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Writer (WGA):
Rowdy Herrington (written by)
Release Date:
6 July 1999 (USA) more
Tagline:
A work of deadly fiction. more
Plot:
A disbarred lawyer takes credit for a late friend's book, which becomes a smash hit but the tables turn on him sooner than he suspected. full summary | add synopsis
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Criminally overlooked, highly original thriller more (67 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Cuba Gooding Jr. | ... | Lawson Russell | |
| Tom Berenger | ... | Clifford Dubose | |
| Marianne Jean-Baptiste | ... | Elizabeth Pope | |
| Eric Stoltz | ... | Thurman Parks III | |
| Mark Pellegrino | ... | Prof. Arthur Corvus | |
| Ashley Laurence | ... | Janine DeVrie | |
| Carmen Argenziano | ... | Judge Wiley Banning | |
| Doug Wert | ... | Billy Ray Richardson | |
| Nate Adams | ... | James | |
| Jeremiah Black | ... | Bailiff | |
| Derek Broes | ... | Agent Manning | |
| Adrian Colon | ... | Detective | |
| Gaelle Comparat | ... | Thurman's Girl | |
| Tara Crespo | ... | Young Woman | |
| Anastasia Drake | ... | Clerk |
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Rated R for language, nudity, a scene of strong sexuality and some violence.
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102 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:12 | Germany:12 | South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | France:U | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R
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Lawson Russell:
Drink, detective?
Clifford Dubose:
Nah. Never touch it. Makes me happy.
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References The Warriors (1979) more
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Put My Faith In You more
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Really like this film, it's criminally overlooked as far as I'm concerned. Cuba Gooding plays a lawyer who gets disbarred shortly after he lets his conscience get the better of him and he moves to Key West Florida, hoping to start a writing career. Once there, he meets and old man who happens to have written a damn fine novel. Ahhh, I don't want to reveal more, but from that point on things get very interesting.
This thriller has a genuinely original plot and is very well written. The plot twist isn't easily spotted and will definitely have viewers guessing for a long time. It's fast paced and well directed by Rowdy Herrington, who's really a director to look for (made another little known James Spader flick that's very good as well).
I've always like Cuba Gooding and he does a good job in the lead, proving he can well handle dramatic parts as well (if not better) than comedic ones. Tom Berenger does well, as always, in a relatively small part as a tough detective.
It's a rare thing these days that a film, particularly a thriller, comes up with a really fresh and original idea and executes it well. A Murder of Crows is a suspenseful and thoroughly entertaining thriller that deserves to be better known.