Incognito (1997)

Director:

John Badham

Writer (WGA):

Jordan Katz (written by)

Release Date:

13 March 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Harry Donovan is a master in the art of deception... trapped in a lie so perfect even the truth can't save him.

Plot:

Harry Donovan is an art forger who paints fake Rembrandt picture for $500,000. The girl he meets and gets into bed with in Paris...

Plot Keywords:

Art | Rembrandt | Forger | Female Nudity | Murder

Cast

Jason Patric	...	Harry Donovan
Irène Jacob	...	Prof. Marieke van den Broeck
Thomas Lockyer	...	Alastair Davies
Ian Richardson	...	Turley (prosecutor)
Simon Chandler	...	Iain Ill
Pip Torrens	...	White (defense attorney)
Michael Cochrane	...	Deeks
Rod Steiger	...	Milton A. Donovan
Togo Igawa	...	Agachi
Joseph Blatchley	...	Prof. Scheerding
Paul Brennen	...	Det. Sgt. Steed
Olivier Pierre	...	Lecuyer
Peter Gale	...	Westerbrook
David Marrick	...	Bright
Dudley Sutton	...	Halifax / Offul

MPAA:

Rated R for language, violence and brief sexuality.

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:12 | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:12 (video rating) | Netherlands:AL | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

France

Company:

Morgan Creek Productions

Trivia:

When Marieke mails the letter, there is a very short close up where you can read the address of Juan del Campo, meaning "John of the Field", living in Plaza de la Mierda, meaning "Shit Square".

Goofs:

Factual errors: Harry Donovan and his father talks in the phone about the exchange rate between US Dollars and Dutch Guilders. Later on, when still in Amsterdam, Harry buys some sort of old painting in a shop. He pays however, in German Marks.

Quotes:

Prof. Marieke van den Broeck: How do you like the book?
Harry Donovan: I don't like books.
Prof. Marieke van den Broeck: Just look at the pictures?
Harry Donovan: Yeah, ever since I was a little boy.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in An Interview with John Ottman (2002) (V)

Not bad

A bit of a pleasant surprise (considering its lack of theatrical release in the NY area), Incognito is a fairly involving drama/thriller involving a disturbed artist who's gotten so entangled in the underworld of art forgery he's never formed an identity of his own...he does a great Rembrandt, but Irene Jacob spots it as a fake, which both infuriates and attracts him...a murder occurs and the pursuit is on, with him trying to clear his name and trying to become a "real" artist...Patric is a little too brooding and pouty, making him hard to like for much of the film (C. Sheen or J. Depp could make him a much more sympathetic "bad" boy), but beautiful location work (widescreen, too -- I saw the laserdisc -- on video it's probably a mess) and the lovely & talented Ms. Jacob make it a surprisingly unique experience...check it out.