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Rick Savannah, a lawyer, becomes obsessed with a waitress who claims that she is being stalked by her father. Attempting to protect her from an unseen danger he too is drawn into her terror which threatens his family...

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ProducerDavid Levy, Jeremy Tannenbaum

EAN0044008504825

eBay Product ID (ePID)3942781

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ActorNita Hardy, Wren Arthur, Kenneth Branagh, Benjamin T. Gay, Daryl Hannah, Julia Ryder Perce, Christine Seabrook, Myrna White, Sonny Seiler, Lori Beth Sikes, Gregory Alpert, Bill Crabb, Chip Tootle, Lydia Marlene, Angela Costrini, Stuart Greer, Mark Bednarz, Mike Pniewski, Embeth Davidtz, Famke Janssen, Tom Berenger, Wilbur Fitzgerald, Michelle Benjamin Cooper, Jesse James, Robert Duvall, Robert Downey Jr, Jin Hi Soucy, Vernon E. Jordan, L.H. Smith, Danny Darst, Jay Pearson, Paul Carden, Bill Cunningham, Walter Hartridge, David Hirsberg, Ferguson Reid, Chad Darnell, Richie Dye, Mae Whitman, Troy Beyer, Bob Minor, Sonny Shroyer, Jim Grimshaw, Rosemary Newcott

Film/TV TitleThe Gingerbread Man

DirectorRobert Altman

LanguageEnglish

Subtitle LanguageDutch\English\French

Run Time109 Mins

Aspect Ratio1.85 Wide Screen

FormatDVD

Release Year1999

FeaturesWidescreen, Closed Caption, With Subtitles

GenreThriller, General

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Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

Hearing ImpairedEnglish

ComposerMark Isham

Production DesignerStephen Altman

ReviewsRolling Stone - ...Hypnotic....A Grisham thriller has rarely been this sexy or this much fun..., New York Times - ...Altman plays a John Grisham mystery in a seductive new key with THE GINGERBREAD MAN....[The film illustrates] the delicacy of Mr. Altman's brooding, richly atmospheric style..., USA Today - ...A neo-noir thriller that unwinds with off-kilter promise...

Additional InformationRobert Altman throws his chips into the film noir ring with this stylish, moody thriller that features a spot-on performance by Kenneth Branagh as Rick Magruder, a successful Savannah, Georgia lawyer. After a party celebrating a major victory, he offers Mallory Doss (Embeth Davidtz), a shy waitress whose car has been stolen, a lift home. Their relationship develops quickly and it isn't long before he sleeps with her. Soon after, however, Rick learns that Mallory's cat has been killed, which she attributes to her religious fanatic father, Dixon Doss (Robert Duvall). As Rick attempts to track Dixon down and protect Mallory from him, a new chain of events is unleashed which threatens to ruin his career and endanger the lives of his two children. Meanwhile, a hurricane looms in the distance, adding even greater tension to Rick's quickly deteriorating situation. As is typical with all of Altman's films, a high-profile cast converges to deliver solid individual performances. Standouts include--in addition to Branagh's hedonistic lawyer--Duvall, Robert Downey Jr., Tom Berenger, Daryl Hannah, and Davidtz. The first John Grisham-inspired film that wasn't adapted from one of the author's novels, THE GINGERBREAD MAN is more film noir than courtroom drama and is rendered suspensefully by maverick director Altman.

ScreenwriterRobert Altman

Costume DesignerDona Granata

AuthorJohn Grisham

Dubbing LanguagesFrench

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1

Movie/TV TitleThe Gingerbread Man

EditorGeraldine Peroni

Director of PhotographyChangwei Gu