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Actors: Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Monica Bellucci, Thomas Jane
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Under Suspicion |
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Based on the John Wainwright novel, UNDER SUSPICION is the Hollywoodian remake of Claude Miller's "Garde ŕ Vue" (1981), directed by Stephen Hopkins in 2000.
The setting is San Juan, Puerto Rico. Henry Hearst, a wealthy lawyer, is asked to come to the local police station in order to clear up a few points of the deposition he made the day before after having discovered the dead body of a teenager in a park. During six hours, Henry Hearst will have to defend himself against the accusations of the police captain Victor Benezet who's persuaded that Henry Hearst is responsible for the recent rapes and murders of two young girls. The contradictions of Henry Hearst's testimony encourages the policeman to keep him in police custody for the night.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Under Suspicion |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 80%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Legal/Political Thriller?
Yes
Legal Thriller Plotlets:
- finding out whether someone is really guilty
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- a lawyer creature
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- bald (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
Unclothed?
- buttocks and chest
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- The Caribbean
City?
Yes
City:
- Dirty, grimy (like New York)
- dangerous
Misc setting
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
How many deaths in film?
- 2
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- seeing nude female butt
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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