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6.2/10
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A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
- Director
- Writers
- Marc Shmuger
- Mark Malone
- Anthony Gilbert(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaMalcolm McDowell: The celebrity whose photograph Dr. Lewis is "autographing" to add to his display. At the time of filming, McDowell was married to star Mary Steenburgen.
- GoofsAll entries contain spoilers
- Quotes
Telephone Operator: There is no 311 area code.
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Excellent Pennmanship
In terms of camera work, lighting, pace and direction in general, this is a fine piece of film-making. Penn knows all the bells and whistles as usual and Mary Steenburgen is quite amazing in her roles. I'm put off as I am so often by the many critics who look to film for verisimilitude (the "if it couldn't or wouldn't ordinarily happen in real life" brigade) that sets us so far behind our European counterparts. The film has a remarkable sense of entrapment and claustrophobia in the dead of winter in the middle of nowhere. As far as whether the events really could happen like that, I suppose I was more interested in the style, craftsmanship and general concept than of probabilities or even possibilities. The camera work and rhythm at the end of the film are magnificent. As for the "damsel in distress" nonsense, how many thousands of movies fall into that genre anyway? Are they all uniformly bad because they use a successful formula? This is the kind of movie where it's fun to sit back and enjoy the fireworks without bothering about split infinitives and the like.
Curtis Stotlar
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,413,427
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $951,548
- Feb 8, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $2,413,427
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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