The Interview (2014 film)


The Interview is a 2014 American political satire comedy film directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. It is their second directorial work, following This Is the End 2013. The screenplay is by Dan Sterling, based upon a story he coauthored with Rogen and Goldberg. The film stars Rogen and James Franco as journalists who set up an interview with North Korean leader Kim Jongun Randall Park, and are recruited by the CIA to assassinate him.

Dave Skylark, host of the talk show Skylark Tonight, interviews celebrities about personal topics and gossip. After Dave and his crew celebrate their 1,000th episode, Aaron Rapoport, the shows producer, is upset by a person from the same business, criticizing Skylark Tonight as not being a real news program as it only covers entertainment and gossips. A while later after Aaron reveals his concern and urge for change, which Dave agrees. Dave discovers that North Korean leader Kim Jongun is a fan of Skylark Tonight, prompting Aaron to arrange an interview. Aaron travels to rural China to receive instructions from Sookyin Park, the North Korean chief propagandist, and Aaron accepts the task of interviewing Kim, on behalf of Dave.The next day, CIA Agent Lacey shows up at Dave and Aarons place, proposing that Dave and Aaron assassinate Kim using a transdermal strip that will expose Kim to ricin via handshake they reluctantly agree. Dave carries the Ricin Strip hidden inside a pack of gum. Upon their arrival in the presidential palace in Pyongyang, they are introduced to security officers Koh and Yu Koh discovers the ricin strip and chews it, believing it to be gum. Lacey airdrops two more strips from a UAV and Aaron smuggles them into the palace by hiding the container in his anus, escaping a Siberian tiger in the process. ........

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