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Overview

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Director:
Robert Altman
Writers:
John Grisham (story)
Clyde Hayes (screenplay)
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Release Date:
23 January 1998 (USA) more
Genre:
Thriller more
Plot:
Lawyer Rick Magruder has a one-night-stand affair with caterer Mallory Doss. He becomes hooked on her... more | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Kenneth Branagh ... Rick Magruder

Embeth Davidtz ... Mallory Doss

Robert Downey Jr. ... Clyde Pell

Daryl Hannah ... Lois Harlan

Tom Berenger ... Pete Randle

Famke Janssen ... Leeanne Magruder

Mae Whitman ... Libby Magruder

Jesse James ... Jeff Magruder

Robert Duvall ... Dixon Doss
Clyde Hayes ... Carl Alden

Troy Beyer ... Konnie Dugan
Julia Ryder Perce ... Cassandra (as Julia R. Perce)
Danny Darst ... Sheriff Hope
Sonny Seiler ... Phillip Dunson
Walter Hartridge ... Edmund Hess
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for some sexuality, violence and language.
Runtime:
114 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Guyton, Georgia, USA more

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Trivia:
Robert Altman said that one of the reasons he took on "The Gingerbread Man" was because he had never directed a thriller before and wanted to give the genre a try. more
Goofs:
Continuity: At the party early in the movie, Rick and Lois are talking head-to-head on the sofa. Mallory walks behind them and you can hear Lois talking, but we see their heads at opposite ends of the sofa and they aren't talking. The camera immediately cuts back to them sitting close and talking like before. more
Quotes:
Libby: [addressing her father] Would you please stop talking to me as if I were Jeff's age?
Jeff: What's wrong with my age?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Magnolia (1999) more

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4 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Worth watching, 26 August 1998
9/10
Author: Phil-78 from London, England

If you have read any of John Grishams books, and liked them, than this film will go down well. Definitely as good as any of his books, and added twists work well on screen. Very good.

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