A Perfect Murder (1998)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Andrew Davis

Writers (WGA):

Frederick Knott (play)
Patrick Smith Kelly (screenplay)

Release Date:

5 June 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

A powerful husband. An unfaithful wife. A jealous lover. All of them have a motive. Each of them has a plan.

Plot:

A remake of the Hitchcock classic dial "M" for murder

Plot Keywords:

Artist | Murder | Love | Crime Gone Awry | Art

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Michael Douglas	...	Steven Taylor
Gwyneth Paltrow	...	Emily Bradford Taylor
Viggo Mortensen	...	David Shaw
David Suchet	...	Mohamed Karaman
Sarita Choudhury	...	Raquel Martinez
Michael P. Moran	...	Bobby Fain
Novella Nelson	...	Ambassador Alice Wills
Constance Towers	...	Sandra Bradford
Will Lyman	...	Jason Gates
Maeve McGuire	...	Ann Gates
Stephen Singer	...	Effete Man at Met
Laurinda Barrett	...	Met Woman #1
Aideen O'Kelly	...	Met Woman #2
Reed Birney	...	Merchant Prince #1
Vincent Smith	...	Merchant Prince #2 (as Robert Vincent Smith)

Also Known As:

Dial M for Murder (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, sexuality and language.

Runtime:

107 min | USA:108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Iceland:16 | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Italy:T | Mexico:B | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

New Jersey, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Many of the artworks featured in this film are Mortensen's own.

Goofs:

Plot holes: While Karaman is questioning Steven in the kitchen, he points out that Steven's footprints are visible all around the body in the blood. We also have seen that when Emily left the kitchen she left a trail of bloody footprints. However, when Steven runs to the door to fix the lock, he miraculously leaves no bloody prints on the floor.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Steven: There you are. And how was your day? Any progress in saving the world?
Emily: I'm working on it.

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Soundtrack:

Biala Mi Gente

Stunning

A stunning remake of the 1954 Hitchcock Classic ,"Dial M for Murder"-"A perfect murder" is a brilliant piece.

Emily Bradford (Gwyneth Paltrow) is sleeping with Artist David Shaw (Viggo Mortensen).Her husband,much older than her-Steven Taylor (played by Michael Douglas) knows but is not letting on. Steven hires David to kill her,and organises the perfect murder.However David hires a hitman.

Things go wrong when the hitman is killed by Emily.Steven must find a way to turn things to his advantage.But Emily is discovering things on her own and David isn't helping.....

A thrilling piece of cinema-Paltrow,Douglas and Mortensen make this a wonderful work-not to be msised.

If you've seen this,Dial M for Murder is not bad either.