting

The early development of the script began while Kurt Wimmer was doing interviews promoting Equilibrium. In a November 2002 interview, he discussed what scripts he was working on. He stated that "I have several scripts - foremost of which is one called The Far-Reaching Philosophy of Edwin A. Salt - kind of a high-action spy thriller..."[1] In another interview, Wimmer described the project as "very much about me and my wife".[2] The plot incorporated many elements from Equilibrium, with an oppressive and paranoid political system of brainwashing that gets overthrown by one of its high ranking members who rebels due to an emotional transformation.[3] With the shortened title Edwin A. Salt, the script was sold to Columbia Pictures in January 2007.[4] By July 2007, the script had attracted the attention of Tom Cruise.[5]

Terry George was the first director to join the project, and he also did some revisions to the script, but he soon left the project. Peter Berg was the next director to consider, but he too, eventually dropped out for undisclosed reasons.[6][7] A year later it was confirmed that Phillip Noyce would direct.[8] Noyce was attracted to Salt for its espionage themes, which are present in most of his filmography,[9] as well as the tension of a character that tries to prove his innocence yet also does what he was previously accused of.[10] During 2008, Tom Cruise, who had been loosely attached to star for more than a year, began discussions with Noyce about playing Edwin A. Salt. Cruise was unable to commit to the script because he feared that the character was too close to his Mission Impossible character Ethan Hunt.[11] Cruise decided to work on Knight and Day instead. The filmmakers tried to differentiate the character from Hunt, but eventually came to accept they were too similar and decided not to change the characteristics of Salt. Noyce said "But, you know, he had a valid point. It was kind of returning to an offshoot of a character that he’d already played. It’s like playing the brother, or the cousin, of somebody that you played in another movie".[11]

Columbia Pictures executive Amy Pascal suggested Angelina Jolie to Noyce, who had often spoken to Jolie in the past about a desire to create a female spy franchise.[11] Pascal even invited Jolie for a Bond girl role, but the actress playfully replied that she was more interested in playing James Bond himself instead.[12] Jolie was sent Salt's script in September 2008 and liked it. Wimmer, Noyce, and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura went to visit Jolie at her home in France to discuss a possible script and character change. Writer Brian Helgeland helped with the character development and dialogue of the script based on the notes that came out of those discussions with Jolie and to accompany the gender change, the title character's name was changed to Evelyn Salt.[11] One of Jolie's requests was to rework the third act, which originally had Salt rescued his wife and son from a coalition of villains, because she did not believe a mother would neglect her child in this kind of situation. Wimmer decided to then make Salt more crucial to the villain's schemes, and add a sequence where Salt breaks into "a place harder than Fort Knox" - after considering Camp David, Wimmer settled on the White House.[10] When asked if the script written for Cruise was the same for Jolie, he said "I think that it’s just been a continual process, obviously accelerating by changing the central character. But the ideas—the locomotive of ideas that drive the film are the same. An undercover CIA operative is accused of being a Russian mole, and has to go on the run to defend themselves. That’s been the same since day one. The tone of the film has changed in this evolution. In the same way, I guess, as—you know—action thrillers have changed along the lines of the Bond films and the Bourne films".[11][13]

On February 19, 2009, it was reported that Liev Schreiber would play the role of Ted Winter, Evelyn Salt's friend and colleague in the CIA.[14] Schrieber was chosen for his "hidden emotionality" and his performance in Defiance.[10] Three days later Chiwetel Ejiofor named as CIA Agent Peabody, who is in pursuit of Salt.[15] Noyce said Ejiofor, who he first saw in Dirty Pretty Things, seemed to have the "intelligence and disarming sort of obsessiveness" that a counter-intelligence agent would need.[10] August Diehl, who played Salt's husband Mike Krause, came after a recommendation from Jolie's husband Brad Pitt, who had worked with Diehl in Inglourious Basterds, and Daniel Olbrychski was chosen for Orlov because Andrei Konchalovsky told Noyce that such an evil Russian character could only be played by a Polish actor.[10]

Filming

On a budget of $110 million, principal photography took place mostly on location in New York and Washington, D.C.[16][17] from March to June 2009. [18][19][20] Noyce decided to avoid "typical post-card views of Washington DC" to reflect "the more day-to-day environment of massive federal buildings inhabited by the typical bureaucrat".[12] The opening sequence in North Korea was shot at the Floyd Bennett Field, with an extra who had experience with prisoner exchange acting as a consultant. Salt's rendezvous with Orlov was shot in a ship boneyard in Staten Island, with a sunk lighthouse ship serving as location. The outside of the KA training facility was the Makaryev Monastery in Russia,[10] while the interior was the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Protection in New York‟s East Village.[12] Filming for a chase sequence took place in Albany on Water Street near the Interstate 787 ramp between April and May.[21] Studio production took place at Grumman Studios in Bethpage, Long Island, New York.[22][23] While the film was in post-production, di Bonaventura became dissatisfied with some scenes.[24] Steven Zaillian was brought for uncredited rewrites,[25] and reshoots, mostly of action scenes, were held in New York during January 2010.[24]

After Jolie had just given birth to twins,[26] she spent time training before filming to get fit in order to perform almost all of the stunts herself. Bonaventura said, "She is so prepared and so ready and gung-ho, she'll do any stunt. We had her jumping out of helicopters, shooting, jumping off of all sorts of things and infiltrating places that are impossible to infiltrate".[27] Salt's fighting style was described as a mixture of Muay Thai, which was considered by the stunt team the most fit for Jolie's physique, and Krav Maga, for its rawness and aggressivity. Noyce wanted to film the scene where Salt hangs from the edge of the building in a studio with chroma key, but Jolie insisted on doing it herself in the actual location.[26] On May 29, 2009, filming was temporarily halted after Jolie suffered a minor head injury during filming an action scene. She was taken to a hospital as a precautionary measure and released on the same day with no serious injuries, allowing filming to resume.[28] Salt's escape after being captured in St. Bartholomew's originally involved jumping her off a building into a window cleaning machine, but budgetary constraints caused the scene to be changed into a car chase.[10]

Computer-generated imagery (CGI) was used extensively throughout the film to create environments and elements, such as bullet holes and flames. More dangerous objects such as a taser or the handcuffs used to strangle Winter were also made from CGI. Five companies were responsible for visual effects. The two most involved were CIS Vancouver and Framestore. CIS Vancouver recreated the White House since the crew did not have permission to shoot in the building, and made a digital elevator shaft for the scene where Salt goes down into the White House bunker. Framestore was responsible for the assassination attempt on the Russian president, which combined actual shots of St. Bartholomew's Church, a digital recreation of the church's interior, and scenes with actor Olek Krupa falling down a collapsing floor.[29][30]

Female CIA agents were consulted about the creation of disguises, leading to the scene where Salt undergoes subtle changes to disguise herself as a Puerto Rican. The "sweet and caring" blonde Salt dyeing her hair black would represent the shift to Chenkov, the menacing Russian agent. For the scene where Salt disguises herself as a Major, pictures of Angelina Jolie were treated on Adobe Photoshop to create a believable male version, with the resulting image being used by the make-up team as an inspiration for the prostethics.[31]

Versions

Director Phillip Noyce has said that due to the extensive usage of flashbacks, "there was always going to be a mountain of alternative material that wouldn’t fit into the theatrical version."[32] The film ended up having two extra versions, the Director's Cut and the Extended Cut - which Noyce refers to in his audio commentary as the film's original cut - both included on the DVD and Blu-Ray deluxe editions.[33]

The Director's Cut was described by Noyce as "my own personal take on the material, free from the politics and restrictions of producers, studio or censorship ratings."[32] Four minutes of film are added, leading to a running time of 104 minutes.[33] More flashbacks are added, and the violence is amped up - an example being Mike dying by getting drowned instead of being shot.[34] The ending is also different: in the bunker scene, Winter shoots the president instead of only knocking him unconscious at the bunker, and a voice-over during the final scene implies that the new US President is another of Orlov's Russian moles.[32][10] Noyce has described this ending as "an ending yet just a beginning -– and it's an ending that turns the whole story on its head".[34] The Extended Cut only adds one minute of running time, but rewrites the plot by removing, rearranging and adding scenes.[33] The ending has Salt escaping custody from the CIA and going to Russia, where she kills Orlov - his death scene at the barge does not appear in this cut - and destroys the facility where new child spies are being trained.[35]

Soundtrack

Untitled

Salt: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on July 20, 2010 on iTunes[36] and on August 11, 2010 as on-demand CD-R from Amazon.com. The music was composed by James Newton Howard and released by Columbia Records, Madison Gate Records. The song "Orlov's Story" includes a Russian lullaby which music editor Joe E. Rand found on Amoeba Music, and which served for inspiration for the choir heard in other tracks - but the chants in the rest of the score are only random syllables, as Rand and Howard thought actual Russian words would spoil about Salt's allegiance.[37]

No.TitleLength
1."Prisoner Exchange"4:09
2."Escaping the CIA"5:20
3."Cornered"1:09
4."Orlov's Story"4:43
5."Chase Across DC"6:51
6."Hotel Room Preparations/Parade"3:59
7."Attack On St. Bart's Cathedral"3:10
8."A Dark Goddamn Hole"1:47
9."Taser Puppet"1:34
10."You Are My Greatest Creation"4:13
11."Destiny"2:22
12."Barge Apocalypse"2:26
13."Day X"1:37
14."I'm Going Home"2:16
15."Eight Floors Down"2:51
16."Arming the Football"2:11
17."Not Safe With Me"2:27
18."You're About to Become Famous"1:38
19."Mano a Mano"1:51
20."Garroted"3:32
21."Go Get Em"3:10

Release

A woman in a red dress.
Jolie at the Moscow premiere of the film on July 25, 2010.

The film's marketing campaign included a panel at the San Diego Comic-Con on July 22, 2010,[38] and an episodic advergame titled "Day X Exists", where players watched webisodes and performed missions to unveil the terrorist plot.[39] It was released in North America on July 23, 2010. It was released on August 18 in the United Kingdom, despite poster advertisements suggesting it would be released on August 20.[40][41] The Deluxe Unrated Edition Blu-ray and DVD was released on December 21, 2010 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. It includes three versions of the film: the original theatrical film and two additional unrated extended cuts not seen in theaters with two alternate endings. A Theatrical Edition DVD was also released.[42] In the home video charts, Salt debuted at first in the rentals and third in sales.[43]

Box office

Sony predicted an opening weekend take in the low-$30-million range, while commentators thought it would come in closer to $40 million and beat Inception for the number one spot at the box office.[44] Salt opened in 3,612 theaters, with an opening day gross of USD$12,532,333—$13,470 per theater—[45] and on its opening weekend, $36,011,243—$9,970 per theater - behind only Inception, which made $42,725,012 in its second weeked. Salt also grossed $5 million from 19 minor international markets.[46][47] On its second weekend, it declined in ticket sales by 45.9% making $19,471,355—$5,391 per theater and placed number three behind Dinner for Schmucks,[48] but by opening in 29 countries that same weekend, it grossed $25.4 million internationally.[49][50] Salt ended up grossing $118,311,368 in the United States and Canada and $175,190,850 in other countries, for a worldwide total of $293,502,218.[51]

Critical response

The film received mixed though generally favorable reviews. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 61% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 209 reviews, with an rating average of 6 out of 10. Among the professional reviewers which amount for "Top Critics", the score was 58% based on 36 reviews.[52] Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 reviews from film critics, has a rating score of 65% based on 42 reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews.[53] Many reviewers pointed out the coincidence of Salt getting released shortly after the reveal of real Russian sleeper agents in the Illegals Program,[54][55][56] with a few even comparing Salt to one of the agents, Anna Chapman.[57][58]

Kirk Honeycutt of the Hollywood Reporter said that, "While preposterous at every turn, Salt is a better Bond movie than most recent Bond movies, as its makers keep the stunts real and severely limit CGI gimmickry".[59] Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert gave the film four stars (his maximum), saying "Salt is a damn fine thriller. ... It's gloriously absurd. This movie has holes in it big enough to drive the whole movie through. The laws of physics seem to be suspended here the same way as in a Road Runner cartoon."[60] Time's reviewer Richard Corliss praised the action scenes and Noyce's persistance in keeping a serious tone - "he ignores the story's preposterous elements and lets the audience decide whether to laugh, shudder or both".[57] Empire's William Thomas praised Jolie's performance remarking that "when it comes to selling incredible, crazy, death-defying antics, Jolie has few peers in the action business",[56] and Village Voice's Karina Longworth considered that original star Tom Cruise would never express the protagonist's ambiguity as well as Jolie.[54]

Among negative responses, The New Yorker's David Denby said Salt "is as impersonal an action thriller as we’ve seen in years", finding the supporting cast underexplored — "the tricky plot locks them into purely functional responses";[61] Claudia Puig of the USA Today considered the film a "by-the-book thriller" with Jolie's performance as the only distinguished feature;[58] Lawrence Toppman of The Charlotte Observer was mostly critical of the writing, describing the film as absurd, overplotted and incoherent, and saying the villainous schemes "would have been called off 20 years ago at the latest, when the Soviet Union dissolved";[62] Steven Rea of The Philadelphia Inquirer described Salt as "commendably swift and progressively inane", saying the script was a "sloppy concoction of story elements from '70s espionage classics" that ended up not working right with its "nonsensical setups and wildly illogical twists";[63] and James Berardinelli's review considered that while the film was fast-paced and the action scenes competently shot, the plot was predictable and "the spy aspects, which are by far the most intriguing elements of the movie, are shunted aside in favor of spectacular stunts and long chases".[64]

Awards

The film received one Academy Award nomination, for Best Sound Mixing.[65] It was also nominated for Satellite Awards for Cinematography and Original Score.[66]

Possible sequel

Director Phillip Noyce was optimistic about a sequel saying "Hopefully within a couple of years, we'll have another one. Angelina's so great in this part. When audiences see the movie they're going to feel like it's only just the beginning."[67] Producer Lorenzo DiBonaventura also expressed interest: "Angie, I know, loved that character, and would love to explore the character some more first and foremost."[68]

Noyce later said he was moving on to other projects and will not be involved in the sequel, saying "Those 3 [alternate] Blu-ray cuts [of the film] represent just about everything I have to offer on Evelyn Salt… If there ever is a sequel, better its directed by someone with a completely fresh take on what I believe could be a totally entertaining and complex series of stories".[32]

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