Crimetime (1996)

Bobby Mahon is an actor playing a notorious serial killer on prime-time television. The show becomes a hit, which encourages the real-life murderer on whom it's based, to go on a spree to make it on screen.

Director:

George Sluizer

Writer:

Brendan Somers

Stars:

Stephen Baldwin, Pete Postlethwaite, Sadie Frost

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Stephen Baldwin	...	Bobby Mahon
Pete Postlethwaite	...	Sidney
Sadie Frost	...	Val
Geraldine Chaplin	...	Thelma
Karen Black	...	Millicent
James Faulkner	...	Crowley
Phil Davis	...	Simon (as Philip Davis)
Marianne Faithfull	...	Club Singer
Emma Roberts	...	Linda
Anne Lambton	...	Madeleine
Suzanne Bertish	...	Lady Macbeth
Stephanie Buttle	...	Terry
Caroline Langrishe	...	Jenny Lamb
Orla Charlton	...	Victim
Jackie Davis	...	Victim

Storyline

Bobby Mahon is an actor playing a notorious serial killer on prime-time television. The show becomes a hit, which encourages the real-life murderer on whom it's based, to go on a spree to make it on screen.

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Plot Keywords:

female nudity | topless female nudity | serial killer | television | movie studio | 

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Taglines:

To be seen is to exist.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, sexuality and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Millicent was name of one of the sisters that Karen Black played in Trilogy of Terror and also her name in this.

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Quotes

Millicent: Show them, show them.

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Connections

Referenced in Cascadeur (1998)

User Reviews

Failed Intent, but not too much

OK, I agree it is not the great film it could have been, but we have to accept that the problem is not the film itself but the script. The film contains everything to be a hit: nice story, good plot and well done characters, even its soundtrack is excellent.

Some people say the problem is the lack of deep characters, but since when this art is made only with characters? most of them represent nothing but emotions, in other words, they are symbols the writer and the director use to say something...

The film is trying to establish an atmosphere of uncertainty; the big real problem is that the movie is trying to show too many different things, but it can not do so.

Watch it and then judge by yourself.

Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

August 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

Crimetime - Das Auge des Verbrechens

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Arts Council of England, Focus Films, MEDIA Programme of the European Union

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1