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Overview

User Rating:
6.3/10   42,934 votes
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Director:
Phillip Noyce
Writers (WGA):
Jeffery Deaver (book)
Jeremy Iacone (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
5 November 1999 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller more
Tagline:
Two cops on the trail of a brutal killer. They must see as one, they must act as one, they must think as one, before the next victim falls. more
Plot:
Denzel Washington plays a quadriplegic homicide detective. He and his female partner track down a serial killer. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 nominations more
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(39 articles)
Salt Official Movie Poster Featuring Angelina Jolie
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Angelina Jolie in New Teaser Trailer as Agent Salt
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User Comments:
Well worth a look! Both Jolie and Washington are on form more (372 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Denzel Washington ... Lincoln Rhyme

Angelina Jolie ... Amelia Donaghy

Queen Latifah ... Thelma

Michael Rooker ... Captain Howard Cheney

Mike McGlone ... Detective Kenny Solomon

Luis Guzmán ... Eddie Ortiz (as Luis Guzman)

Leland Orser ... Richard Thompson

John Benjamin Hickey ... Dr. Barry Lehman
Bobby Cannavale ... Steve, Amelia's Boyfriend
Ed O'Neill ... Detective Paulie Sellitto

Richard Zeman ... Lieutenant Carl Hanson
Olivia Birkelund ... Lindsay Rubin
Gary Swanson ... Alan Rubin
James Bulleit ... Train Engineer (as Jim Bulleit)
Frank Fontaine ... Grandfather
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong violent content including grisly images, and for language.
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Runtime:
118 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital
Certification:
Malaysia:18SG | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) | Chile:14 | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:15 | Japan:PG-12 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:M | Norway:18 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #36863) | Philippines:R-18 | Iceland:16
Filming Locations:
Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, New York, USA more
Company:
Columbia Pictures Corporation more

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Trivia:
Angelina Jolie has admitted in interviews she shot nude scenes for this movie but the director cut them feeling they distracted from the story. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Lincoln's socks have dirty soles when he is lying in bed. How does a quadriplegic dirty the soles of his socks? more
Quotes:
Eddie Ortiz: It's everyone's worst nightmare; you get into a cab and there's some psycho from Jersey behind the wheel. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Juno (2007) more
Soundtrack:
The Touch (Le Toucher) more

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16 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
Well worth a look! Both Jolie and Washington are on form, 9 March 2005
8/10
Author: denise_kate from Manchester, England

I've read quite a few comments on this movie and some of them I disagree with and others I don't. Sure, it may be a little predictable and a bit 'all been done before' but there is a certain level of originality and uniqueness to it also.

For starters it has a fantastic cast and both lead actors (Jolie and Washington)have won Oscars and thats says something. It can't be easy playing a paralysed man and remaining so still and wooden and he plays the frustrations and emotions so realistically that I would imagine a person actually would be like in real life. Jolie is charming, composed and works well with the camera. Her character is convincing enough and this goes for her performance.The support cast is fantastic too, especially Queen Latifa.

The film may have the usual iconographic elements found in the psychological thriller genre but they are necessary for it to firstly conform and also progress. 'The Bone Collector' introduces new techniques and a slightly different angle for the viewer. there has to be a certain amount of repetition with this genre for it to work and this is the case for many others, such as romantic comedies and a couple falling in love or teen flicks with a football jock character.

I am currently writing my degree dissertation on sexual subjectivity in psychological thrillers and this film is perfect for that. The changing levels of gendered representations is very interesting and both supports and detracts away from the current representations in society.

I say, give it a go! Don't listen to people who have already seen it and didn't like it. If I'd have done that then I wouldn't have given it a go and my dissertation would have been short of argument!

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