The Peacemaker is a 1997 English-language Action Thriller film written by Leslie Cockburn, Andrew Cockburn and Michael Schiffer. The movie is directed by Mimi Leder and produced by Walter F. Parkes and Branko Lustig. While the story takes place all over the world, it was shot primarily in the Republic of Macedonia and Russia, with some sequences filmed in New York City, Philadelphia, and Bratislava. The peacemaker features George Clooney in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Nicole Kidman, Aleksandr Baluev, Armin Mueller-stahl, Marcel Iures, Rene Medvesek and Gary Werntz. The screenplay is written by Michael Schiffer which is inspired from One Point Safe by Andrew Cockburn and Leslie Redlich Cockburn. The music was composed by Hans Zimmer. Cinematography was done by Dietrich Lohmann and editing by David Rosenbloom. The motion picture has a running time of 124 minutes. It was released on 26th September 1997 in English,Russian and Serbo-Croatian languages. The Film was successful at box office. The Peacemaker was made on a budget of $50 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $110 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by DreamWorks Pictures.