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12.12.10, 19:17
Story of CIA prisons in Poland inspiered polish director Jerzy Skolimowski for scenario Essential Killing. Skolimowski had heard of rumored CIA use of the nearby Szymany Airfield for flights carrying prisoners from the Mid-East. Subsequently, Skolimowski skidded off the road during winter while driving a 4 wheel drive vehicle. Noticing he was two kilometers from Szymany, it occurred to him that the same could easily happen to a prisoner transport and, from this, he found the initial inspiration for the Essential Killing scenario. He shared a draft script with Jeremy Thomas who encouraged him to think beyond the modest local production Skolimowski had initially envisioned and the project grew, with Thomas as a producer, into a multi-national coproduction made under challenging circumstances.