The Counselor

Year:

2013

Duration:

117 min | 138 min (extended cut)

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

IMDB rate:

5.4

Director:

Ridley Scott

Awards:

4 wins & 3 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2013-10-25

Filming Locations: London, England, UK

Earnings

Budget: $25,000,000

Opening Weekend: $7,842,930 (USA) (27 October 2013)

Gross: $16,973,715 (USA) (8 August 2014)

Cast

Actor

Character

Brad Pitt

The Counselor

Cameron Diaz

The Counselor

John Leguizamo

Barbara Durkin

Giannina Facio

Natalie Dormer

The Counselor

Richard Cabral

Michael Fassbender

Counselor

Penélope Cruz

Laura

Javier Bardem

Reiner

Bruno Ganz

Diamond Dealer

Rosie Perez

Ruth

Rubén Blades

Jefe

Goran Visnjic

Banker

Édgar Ramírez

Priest (as Edgar Ramírez)

Dean Norris

Buyer

Sam Spruell

Wireman

Alex Hafner

Highway Patrolman

Andrea Deck

Watching Girl

Toby Kebbell

Tony

Gerard Monaco

Hotel Waiter

Juan José Rodríguez

Junkyard Man (as Juan José Rodriguez)

Cesar Aguirre

Truck Driver #1

Daniel Holguín

Truck Driver #2

Christopher Obi

Malkina's Bodyguard

Paris Jefferson

Waitress

Dar Dash

Barman

Emma Rigby

Tony's Girlfriend

Eben Young

Bike Clerk

Richard Brake

Second Man

Velibor Topic

Sedan Man

Alexander Biggie

Junkyard Boy #1

Pablo Paredes

Junkyard Boy #2

Cavassa Ventura

Third Man Killer

Frank Spano

Man With Bar

Alejandro Marzal

Man With Pistol

Fernando Cayo

Abogado

Carlos Julio Molina

Workman

Donna Air

Chauffeur

Marco Tulio Luna

Cafe Man (as Marco Tulio Luna Ramirez)

Lidia Cardona

Mourning Lady (as Lida Cardona)

Roger Dalmases

Delivery Boy

Julien Vialon

Maître D'

Vic Blickem

Partygoer (uncredited)

Eva Dagoo

Pole Dancer (uncredited)

Robert Dukes

Waiter (uncredited)

Mark Haldor

Diner (uncredited)

John Hugill

Scared Dad (uncredited)

Chris Marchant

Leisure Attendant (uncredited)

Arthur Max

Cartel Man (uncredited)

Provence Maydew

Woman in Grocery Store (uncredited)

Cesar Miramontes

Himself (uncredited)

William Henry Mulvihill

Scared Boy 2 (uncredited)

Alan D. Purwin

Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

Jurgen Schwarz

Jeff (Columbian Drug Dealer) (uncredited)

Mark Shrimpton

Motorcycle Showroom Manager (uncredited)

Josh Spear

Musician - Dixieland Band (uncredited)

Alex Spijksma

Lawyer (uncredited)

Pablo Verdejo

Sedan Man 2 (uncredited)

Josh Wichard

Teen Playing Frisbee (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

In the refurbished nightclub the camera shifts focus from the Counselor to a large b/w photo of actor Steve McQueen in a sailor's uniform. It's a still from The Sand Pebbles (1966). McQueen shot Sam Peckinpah's The Getaway (1972) in El Paso, Texas where this scene of The Counselor (2013) is set and died nearby in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on November 7, 1980 after a risky and unsuccessful cancer surgery. Except from the still photo there is also a verbal reference to McQueen himself: He remarked once on his lifelong love of motor racing: "Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting." Screenwriter Cormac McCarthy adapted McQueen's well-known quote into the following line of dialogue: "Life is being in bed with you. Everything else is just waiting."

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Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem are a couple in real life but they do not share scenes in this movie.

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The film's main Counselor character remains nameless, as do a few other characters with speaking parts: The Blonde, The Diamond Dealer, The Priest, The Wireman, etc. And no one in the film goes by a complete first & last name.

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Goofs

Because a large portion of this movie is set in El Paso, Texas, you would expect to see automobiles with Texas, New Mexico and Arizona license plates on them. Many of the vehicles seen from the front have New Mexico plates attached to them. However, license plates are only installed on the rear of vehicles in New Mexico.

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The Counselor drives a 2011 - present model year Bentley Continental GT Coupe in Moonbeam Silver for the majority of the film, however in two scenes the car is instead a 2003-2011 model year Bentley Continental GT with tinted rear headlights. The car is also finished in Moonbeam Silver, however the new model can easily be distinguished by the smaller outer front headlights, squared off haunches and more acute-angled rear 3/4 windows.

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When the two policemen approach the truck they stop their car in the middle of the road. At the end of the scene the police car is on the right side of the road.

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Quotes

Jefe: When it comes to grief, the normal rules of exchange do not apply. Because grief transcends value. A man would give entire nations to lift grief off his heart and yet, you cannot buy anything with grief, because grief is worthless.

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Westray: Maybe I should tell you what Mickey Rourke told what's-his-face? That's my recommendation anyway, Counselor. Don't do it.

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Malkina: I suspect that we are ill-formed for the path we have chosen. Ill-formed and ill-prepared. We would like to draw a veil over all the blood and terror that have brought us to this place. It is our faintness of heart that would close our eyes to all of that, but in so doing it makes of it our destiny... But nothing is crueler than a coward, and the slaughter to come is probably beyond our imagining. 9 of 11 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Malkina: Greed really takes you to the edge, doesn't it?

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Faq

Q

What are the differences between the Theatrical Version and the Unrated Extended Version?

A

The 'Unrated Extended Cut' is 20 minutes longer than the 'Theatrical Cut' (117 min.) and runs nearly 138 minutes. It features new scenes, extended scenes and a little alternative footage. Some scenes are extended substantially, for example the philosophical dialogue between the Counselor and the Diamond Dealer and between the Counselor and the Cartel Leader. In this version the Diamond Dealer is characterized as a Sephardic Jew from Spain with a tragic past involving a deceased woman. The Cartel Leader's extended monologue gains nearly apocalyptic qualities. The sex scene at the beginning is longer and contains stronger sexual activity from Laura. The sexually ambiguous relationship between Laura and Malkina is explored deeper in an additional scene. Reiner tells more anecdotes about his former girlfriends, friends and what he 'learned' about women. The dialogue scenes with Westray contain more details about the unpredictable dangers of the drug trade. The notorious death scene of Westray is extended and more graphic. The 'Unrated Extended Cut' contains in general more sexual references, violence and profanity than the R-rated 'Theatrical Cut'. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.

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