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Music Box

  • 1989
  • PG-13
  • 2h 4m
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7.3/10
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Music Box (1989)
A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
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A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.

  • Director
    • Costa-Gavras
  • Writer
    • Joe Eszterhas
  • Stars
    • Jessica Lange
    • Armin Mueller-Stahl
    • Frederic Forrest
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    9.1K
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    • Director
      • Costa-Gavras
    • Writer
      • Joe Eszterhas
    • Stars
      • Jessica Lange
      • Armin Mueller-Stahl
      • Frederic Forrest
    • 47User reviews
    • 29Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    Jessica Lange
    Jessica Lange
    • Ann Talbot
    Armin Mueller-Stahl
    Armin Mueller-Stahl
    • Mike Laszlo
    Frederic Forrest
    Frederic Forrest
    • Jack Burke
    Donald Moffat
    Donald Moffat
    • Harry Talbot
    Lukas Haas
    Lukas Haas
    • Mikey Talbot
    Cheryl Lynn Bruce
    Cheryl Lynn Bruce
    • Georgine Wheeler
    Mari Törőcsik
    Mari Törőcsik
    • Magda Zoldan
    J.S. Block
    • Judge Silver
    Sol Frieder
    • Istvan Boday
    Michael Rooker
    Michael Rooker
    • Karchy Laszlo
    Elzbieta Czyzewska
    Elzbieta Czyzewska
    • Melinda Kalman
    Magda Szekely Marburg
    • Judit Hollo
    Felix Shuman
    • James Nathanson
    Michael Shillo
    • Geza Vamos
    George Pusep
    • Vladimir Kostav
    Mitchell Litrofsky
    • Sandy Lehman
    Albert Hall
    Albert Hall
    • Mack Jones
    Ned Schmidtke
    Ned Schmidtke
    • Dean Talbot
    • Director
      • Costa-Gavras
    • Writer
      • Joe Eszterhas
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    • Trivia
      After the movie was released, screenwriter Joe Eszterhas' own father, Istvan Eszterhas, was accused of war crimes in Hungary for printing anti-Semitic editorials, and even organizing a book burning. When Istvan admitted the charges were accurate, Joe responded by publicly condemning his father, and disowning him as a parent, later writing that he never reconciled with Istvan, and refused to let him see his grandchildren right up to the point where Istvan died of natural causes.
    • Quotes

      Mack Jones: What do we know about our parents?

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Always/Music Box/Born on the Fourth of July/Tango and Cash/Camille Claudel (1989)

    User reviews47

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    Did John Demjanjuk have blood on his fingers?

    The movie is based on the case of the alleged war criminal John Demjanjuk whose American citizenship was revoked and he was extradited to Israel for trial. In Israel, he finally was acquitted for lack of evidence. In the movie Costa-Gavras does have a strong opinion about the case, but in real life the all-important question "guilty or not guilty" was never answered properly.

    A good movie, too good to stay in the cinemas for a long time.
    • Turan
    • Aug 23, 2001
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    • Release date
      • January 19, 1990 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Hungarian
    • Also known as
      • Die ganze Wahrheit
    • Filming locations
      • Budapest, Hungary
    • Production company
      • Carolco Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $18,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $6,263,883
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $19,381
      • Dec 25, 1989
    • Gross worldwide
      • $6,263,883
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 4 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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