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Under Suspicion

Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman
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Overview

Director Stephen Hopkins' (LOST IN SPACE) crime thriller is a remake of the 1981 French film GARDE À VUE, and is adapted from John William Wainwright's novel BRAINWASH. On the evening of the San Sebastian festival in San Juan, Puerto Rico, wealthy tax attorney Henry Hearst (Gene Hackman) is supposed to attend a charity ball with his lovely, much younger wife Chantal (Monica Belluci), but is called to police headquarters. The previous day, during his morning run, Hearst discovered the dead body of a 12-year-old girl. Captain Victor Benezet (Morgan Freeman) and the explosive young Detective Owens (Thomas Jane) say they merely want to clarify some details in Hearst's statement. However, when the questioning begins and Hearst stumbles over his answers, it is evident that the police suspect Hearst is involved. As the interrogation wears on, particulars of the prominent lawyer's personal life, and his complex relationship with his young wife are revealed. On the quest to discover Hearst's innocence or guilt, the film features tense duels between Hearst and Benezet, and an inventive retracing of events leading up to the murder while set against the lovely, exotic backdrop of San Juan.

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Main Cast & Crew:
Stephen Hopkins - Director
Gene Hackman
Morgan Freeman
Thomas Jane
Monica Bellucci
Nydia Caro
Miguel Angel Suarez
Pablo Cunqueiro
Isabel Algaze
Jacqueline Duprey
Luis Caballero

Details

    DVD Format
  • Format: DVD (Manufactured on Demand, AC-3)
  • Color Format: Color
  • UPC: 043396468412
  • Genre: TV SHOWS / TV MOVIE
  • Rating: R (MPAA)
  • Release Date: November 2015

Movie Reviews

Synopsis:
Stephen Hopkins's UNDER SUSPICION stars Gene Hackman as a lawyer who finds the dead body of a murdered girl on his morning jog. He calls the police to report the tragedy, and a day later is called in to be interrogated as a suspect.

Notes:
IN THEATRES: SEPTEMBER 22, 2000 (NY/LA) Theatrical release: September 22, 2000 Filmed on location in San Juan, Puerto Rico. One of Morgan Freeman's (Captain Victor Benezet) early acting jobs was playing "Easy Reader" on the children's educational television program THE ELECTRIC COMPANY, from 1971-1976. Freeman and Gene Hackman (Henry Hearst) worked together previously on Clint Eastwood's UNFORGIVEN--Hackman won his second Academy Award (for Best Supporting Actor) for his role as Sheriff Daggett.

Reviews:
"The key pleasure of this Caribbean-set mystery is seeing Gene Hackman...at the center of attention again..." - 09/22/2000 USA Today, p.6E


"...[Hackman and Freeman] are, as always, splendid..." - 01/05/2001 Entertainment Weekly, p.55


"...A mesmerizing mind teaser....Hackman and Freeman will pin you to your seat..." - 10/26/2000 Rolling Stone, p.122


"...UNDER SUSPICION is absorbing, keeping you guessing right up to a wallop of a finish and offers the pleasures of a chamber drama's bravura performance from a pair of supremely accomplished pros..." - 09/22/2000 Los Angeles Times, p.C4


"...Freeman, as ever, commands respect with a low-key turn..." - 11/01/2000 Total Film, p.97

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