Hamilton (1998 film) (original) (raw)
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1998 Swedish film
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| Directed by | Harald Zwart |
| Screenplay by | William AldridgeJonas Cornell |
| Based on | Hamiltonby Jan Guillou |
| Produced by | Ingemar LeijonborgHans Lönnerheden |
| Starring | Peter StormareLena OlinMark HamillTerry Carter |
| Cinematography | Jérôme Robert |
| Edited by | Darek Hodor |
| Music by | Trond Bjerknes |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista InternationalTV4 (Sweden) |
| Release date | 30 January 1998 (1998-01-30) |
| Running time | 128 minutes186 minutes (TV version) |
| Country | Sweden |
| Languages | SwedishEnglishRussian |
Hamilton is a 1998 Swedish action film directed by Harald Zwart and starring Peter Stormare, Mark Hamill and Lena Olin. The film was edited with additional scenes into a 3-hour-long TV series in 2001. The 1998 single "No Man's Land" by Ardis was included in the soundtrack to this film.
Swedish military intelligence officers Carl Hamilton (Peter Stormare) and Åke Stålhandske (Mats Långbacka) are ordered to eliminate a band of Russian smugglers on the Russian tundra. The smugglers possess a nuclear missile, a 1.5 megaton SS-20, "enough to turn Paris, Washington or New York to ashes". What they do not know is that the smugglers they have intercepted were only a decoy, while the real missile was shipped to Libya. Mike Hawkins (Mark Hamill), the film's antagonist, is an American former CIA officer working in Murmansk, who is also looking for the nuclear missile and joins Hamilton's team.
- Peter Stormare as Carl Hamilton
- Lena Olin as Tessie
- Mark Hamill as Mike Hawkins
- Mats Långbacka as Åke Stålhandske
- Terry Carter as Texas Slim
The Statoil company paid 500,000 NOK ($USD67,000) for their logo to be displayed for three seconds in the film.[_citation needed_] Mark Hamill accidentally hit Peter Stormare during the last fight scene.
