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User Rating:
5.8/10   810 votes
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Writer (WGA):
Matthew Tabak (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
22 June 2002 (USA) more
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Tagline:
When fire becomes an obsession... truth becomes stranger than fiction.
Plot:
Fact-based drama about an arson investigator (Ray Liotta) searching for the perpetrator of a string of deadly fires in 1980s California. | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Fire cop or fire bug? more (26 total)

Cast

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Ray Liotta ... John Orr / Aaron

John Leguizamo ... Keith Lang

Colm Feore ... Mike Matassa

Cliff Curtis ... Mike Camello

Ling Bai ... Wanda Orr

Illeana Douglas ... Kate

Ronny Cox ... Chief Gray

Trent Gill ... Marty

Ingrid Rogers ... Ambria
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Angela Alvarado ... Mexican Woman
Graham Beckel ... Clarence Hyde

Sophia Bush ... Carrie Orr
Mike Camello ... Glen Lucero
Lisa Chang ... Excuse Me Lady

Maree Cheatham ... Gabby Finn
Joe Colligan ... Lawyer

Shashawnee Hall ... Lt. Tom Hines

Ashly Holloway

Christopher Kriesa ... A.J. Jackobowski (as Chris Kriesa)

Madeleine Lindley ... Waitress in diner

Marshall Manesh ... Store Manager

Bill Moseley ... Task Force Officer

Gwendolyn Oliver ... TV reporter
Lynette Ruiz ... Sketch Artist
Anne von Herrmann ... Reporter

Nora Zehetner ... Trish
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
In the Heat of Fire (Europe: English title) (DVD title)
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Runtime:
86 min
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Color (FotoKem)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

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During filming in the hardware store set, located behind Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel, a special effects technician suffered first and second degree burns over 40 percent of his body. more

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Fire cop or fire bug?, 30 June 2002
5/10
Author: George Parker from Orange County, CA USA

"Point of Origin" takes the viewer into the life of a workaholic top Los Angeles arson investigator (Liotta) who is married with children, having some extracurricular activity on the side, writing a book, and investigating a serial arson case. Jeesh, talk about burning the candle at both ends! On the upside, this HBO product has a promising plot with some twisty-turny stuff. However, pinched at the end, fraught with plot holes, and cluttered with surreal visual effects, "Point of Origin" is likely to ignite little interest beyond that of the wayward channel surfer.

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