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| 2 | ->''"A hitman and a salesman walk into a bar..."'' |
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| 4 | A 2005 Dark Comedy directed by Creator/RichardShepard that has a hitman (Creator/PierceBrosnan) and a businessman (Creator/GregKinnear) meeting in a Mexico city bar and develop a strange relationship that will change their lives forever. |
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| 6 | The film also stars Creator/HopeDavis, Creator/PhilipBakerHall, Creator/WilliamRaymond, Creator/AdamScott, and Creator/PortiaDawson. |
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| 8 | It was released on January 2005 at Sundance and December 30, 2005 in the US. This film should not be confused with ''Film/{{Matador}}'', a 1986 erotic thriller by Creator/PedroAlmodovar. |
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| 12 | !Tropes for the film: |
| 13 | * CampingACrapper: Julian's favorite theory of assassination. Referred to by Julian as the "Gotta Pee Theory". |
| 14 | * HitmanWithAHeart: Julian is a lonely, damaged hitman who's starting to lose his edge. |
| 15 | * ProfessionalKiller: Julian Noble is a deconstruction of a James Bond style assassin, played by Brosnan, a former Bond actor. He is handsome, often charming, highly skilled, and a world traveler. However, while on the job he's tacky, lonely, and suffers guilt-induced panic attacks. |
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