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Overview

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Writer (WGA):
Irwin Winkler (written by)
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Release Date:
15 March 1991 (USA) more
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All it took was a whisper.
Plot:
David Merrill (Robert De Niro), a fictitious 1950s Hollywood director, returns from filming abroad... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 2 nominations more
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Birthday Suits: Good Hair, and Good Music.
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Cast

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Robert De Niro ... David Merrill

Annette Bening ... Ruth Merrill
George Wendt ... Bunny Baxter
Patricia Wettig ... Dorothy Nolan
Sam Wanamaker ... Felix Graff

Luke Edwards ... Paulie Merrill

Chris Cooper ... Larry Nolan
Ben Piazza ... Darryl Zanuck

Martin Scorsese ... Joe Lesser
Barry Primus ... Bert Alan
Gailard Sartain ... Chairman Wood
Robin Gammell ... Congressman Tavenner
Brad Sullivan ... Congressman Velde

Tom Sizemore ... Ray Karlin

Roxann Dawson ... Felicia Barron (as Roxann Biggs)
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Also Known As:
La liste noire (France)
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105 min
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Blacklisted writer/director Abraham Polonsky wrote the original screenplay for the film. When Irwin Winkler decided to rewrite the script by changing DeNiro's character from a Communist to a more generic Liberal, Polonsky had his name removed from the film's credits. "I wanted it to be about Communists because that's the way it really happened. ... They didn't need another story about a man who was falsely accused," he said in an interview in the New York Times. more
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Anachronisms: There is a Milwaukee Braves baseball pennant on the wall of Merrill's son's room. This film takes place in 1951 and 1952. The Braves didn't move to Milwaukee from Boston until 1953. more
Quotes:
Ruth Merrill: Uh, I'm seeing Dorothy tonight. Paulie's gonna stay at his friends. I thought I'd take her to one of those places out by Malibu.
David Merrill: Malibu, can you afford that?
Ruth Merrill: Can you believe you said that?
David Merrill: No, I'd never say anything like that.
Ruth Merrill: Wanna go?
David Merrill: Sure, do you mind?
Ruth Merrill: Yeah.
[she leaves]
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Featured in "Zomergasten: (#9.2)" (1996) more
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I'M JUST A LUCKY SO AND SO more

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A perfect mirror, 16 March 2004
Author: Mark from Sweden

The merit of this film is that it portrays the mechanism, the mentality and the impact on human character of what might very well be any communist regime there ever was in a stunningly perfect way (as a person grown up in a socialist country, believe me - I know!) - only here represented by people who are supposed to prevent communism from spreading! A great comment on human nature - whether intended or not is less important. If I didn't know better, I'd believe this was a Hollywood remake of some film about Stalin's 30:s purges or Polish repressions against the right wing combatants in the 50:s. Solid performance from De Niro, supported by a talented cast. Martin Scorsese appears in a cameo that must be one of the most extensive in his acting career.

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