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Overview

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Director:

Richard Donner

Writer (WGA):

Brian Helgeland (written by)

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Release Date:

8 August 1997 (USA) more

Tagline:

What you know could kill you. more

Plot:

Jerry Fletcher is a man who sees conspiracies everywhere. But if you keep doing that long enough, sooner or later you're going to get one right... full summary | add synopsis

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination more

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(34 articles)

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Romance, Suspense, Conspiracies, Good Acting, Superb Directed! more (136 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Mel Gibson ... Jerry Fletcher

Julia Roberts ... Alice Sutton

Patrick Stewart ... Dr. Jonas
Cylk Cozart ... Agent Lowry
Steve Kahan ... Mr. Wilson (as Stephen Kahan)
Terry Alexander ... Flip

Alex McArthur ... Cynic
Rod McLachlan ... Justice Guard
Michael Potts ... Justice Guard

Jim Sterling ... Justice Guard
Rich Hebert ... Public Works Man

Brian J. Williams ... Clarke
G.A. Aguilar ... Piper
Cece Neber Labao ... Henry Finch's Secretary
Saxon Trainor ... Alice's Secretary
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Additional Details

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence.

Runtime:

135 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #35450) | Iceland:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Manitoba) | Philippines:PG-13 | South Korea:12 (DVD rating) | South Korea:15 | Brazil:14 | New Zealand:M | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA (cable rating) | Australia:M (original rating) | Finland:K-12 | Germany:12 (w) | Italy:T | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | Singapore:PG


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Trivia:

Jodie Foster was initially offered the role of Alice. more

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the shock troops rappel down from the black helicopter they can be seen to land on soft mats rather than hard New York City pavement. more

Quotes:

[first lines]
Jerry Fletcher: July eighth, 1979, all the fathers of Nobel Prize winners were rounded up by United Nations military units, all right, and actually forced at gunpoint to give semen samples in little plastic jars, which are now stored below Rockefeller Center underneath the ice skating rink...
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Movie Connections:

Featured in "HBO First Look: Conspiracy Theory (#4.6)" (1997) more

Soundtrack:

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Romance, Suspense, Conspiracies, Good Acting, Superb Directed!, 6 January 1999
10/10
Author: Maverick-43 from São Paulo, Brazil

The first time I saw this movie, there was some emotional moments. Gibson's acting is the best on the world. He plays a cab driver (Jerry Fletcher) in love with Julia Roberts(Alice Sutton), he has theories about conspiracies. He puts his theories on a newsletter called "Conspiracy Theory", they're never right, so no one gives a damn about it. But now, one of his theories is right, but he doesn't know which one and the only person he trusts is the person he loves.

In terms of romance, Consp. Theory was better then Titanic. How? Let's see: In Titanic, DiCaprio meets Winslet, three days later, she strips for him and they have sex in the back seat of the car. Is that love? Or teenage sex? In Conspiracy Theory, he met Alice for six months, he's in love with her, but he's shy, he doesn't just meet her and sleep with her. And what's more romantic? The guy dies and she stays alive and stays sad for the rest of her life (Titanic)? Or they both live and live happy ever after (Conspiracy Theory)? I'll give a 9 out of 10.

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