True Lies is a 1994 American action comedy film written and directed by James Cameron. It was executive produced by Lawrence Kasanoff and stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Art Malik, Tia Carrere, Bill Paxton, Eliza Dushku, Grant Heslov and Charlton Heston. It is based on the 1991 French comedy film La Totale! The film follows U.S. government agent Harry Tasker (Schwarzenegger), who struggles to balance his life as a spy with his familial duties.


Former US Marine Corps AV-8B pilot Harry Tasker leads a double life: to his wife Helen and his daughter Dana, he is a mild-mannered computer salesman often away on business trips; but secretly, a secret agent for a United States intelligence agency named Omega Sector. Harry, operating alongside fellow agents Albert "Gib" Gibson and Faisil, infiltrates the party of suspected arms dealer and terrorist financier Jamal Khaled in Lake Chapeau, Switzerland. Stealing Jamal's records, Harry and his team learn that American antiques dealer Juno Skinner (Tia Carrere) received a suspicious payment from Jamal. Harry visits her office undercover posing as a corporate art consultant. Workmen at Juno's business are really members of a terrorist group known as "Crimson Jihad", led by Salim Abu Aziz. Suspicious, Aziz and two of his men follow Harry and attempt to kill him. Harry slays the henchmen but loses Aziz in a pursuit. As a result, Harry misses his birthday party that his wife and daughter have prepared for him and that he had promised to attend.


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    award Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Saturn Award for Best Director
    contentLocation Maryland Miami Miami metropolitan area Washington, D.C.
    director James Cameron
    editor Conrad Buff IV Mark Goldblatt Richard A. Harris
    events terrorism
    genre action comedy
    keywords abduct arab states of the persian gulf arms dealer av-8b birthday party build business trip capture car salesman covert listening device crane double life end flee florida keys hang harrier jump jet helicopter hotel suite intelligence agency kidnap kill learn listening device load machine gun marine marine corps military leave mirv multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle mysterious figure nuclear war overseas highway persian gulf rescue secret agent seven mile bridge skyscraper steal strand suspect swat team talk tango terrorist group tower crane truth serum u.s. military united states marine corps us marine corps us military used car salesman voice changer
    musicBy Brad Fiedel
    nomination Academy Award for Best Visual Effects BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film MTV Movie Award for Best Action Sequence MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance MTV Movie Award for Best Dance Sequence MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
    producer James Cameron Stephanie Austin
    productionCompany Lightstorm Entertainment
    publisher 20th Century Fox
    recordedAt Florida San Diego Switzerland Toronto
    theme action comedy chase dance spy comedy terrorism