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Actors: Kevin Spacey, Rebecca Miller, Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Forest Whitaker
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When Eddie Otis(Spacey) and his wife Catherine (Rebecca Miller) move into the neighbourhood, they lend a spark to the lives of their next door couple Richard (Kevin Kline) and Priscilla Parker (Mastrantonio). Richard - a gifted musician - is mesmerized by the Catherine's beauty and her stirring rendition of the blues, while Eddie appeals to Priscilla with his resourcefulness in matters more worldly.
Eddie's vileness surfaces for the first time, when he proposes wife swapping - in the middle of the night and without the women being actually aware. Some initial hesitation and a fallout later, Richard bites the bait. But when Catherine is found clubbed to death, Eddie pins Richard for the murder. To put the final nail in the coffin, Priscilla asks for divorce.
When Richard gets out on bail, he runs into insurance detective David Duttonville (Forest Whitaker) who informs him that Eddie had taken out a suspiciously high insurance policy on Catherine and had set up new business venture with Priscilla. As Richard, with Duttonville's help, searches for ways to prove his innocence, he realizes that Eddie had made him the pawn in an evil plan.
--Biswa, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Consenting Adults |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- really kinky sex!
Blackmail & Seduction?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- singer/musician
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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