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The Deal (2005) -- A political thriller steeped in illegal oil trading, the Russian Mafia, and governmental cover-ups.

Overview

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Director:
Harvey Kahn
Writer:
Ruth Epstein (written by)
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Release Date:
17 June 2005 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
The world is at war. more
Plot:
A political thriller steeped in illegal oil trading, the Russian Mafia, and governmental cover-ups. | add synopsis
User Comments:
Uneven more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Christian Slater ... Tom Hanson

Selma Blair ... Abbey Gallagher

Robert Loggia ... Jared Tolson

Colm Feore ... Hank Weiss

Angie Harmon ... Anna

John Heard ... Professor Roseman
Kevin Tighe ... John Cortland
Philip Granger ... Jerome Halliday

Françoise Yip ... Janice Long

Jim Thorburn ... Shane Waller

Paul McGillion ... Richard Kester
Christine Lippa ... Lucy Rahlston
Jennifer Clement ... Sara Kester

Mike Dopud ... Theo Gorbov
Vyacheslav Vinnik ... Nicholai Chernoff
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language and some violence.
Runtime:
USA:107 min | Argentina:108 min
Country:
Canada | USA
Language:
English | Russian
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Iceland:16 | USA:R (certificate #41237) | Singapore:NC-16 (cut) | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA
Filming Locations:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA more

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Quotes:
[from trailer]
Tom Hanson: You have a great smile.
Abbey Gallagher: The sexual harassment has got to stop.
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Movie Connections:
References Wall Street (1987) more
Soundtrack:
Shoot Out The Candy Shop more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Uneven, 15 November 2006
Author: Rick Blaine from London

It's rough to call something people worked on so hard for 'uneven' but there it is. The Deal is, simply put, about a 'deal'. It's a Wall Street thriller. And at the other end of the deal is oil. A planet in trouble where the carbon monoxide level is the highest it's been in three quarters of a million years, where 50,000,000 people are estimated to be on the run from climate catastrophes within four years, where the top twenty two median temperatures have been recorded in the past twenty six years, and so forth.

It's been done before and it will be done again until the dependence on fossil fuels is ended, until the electric car is allowed to proliferate, until the oil barons get their hands off the automobile industry, until things settle down in the middle east, and so forth.

Everyone does a fair job in this one except Angie. Sorry Angie, but for reasons that can't be exposed here but that will become apparent to viewers you just don't cut it.

The movie's uneven because its thrill factor is propelled through at least half way by withholding important facts about the plot. And at that point you just have to see everything turns out all right with the usual modicum of plot devices tossed in.

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