A Perfect Murder

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Category: 20
All Genres: Romance, Thriller
Release Year: 1998
Country: USA
Runtime: 107
Rating: (0)
Languages: English
Director: Andrew Davis
Sound: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
Taglines:

  • A powerful husband. An unfaithful wife. A jealous lover. All of them have a motive. Each of them has a plan.
  • Husband. Wife. Lover. A Dangerous Affair. A Perfect Murder.

  • Writing by: Frederick Knott – (play "Dial M for Murder")
    Patrick Smith Kelly – (screenplay)

    Produced by: Lowell D. Blank – associate producer (as Lowell Blank)
    Stephen Brown – executive producer
    Mitchell E. Dauterive – co-producer (as Mitchell Dauterive)
    Nana Greenwald – co-producer
    Anne Kopelson – producer
    Arnold Kopelson – producer
    Peter Macgregor-Scott – producer
    Christopher Mankiewicz – producer
    Lisa Reardon – associate producer
    Teresa Tucker-Davies – associate producer

    Cast: Michael Douglas – Steven Taylor
    Gwyneth Paltrow – Emily Bradford Taylor
    Viggo Mortensen – David Shaw
    David Suchet – Mohamed Karaman
    Sarita Choudhury – Raquel Martinez
    Michael P. Moran – Bobby Fain
    Novella Nelson – Ambassador Alice Wills
    Constance Towers – Sandra Bradford
    Will Lyman – Jason Gates
    Maeve McGuire – Ann Gates
    Stephen Singer – Effete Man at Met

    Music: James Newton Howard
    Official Website: Visit Website


    Plot Outline: A remake of the Hitchcock classic dial “M” for murder
    Plot: Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory. Brilliant in her own right, she works at the U.N. and is involved with a struggling artist who fulfills her emotional needs. When her husband discovers her indiscretion, he sets out to commit the perfect murder and inherit her considerable trust fund in the bargain.

    Movie Quotes: Emily: We'll work it out? Let me tell you something, you work it out on your fucking own! This is over!
    Steven: You're not leaving me, the only way you leave me is dead!


    Crazy Credits: We know about 3 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    Just as the closing credits are about to start, a flash-frame-shot of a penis appears on the screen.

    Goofs: We know about 6 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Continuity: During the attempt on Emily's life her hair is in a ponytail, then it's down, then it's up in a ponytail again. This happens a few times during the fight.

    Trivia: There are 3 entries in the trivia list – like these:

    • The title, “A Perfect Murder”, is a quote from the 1954 Hitchcock version of this story, “Dial M For Murder”. See Memorable Quotes from “Dial M For Murder”.
    • Many of the artworks featured in this film are Mortensen's own.
    • To calm her and create a certain atmosphere of intimacy before filming the lovemaking scenes, Viggo Mortensen sang a couple of love songs to Gwyneth Paltrow that he learned in Argentina when he was young. In an interview he said, “I don't know if that ended up scaring her instead.”


    A Perfect Murder

    Stream This Now

    Category: 20
    All Genres: Romance, Thriller
    Release Year: 1998
    Country: USA
    Runtime: 107
    Rating: (0)
    Languages: English
    Director: Andrew Davis
    Sound: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
    Taglines:

  • A powerful husband. An unfaithful wife. A jealous lover. All of them have a motive. Each of them has a plan.
  • Husband. Wife. Lover. A Dangerous Affair. A Perfect Murder.

  • Writing by: Frederick Knott – (play "Dial M for Murder")
    Patrick Smith Kelly – (screenplay)

    Produced by: Lowell D. Blank – associate producer (as Lowell Blank)
    Stephen Brown – executive producer
    Mitchell E. Dauterive – co-producer (as Mitchell Dauterive)
    Nana Greenwald – co-producer
    Anne Kopelson – producer
    Arnold Kopelson – producer
    Peter Macgregor-Scott – producer
    Christopher Mankiewicz – producer
    Lisa Reardon – associate producer
    Teresa Tucker-Davies – associate producer

    Cast: Michael Douglas – Steven Taylor
    Gwyneth Paltrow – Emily Bradford Taylor
    Viggo Mortensen – David Shaw
    David Suchet – Mohamed Karaman
    Sarita Choudhury – Raquel Martinez
    Michael P. Moran – Bobby Fain
    Novella Nelson – Ambassador Alice Wills
    Constance Towers – Sandra Bradford
    Will Lyman – Jason Gates
    Maeve McGuire – Ann Gates
    Stephen Singer – Effete Man at Met

    Music: James Newton Howard
    Official Website: Visit Website


    Plot Outline: A remake of the Hitchcock classic dial “M” for murder
    Plot: Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory. Brilliant in her own right, she works at the U.N. and is involved with a struggling artist who fulfills her emotional needs. When her husband discovers her indiscretion, he sets out to commit the perfect murder and inherit her considerable trust fund in the bargain.

    Movie Quotes: Emily: We'll work it out? Let me tell you something, you work it out on your fucking own! This is over!
    Steven: You're not leaving me, the only way you leave me is dead!


    Crazy Credits: We know about 2 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    In the opening credits, Lindsay Lohan's name is displayed to fireworks.

    Goofs: We know about 6 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Continuity: During the attempt on Emily's life her hair is in a ponytail, then it's down, then it's up in a ponytail again. This happens a few times during the fight.

    Trivia: There are 3 entries in the trivia list – like these:

    • The title, “A Perfect Murder”, is a quote from the 1954 Hitchcock version of this story, “Dial M For Murder”. See Memorable Quotes from “Dial M For Murder”.
    • Many of the artworks featured in this film are Mortensen's own.
    • To calm her and create a certain atmosphere of intimacy before filming the lovemaking scenes, Viggo Mortensen sang a couple of love songs to Gwyneth Paltrow that he learned in Argentina when he was young. In an interview he said, “I don't know if that ended up scaring her instead.”


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