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ASSASSIN
filming locations
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NO RETURN)
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CREDITS
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Another
US remake, virtually shot-for-shot, of a Euro-original,
the French arthouse hit Nikita,
with Bridget Fonda
talking over as the criminal given a reprieve and a
makeover if she takes on the job of government hitperson.
The originalís Paris and Venice are exchanged
for LAís Venice Beach
and New Orleans
at Mardi Gras.
The initial robbery, Fondaís training and first assignment
were filmed in Washington
DC.
On release, she takes an apartment on LAís Venice Beach
(in thie US version, she takes up with a photographer
in the supermarket queue, not the check-out boy ‚ so
much for the classless society).
The assassinís next assignment, delivering a bomb, takes
place at the Park
Hyatt Los Angeles, 2151 Avenue of the Stars, previously
the JW Marriott, in Century City ‚ once part of the
old Fox backlot, and seen also in Lethal
Weapon 2 and John
Schlesinger's Pacific
Heights.
The idyllic Venice trip of the French movie is replaced
by a jaunt to the New Orleans
Mardi Gras, taking in the crowds along Bourbon
Street in the French Quarter.
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