Of course, they had little interest in doing so, given the Kidman character's speeches extolling the U.N.'s noble purpose. The production made a sizable donation to the guided-tour program (though it paid no actual rental fee, which would be a commercial transaction and therefore a violation of the U.N.'s policy). And U.N. officials recognize that The Interpreter could do for diplomats what Top Gun did for Navy pilots: make them cool. Says Tharoor with a wry lilt, ''We're expecting applications for interpreter jobs to shoot up next month.''

Pollack would settle for a good opening gross. ''I just hope it finds an audience, because I like the film,'' he says. ''I don't always like every film I do.'' Now there's a statement that needs no interpreting.

Originally posted Apr 18, 2005 Published in issue #816 Apr 22, 2005 Order article reprints
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