The Interpreter released in U.S. theatres on April 22, 2005. The film tells the story of a United Nations interpreter who overhears an assassination plot.

Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Oliver worked with the filmmakers, labor and United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan to help The Interpreter become the first film in history to shoot inside the United Nations. As a result, the entire feature was shot in New York City between March-November 2004, employing approximately 125 New York City cast and crew members. Click here for more information.

Director/actor Sydney Pollack has shot several films in NYC including Three Days of the Condor, Tootsie and Sabrina. He starred in NYC-filmed Husbands and Wives and executive produced the films Bright Lights, Big City and Changing Lanes.

Prior to The Interpreter, Sean Penn’s last NYC production was 1999’s Sweet and Lowdown. He also shot Carlito’s Way and State of Grace in NYC.

Nicole Kidman has spent a lot of time filming in NYC. Her local credits include Birth, The Stepford Wives, and The Hours, for which she won an Oscar. Kidman resides here in Manhattan for much of the year.

The Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre, and Broadcasting assisted with locations for the film, and in particular worked with the production to stage a complicated explosion scene. The film shot at locations including:

United Nations, 1st Ave bet. 42nd St & 49th St
Hotel Chelsea, 222 W. 23rd St (bet. 7th & 8th Ave)
Great Jones St @ Lafayette
The Village Idiot, 355 W. 14th St @ 9th Ave
W. 17th St (bet. 9th & 10th Ave)
360 Stockton St (bet. Broadway & Lewis)
Subway Station, Myrtle Ave @ Broadway
333 E. 60th St (bet. 1st & 2nd Ave)
Potomac Playground, Tompkins Ave (bet. Halsey & Macon St)
Arlington Pl @ Macon St
Church Ave F Station, @ McDonald Ave
Marcy Avenue Armory, 355 Marcy Ave (bet. Heyward & Lynch St)
Nostrand Ave @ Bergen St
E. 64th St (bet. Park & Lexington Aves)
4th Ave/Cooper Square (bet. 5th St & Astor Pl)
State Street Plaza, State St @ Whitehall St
Downtown Manhattan Heliport, East River @ 34th St, Pier 6
Carl Schurz Park, East End Ave (bet. 84th & 90th St)
E. 10th St (bet. 3rd & 2nd Ave @ Stuyvesant St)
Nostrand Ave (bet. Park Pl & Sterling Pl)
Atlantic Ave (bet. Nostrand/New York Aves)
Hunter Brookdale, 425 E. 25th St (bet. 1st Ave & FDR Drive)
JFK Airport
E. 84th St (bet. York & East End Ave)
Bedford Avenue Armory, 1579 Bedford Ave (bet. President & Union St)
Bar Six, 502 6th Ave @ W. 13th St
Water St @ Gouverneur St
Gantry Plaza State Park, Center Boulevard (bet. 48th & 49th Ave