The Tailor of Panama

A spy recruits a tailor to gather insider information on corruption in Panama, leading to fabricated stories about the president planning to sell the Panama Canal to China, causing tensions and a plan for revolution that is ultimately thwarted with the intervention of Pendels wife and the Panamanian President. The Tailor of Panama is a 2001 English-language Comedy Drama film featuring Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Mccormack, Leonor Varela and Manuel Noriega. The movie is inspired from The Tailor of Panama by John le Carr. Merlin Films was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) John Boorman and Kevan Barker. The Tailor of Panama is written by John Le Carré, Andrew Davies and John Boorman and it is directed by John Boorman. Columbia Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the movie. The Tailor of Panama was released on 30th March 2001 in English and Spanish languages and takes a screen time of 110 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. The Tailor of Panama was made on a budget of $21 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $28 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by John le Carr , Andrew Davies and John Boorman. Cinematography was done by Philippe Rousselot and editing by Ron Davis. The music was composed by Shaun Davey.