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The American is a 2010 American thriller film directed by Anton Corbijn and starring George Clooney, Thekla Reuten, Violante Placido, Irina Björklund, and Paolo Bonacelli. It is an adaptation of the 1990 novel A Very Private Gentleman by Martin Booth. The film opened on September 1, 2010. A trailer for the film was released on May 3, 2010.

Jack (George Clooney), an assassin, is relaxing in a remote cabin in Sweden with his lover, Ingrid (Irina Björklund). As they walk on a frozen lake, Jack detects a sniper, who opens fire as the couple run to safety. Jack kills the sniper and then Ingrid, as well as another armed man on a nearby road. He then flees to Rome where he contacts an associate named Pavel. Pavel insists that Jack cannot stay in Rome and gives him the keys of a Fiat Tempra and sends him to Castelvecchio, a small town in the mountains of Abruzzo. Jack becomes nervous, and, disposing of the cell phone which Pavel had given him, flees to nearby Castel del Monte.

While he is hiding out there, Jack is befriended by an elderly priest, Father Benedetto (Paolo Bonacelli), who pressures him to seek absolution, something which Jack, now going by the name Edward and posing as a photographer, resists. Jack contacts Pavel, who sets him up with another job. He meets with a woman, Mathilde (Thekla Reuten), who wants him to build a custom-designed sniper rifle for an assassination. After a detailed discussion they agree that not only the weapon would have a sound suppressor and the magazine capacity of a submachine gun, but that it would also be compact enough to fit in a briefcase after being dismantled. Jack then begins meticulous work on the weapon, combining mail-ordered components with his ingeniously designed hand-crafted components. He also starts patronizing a prostitute, Clara (Violante Placido). Jack meets with Mathilde to test the weapon he has made. Mathilde is impressed by the accuracy and relative silence of the weapon, but she asks for a few more alterations.

While having coffee one day, Jack bumps into Clara and a friend. Clara invites him on an actual date, and the two begin to deepen their relationship. Later that night, Jack realizes that he is being followed by the same people who tried to kill him in Sweden. An assassin follows him, but Jack notices, ambushes, and then kills the assassin as he flees. After the incident, Jack begins to become suspicious of Clara when he finds a gun in her purse and sees her meeting with some men. He takes her on a picnic, where he confronts her about her pistol. Clara explains that she has the gun because of a number of assaults on prostitutes which have occurred in the area, and that the men were cops investigating the case.

Jack has not been a contender in any CBUB matches.