Incognito (1997)

Director:

John Badham

Writer (WGA):

Jordan Katz (written by)

Release Date:

13 March 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Harry Donovan is a master in the art of deception... trapped in a lie so perfect even the truth can't save him.

Plot:

Harry Donovan is an art forger who paints fake Rembrandt picture for $500,000. The girl he meets and gets into bed with in Paris...

Plot Keywords:

Art | Rembrandt | Forger | Female Nudity | Murder

Cast

Jason Patric	...	Harry Donovan
Irène Jacob	...	Prof. Marieke van den Broeck
Thomas Lockyer	...	Alastair Davies
Ian Richardson	...	Turley (prosecutor)
Simon Chandler	...	Iain Ill
Pip Torrens	...	White (defense attorney)
Michael Cochrane	...	Deeks
Rod Steiger	...	Milton A. Donovan
Togo Igawa	...	Agachi
Joseph Blatchley	...	Prof. Scheerding
Paul Brennen	...	Det. Sgt. Steed
Olivier Pierre	...	Lecuyer
Peter Gale	...	Westerbrook
David Marrick	...	Bright
Dudley Sutton	...	Halifax / Offul
Adam Fogerty	...	Ugo
Ricardo Montez	...	Juan Del Campo
Antonio Elliott	...	Grandson
Jonathan Newth	...	Judge
Bryan Matheson	...	Concierge
Lex van Delden	...	Dehoog
Hugo Bower	...	Smit
Walter Van Dyk	...	Thoolen
Frank Nendels	...	Anton / Chemist
John Tordoff	...	Bartender
Jean-Luc Caron	...	Cafe intellectual
Maja Ottesen	...	Nude model
Danielle Allan	...	Museum attendant
Anna Korwin	...	Museum official
David Sibley	...	Whitehurst Landlord
Michael Dimitri	...	Landlord
Jon Paul Morgan	...	Conductor
Stephen Webber	...	Barrister
Keith Anderson	...	Court translator
Heike Willman	...	Paris saleswoman
Miriam Karlin	...	Marina
Jon Cartwright	...	Auctiooneer grandson / interpreter
Andrew Forbes	...	Newsreader
Nora Connolly	...	Barmaid
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Harry Fielder	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Ian Holm	...	John (uncredited)

Directed by
John Badham

Writing credits (WGA)
Jordan Katz		(written by)

Produced by
Joep Bannenberg	....	line producer
Gary Barber	....	executive producer
William P. Cartlidge	....	co-producer
Cammie Crier	....	associate producer
James G. Robinson	....	producer
Bill Todman Jr.	....	executive producer

Original Music by
John Ottman

Cinematography by
Denis Crossan

Film Editing by
Frank Morriss

Casting by
Noel Davis

Production Design by
Jamie Leonard

Art Direction by
Mark Raggett		(supervising art director)
Su Whitaker

Set Decoration by
Jill Quertier

Costume Design by
Louise Stjernsward

Makeup Department
Lynda Armstrong	....	key makeup artist
Lynda Armstrong	....	makeup designer
Dave Elsey	....	special makeup effects artist
Belinda Hodson	....	makeup artist
Colin Jamison	....	hair stylist
Colin Ware	....	prosthetic design and application

Production Management
Frederick Bovis	....	production manager
Ian Hickinbotham	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Laurent Herbiet	....	co-first assistant director
Peter Heslop	....	second assistant director
Paul Higgins	....	third assistant director
David Tringham	....	assistant director
Richard Walker	....	additional third assistant director
Simon Downes	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Henry Forsyth	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Steve Bohan	....	construction manager
Jim Cornish	....	storyboard artist
Paul Duff	....	carpenter
James Gemmill	....	painter: Rembrandt paintings
Robin Heinson	....	painter
Thomas Martin	....	hod carpenter
John Mills	....	property master
Micky Mills	....	props

Sound Department
Rick Alexander	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Richard Alexander)
Anna Bright	....	foley editor
Paul Timothy Carden	....	co-supervising sound editor
David Crozier	....	sound mixer
Tom E. Dahl	....	sound re-recording mixer
Halima K. Gilliam	....	apprentice sound editor
Steve Kohler	....	dubbing recordist
Carol Lewis	....	dialogue editor
Nancy MacLeod	....	sound effects editor
Joseph A. Mayer	....	supervising adr editor
Mel Metcalfe	....	sound re-recording mixer
Joe Milner	....	co-supervising sound editor
Donald Ortiz	....	assistant sound editor
Mary Ruth Smith	....	adr editor
Jon Title	....	foley editor
Kerry Dean Williams	....	dialogue editor

Special Effects by
David Harris	....	special effects supervisor
Neil Toddy Todd	....	special effects
Cliff Wallace	....	special effects makeup

Stunts
Andy Bennett	....	stunts
Marc Boyle	....	stunt coordinator (as Mark Boyle)
Ray De-Haan	....	stunts
Tracey Eddon	....	stunts
Sadie Eden	....	stunts
Dorothy Ford	....	stunts
Steve Griffin	....	stunts
Lyndon S. Hellewell	....	stunts
Phil Lonergan	....	stunts
Tony Lucken	....	stunts
Peter Pedrero	....	stunts
Lee Sheward	....	stunts
Eddie Stacey	....	stunt coordinator
Rocky Taylor	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Ashley Bond	....	assistant camera
Keith Hamshere	....	still photographer
Angus Hudson	....	focus puller: "b" camera
Martin Kenzie	....	camera operator
Billy Merrell	....	best boy
Phil Murray	....	grip
Roz Naylor	....	first assistant camera
Michael Page	....	gaffer
David Toft	....	video operator

Casting Department
Harry Audley	....	extras casting

Editorial Department
Pamela Choules	....	apprentice editor
Jason Costelloe	....	location assistant editor
David Tweet	....	assistant film editor
Debra Weinfeld	....	assistant editor: avid

Music Department
Mark Berger	....	music supervisor
Tim Boyle	....	score mixer
Amanda Goodpaster	....	assistant music editor
Jim Harrison	....	music editor
Damon Intrabartolo	....	conductor
Damon Intrabartolo	....	orchestrator
Frank Macchia	....	orchestrator
Lia Vollack	....	music editor

Other crew
David Boysen	....	administrator
Lisa A. Campbell	....	production coordinator: los angeles
Francesca Castellano	....	production coordinator
Gilles Castera	....	location manager
Antonin Depardieu	....	location assistant
Michelle Fox	....	production associate
Geoff Freeman	....	unit publicist
Derek Harrington	....	location manager
Teresa Johnson	....	set medic
Sylvia Mackintosh	....	assistant accountant
Matthew O'Toole	....	accountant
Fiona Richards	....	production runner
Julie Robinson	....	script supervisor
Matthew Walsh	....	assistant to director

Production Companies

• Morgan Creek Productions

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1998) (USA) (theatrical)
• Egmont Entertainment (1998) (Finland) (VHS)
• Mundial Vídeo (1999) (Portugal) (VHS)
• Nordisk Film (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• RTL Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL7)
• Warner Bros. (Germany)
• Warner Home Video (199?) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1999) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (199?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2002) (Finland) (TV)

Special Effects

• OCS/Freeze Frame/Pixel Magic
• Optical Illusions

Other Companies

• Pinewood Studios  movie studio
• Lee Lighting  grip and lighting equipment
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• The Conformist  negative cutting

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for language, violence and brief sexuality

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:12 | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:12 (video rating) | Netherlands:AL | Finland:K-12 | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

France

Company:

Morgan Creek Productions

Trivia:

There is a scene in the film where Harry Donovan finds out about the death of his father (played by Rod Steiger) from heart failure in a newspaper clipping. The date of death given was Tuesday, July 9. Rod Steiger died five years later on Tuesday, July 9, 2002 of pneumonia and kidney failure.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The sound effect used for the British police cars was inaccurate. British police cars did once sound like that but that was over twenty years ago. They now sound similar to American police vehicles.

Quotes:

Harry Donovan:Do you think the garbageman ain't in it for the money? 'Cause he sure as hell ain't in it for the garbage.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in An Interview with John Ottman (2002) (V)

Worth watching

"You don't like people," says Marieke to Harry Donovan, challenging him to name one counter-example. It is no surprise; Harry is not very likable himself. The angry-but-brilliant artist is a cliché, but Jason Patric makes it work. His character finds some sort of healing in his rendering his father into a fake Rembrandt he makes in the movie, at the same time melding his relationship to his father into his own psyche. I would like to have seen more art and art commentary in this movie, but you can learn a lot from it.