The Debt film trailer 2011

Film genre – Drama - Thriller

Release date – 30^th September 2011

Certification – 15

Storyline – The espionage thriller begins in 1997, as shocking news reaches retired Mossad secret agents Rachel and Stefan about their former colleague David. All three have been venerated for decades by their country because of the mission that they undertook back in 1966, when the trio tracked down Nazi war criminal Vogel in East Berlin. At great risk, and at considerable personal cost, the team's mission was accomplished - or was it? The suspense builds in and across two different time periods, with startling action and surprising revelations.

Stars - Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington and Tom Wilkinson

Target audience – the target audience is people who enjoy war films about nazi's and bond films mainly people in an older generation seeing that the film is about Mossad the Israeli intelligence agency 

Where would you see it - you would see this film at Cineworld, ODEAN and  

Price - £6.70

WHAT DATE WAS EACH PROMOTION ELEMENT RELEASED/PUBLISHED/SHOWN OR HELD 


Trailer - April 27th


The posters are different in every location including that they say different things for the title

UK Poster- July 3rd
US Poster- May 14th 
German Poster- June 26th
Russian Poster- July 6th
French Poster- May 2nd


Advanced screening - August 30th 


Interviews:


Internet Interview- August 31st
Interview- September 26th
Internet Interview- september 23rd

American Poster

The American poster gives out a lot more information than the English poster it give a release date August 31st also has the credit block of people and companies involved in the production the website for the film a small picture of the Berlin bridge to show the location of the film also two pictures of the film showing the main characters in two different aspects of the film giving you the idea that the film is in two different time periods.

 English Poster

The English poster has very little information it shows the cast the name of the film the release date and just noticeable under the title is a map to a unknown location you can tell that the map is about the film but don't know where the map is from if you look at the American poster as well then you notice that the film will be set in Berlin don't know much about where about in Berlin but it gives a little information to the film 

The Dept Website

 The website for the Debt shows the trailer the location, cast and crew, story, photos and news/reviews the website gives out all the information needed to be on a website the website also includes buying tickets and the american Facebook webpage all of this show that the film has a fan bace of over 22 thousand.

The Debt Facebook

The Facebook page gives out information daily to the people who liked the page showing interviews with the cast newspapers and promotional videos trailers and pictures of the cast on the set and still images from the film

The Film Premiere

The Film coverage of the Debt at the premiere focused mainly of Helen Mirren and how she dressed for the opening there was little coverage about the other actors the newspapers focused mainly on Dame Helen Mirren and about her in the film showing that most newspapers we able to focus on the main star than the others because of Helen Mirren's star status.

Film Reviews

Total Film and Empire Magazine wrote a review of The Debt. Total Film says "Smart and suspenseful, The Debt packs in enough surprises to make you forgive its last minute collapse. Chastain, meanwhile, shows why everybody’s talking about her" the film in the opinion of Total Film it is a dramatical version of James Bond but based on a more accurate movie. Empire give the Debt a rating of three stars saying that the film will be a exiting thriller about hunting Nazis but also is an old-fashioned film idea according to Peter Bradshaw.

T.V. Interviews

Tv interviews on BBC are about the making of The Debt with Jessica Chastain The actress tells BBC Breakfast how she learned German for the film about a group of secret agents working for the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, and took four months of lessons in the fighting system used by the agency.  Hellen Mirren says that the film is like a Hitchcock film how the director had the whole film edited in his mind. She also discusses cocaine use, Shakespeare's female roles and the film industry's "love of youth and beauty". The actress is currently making a film about Phil Spector's trial, with Al Pacino as the lead role. Jonathan Ross also interviewed the cast because he is married to one of the writers Jane Goldman.

Film Festivals

The film Festivals are used to show off films and to get the reaction of people before the film is sent to the cinema for a paying audience to watch and enjoy.

Competition's

There are competitions for the film for two tickets to see the film the day it releases on the 30th of september the new statesman is giving a lucky reader the chance to see the Debt on the release date.

Merchandise

On Amazon you can buy the Debt soundtrack with a digital booklet for $12.99 the album contains all audio files that are in the film which most you will not notice because sometimes the music is very quiet so buying the album might be the only way to relive the movie before the film comes out on DVD.