1997 Movie
Dir. David Mamet · United States of America · English
Can you imagine Steve Martin in a serious role? If not, you seriously need to watch this movie! More plot twists than an Agatha Christie novel, so many that my son had to watch it again the minute it was over. Not a lot of special effects, but this is a seriously complex mystery drama that is incredibly (believe-it-or-not) family friendly, with absolutely minimal language or violence. No one is as they seem… I won’t even begin to try to explain why… just watch and wait to be stumped and stunned!
An inventor of a secret process suddenly finds himself alone as both his friends and the corporation he works for turn against him.
"Mamet keeps the settings simple, breeding mistrust out of the flat walls and corporate colors. He concentrates on dialogue and character, and this movie is warmer, and much closer to psychological realism, than the weirdly schematic House of Games."
— David Denby
"David Mamet has a penchant for sleight-of-hand thrillers, and The Spanish Prisoner is his craftiest to date."
— Leonard Klady
Spirit Awards
1 nom
Sundance
1 nom
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