Tagged: John Smith

Brad Pitt’s Black Suit in Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as Mr. * Mrs. Smith (2005)

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)

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Brad Pitt as John Smith, suburban assassin

New York City, Fall 2004

Film: Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Release Date: June 10, 2005
Director: Doug Liman
Costume Designer: Michael Kaplan
Pitt’s Costumer: Myron Baker

WARNING! Spoilers ahead!

Background

There have been quite a few requests from readers hoping to see some of Brad Pitt’s sharp attire from Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and I think enough time has passed since his notorious divorce from Angelina Jolie last fall that a post featuring the very movie that brought them together won’t look too opportunistic… although being posted a week after Valentine’s Day may look suspicious!

Mr. & Mrs. Smith stars Pitt and Jolie as the titular couple, a seemingly banal set of suburbanites shielding their secret side careers as professional contract killers from each other. Continue reading

Bruce Willis in Last Man Standing

Bruce Willis as John Smith in Last Man Standing.

Bruce Willis as John Smith in Last Man Standing (1996).

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Bruce Willis as John Smith, mysterious mob gun-for-hire

Texas, Summer 1931

Film: Last Man Standing
Release Date: September 20, 1996
Director: Walter Hill
Costume Designer: Dan Moore
Willis’ Costumer: Lori Stilson

Background

Last Man Standing is one of many film adaptations of the classic “man-playing-two-corrupt-factions-against-the-other” story that originated in modern culture with Dashiell Hammett’s 1927 novel Red Harvest. The novel was loosely translated onto the screen for 1942’s The Glass Key and, soon, the story was soon standardized as a lone drifter of few words showing up in town, befriending a bartender, and taking on two criminal gangs. Continue reading