April 4, 1997
The Saint is a 1997 American thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce, written by Jonathan Hensleigh and Wesley Strick, and starring Val Kilmer in the title role, with Elisabeth Shue and Rade Šerbedžija. The plot of the film revolves around the title character who is a high tech thief and master of disguise, who becomes the anti-hero while using the moniker of various saints. He paradoxically lives in the underworld of international industrial theft and espionage. The film was a modest financial success with a worldwide box office of $169.4 million, rentals of $28.2 million, and continuous DVD sales.
It is loosely based on the character of Simon Templar created by Leslie Charteris in 1928 for a series of books published as "The Saint", which ran until 1983. The Saint character has also featured in a series of Hollywood films made between 1938 and 1954, a 1940s radio series starring Vincent Price (and others) as Templar, a popular British television series of the 1960s starring Roger Moore, and a 1970s series starring Ian Ogilvy.
Storyline
Simon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret.
Sound Effects Used
- Benny the Cab Skidding
- Hollywoodedge, Bullet Ricochet OffD PE097201
- Hollywoodedge, Bullet Ricochet OffH PE096801
- Hollywoodedge, Explosion Large Shar PE097801
- Hollywoodedge, School Bell Long Ring PE193201
- Hollywoodedge, Synth Gun Shot Ricoch PE206601
- RICOCHET - LONG WARBLY FALLING RICCO
- Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION, PLASTIC - PLASTIC EXPLOSIVE: CHARGE 01
- Sound Ideas, KNOCK, DOOR - RAPID KNOCKS ON WOOD DOOR
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 04
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 06
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 07
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - HEAVY, HOLLOW RICCO 01