Under Suspicion (2000)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Stephen Hopkins

Writers (WGA):

John Wainwright (book)
Claude Miller (1981 screenplay Garde à vue) ...

Release Date:

2 June 2000 (Italy)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Everyone has secrets. Some of them are crimes.

Plot:

A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Murder | Toupee | Speech | Interrogation

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Gene Hackman	...	Henry Hearst
Morgan Freeman	...	Captain Victor Benezet
Thomas Jane	...	Detective Felix Owens
Monica Bellucci	...	Chantal Hearst
Nydia Caro	...	Isabella
Miguel Ángel Suárez	...	Superintendent
Pablo Cunqueiro	...	Detective Castillo
Isabel Algaze	...	Camille Rodriguez
Jacqueline Duprey	...	Maria Rodriguez
Luis Caballero	...	Paco Rodriguez
Patricia Beato	...	Darlita
Sahyly Yamile	...	Reina
Hector Travieso	...	Peter
Marisol Calero	...	Sergeant Arias
Vanessa Shenk	...	Sue Ellen Huddy

Also Known As:

Suspicion (France)
Third Degree (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content and language.

Runtime:

110 min | USA:111 min (TV)

Country:

France | USA

Language:

English | Italian | Spanish

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | South Korea:15 | Iceland:12 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Portugal:M/16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Chile:14 | France:U | Germany:12 | Ireland:18 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Spain:13 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #37059)

Filming Locations:

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Company:

Revelations Entertainment

Trivia:

Stephen Hopkins wanted to cast Monica Bellucci after watching Malèna (2000) while on an overseas flight.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: After returning from his errand to get Henry a "Cold Drink", Detective Owens carries a large Styrofoam cup with a lid attached by pinching the lip at the top of the cup and swinging it as he walks. This proves that this was an empty hand prop and is verified by the resonating empty sound made when the Detective plops it into the desk in front of Henry.

Quotes:

nm0000151 Capt. Victor Benezet: Go home. Put on a funny hat. Do whatever it is morons do.

Movie Connections:

Version of Garde à vue (1981)

Soundtrack:

Enamorado De Puerto Rico

A potential spellbinder and one of Hackman's best performances

Most of this dialogue-intensive film takes place in an office in a Puerto Rican Police Department with a top detective (Freeman) grilling a wealthy attorney (Hackman) about the rape/murders of young girls. Featuring outstanding performances by both principals and technical and artistic excellence, the film's story unfolds piecemeal as it scrutinizes the Hackman character with painful deliberation while holding out the "whodunnit" carrot until the very end. More mature audiences with an appetite for this type of film are likely to find "Under Suspicion" a spellbinding tour de force by Hackman.