By Iain Blair

Caught an early screening of the terrific, sexy, new romantic caper Duplicity, from writer/director Tony Gilroy, whose debut directorial effort Michael Clayton was seven-time Oscar-nominated. It stars Oscar winner Julia Roberts and Clive Owen as spies-turned-corporate operatives in the midst of a clandestine love affair, and their on screen chemistry gives the film its juice. Duplicity reunites Gilroy with key members of the behind-the-scenes team from Michael Clayton—including the great Academy Award-winning director of photography Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood, Syriana); production designer Kevin Thompson (Birth, Stranger Than Fiction); editor and co-producer John Gilroy (Pride and Glory, Narc); and composer James Newton Howard (The Dark Knight, Defiance). Being a spy caper, Duplicity also takes you on a great trip around the world, to Dubai, Rome, Miami, London, Cleveland and Zurich.  Principal photography for Duplicity began in Manhattan, before moving the company to the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas for one week of shooting.  It spent the final week of production in Rome, and all the real locations pay off big time in this highly entertaining movie. (There’s a great secret driving the entire convoluted plot, and the password is  – HAIR!  I’m not talking about the ‘60s musical…. You’ll understand when you see it.)

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