Assassination Tango
| Assassination Tango | |
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| Directed by | Robert Duvall |
| Screenplay by | Robert Duvall |
| Produced by | Rob Carliner Robert Duvall |
| Starring | Robert Duvall Rubén Blades Kathy Baker Luciana Pedraza |
| Cinematography | Félix Monti |
| Edited by | Stephen Mack |
| Music by | Luis Enríquez Bacalov |
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| Distributed by | MGM Distribution Co. |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Spanish |
| Box office | $1,013,272 |
Assassination Tango is a 2002 American crime thriller film written, produced, directed by, and starring Robert Duvall. Other actors include Rubén Blades, Kathy Baker and Duvall's Argentine wife, Luciana Pedraza. Francis Ford Coppola was one of the executive producers.
The film centers on the life of a hitman who travels to Argentina for a job, as well as his discovery of Argentine tango and his relationship with a woman living there. The film is considered a "labour of love" of Duvall, a self-confessed tango addict. Most of the film was shot in Buenos Aires, and some scenes at the beginning and end of the story were filmed in Coney Island, Brooklyn.