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Where Truth Lies

  • 19961996
  • RR
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
4.0/10
288
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Where Truth Lies (1996)
  • Drama
  • Mystery
  • Thriller
Driven to drink by his wife's death, a tormented doctor is committed to an experimental rehab.Driven to drink by his wife's death, a tormented doctor is committed to an experimental rehab.Driven to drink by his wife's death, a tormented doctor is committed to an experimental rehab.
IMDb RATING
4.0/10
288
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  • Director
    • William H. Molina
  • Writer
    • Ted Perkins
  • Stars
    • John Savage
    • Kim Cattrall
    • Malcolm McDowell
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  • Director
    • William H. Molina
  • Writer
    • Ted Perkins
  • Stars
    • John Savage
    • Kim Cattrall
    • Malcolm McDowell
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    • 9User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    John Savage
    John Savage
    • Dr. Ian Lazarreas Dr. Ian Lazarre
    Kim Cattrall
    Kim Cattrall
    • Racquel Chambersas Racquel Chambers
    Malcolm McDowell
    Malcolm McDowell
    • Dr. Vernon Renquistas Dr. Vernon Renquist
    Candice Daly
    • Wendyas Wendy…
    Eric Pierpoint
    Eric Pierpoint
    • Joe McNamaraas Joe McNamara
    Sam J. Jones
    Sam J. Jones
    • Jamesas James
    • (as Sam Jones)
    Denis Forest
    Denis Forest
    • Jonas Kellaras Jonas Kellar
    David St. James
    David St. James
    • Van Nessas Van Ness
    Timothy Patrick Quill
    • Prisoneras Prisoner
    Barry Pearl
    Barry Pearl
    • Stan Horowitzas Stan Horowitz
    • (as Barry Lee Pearl)
    Rance Howard
    Rance Howard
    • Judge Bloomas Judge Bloom
    Jean Speegle Howard
    Jean Speegle Howard
    • Mrs. Gloria Smithas Mrs. Gloria Smith
    Paul Sarnoff
    • Marty the Bartenderas Marty the Bartender
    Danielle Nicolet
    Danielle Nicolet
    • Lisaas Lisa
    Sharon Mendel
    • Helene Smithas Helene Smith
    Shannon K. Dunn
    Shannon K. Dunn
    • Roseas Rose
    Sandi Schultz
    Sandi Schultz
    • Dr. Tobiasas Dr. Tobias
    Claudia Stedelin
    Claudia Stedelin
    • Annaas Anna
    • Director
      • William H. Molina
    • Writer
      • Ted Perkins
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    • Goofs
      When Nurse Racquel takes Dr. Lazarre to see his visitors, she is in the cell wearing flat shoes, then in the corridor she is wearing high heels and in the visitors room she is back in flat shoes.
    • Soundtracks
      After Hours
      Written by David & Eric Wurst (BMI)

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    5/10
    Mind Games
    (There are Spoilers) Living with the tragic death of his first wife Wendy, Candice Daly, psychiatrist Dr. Ian Lazzare, John Savage, can't keep her out of his mind even after re-marrying a woman who's an exact replica of Wendy Teresa also Candice Daly with her blond hair colored black.

    Becoming a hopeless alcoholic Dr. Lazarre drinking become so acute that Teresa leaves him and that leads to Dr. Lazarre attempting to kill himself. Committed to the Blackhurst Instatute by Teresa and Dr. Lazarre's friend and personal lawyer John McNamra, Eric Pierpoint, Dr. Lazarre is put on drugs and kept from getting any sleep to shock him out of his drinking problems. But as we, and Dr. Lazare, also see his treatment has nothing at all to do with curing him but experimenting with his mind, or what's left of it, to see what make him tick with the experiments being conducted by the head of the institute the weird Dr. Vernon Requist, Malcolm McDowell.

    You have trouble with understanding the movie "Where Truth Lies" right from the start with Wendy's accident that later in the film turns out to be her murder. There's also this convict was treated by Dr. Lazarr who seemed to have later been executed a Jonas Keller, Denis Forest, who keeps popping up in the movie as if he were Dr. Lazarre's conscience or alter-ego. You at first think that Keller was the real reason for Wendy's death but it turns out that he had nothing to do with it so why is he made to be so important in the film not only in regard to Wendy's murder but to Dr. Lazarre himself?

    At the Blackhurst Institute were at first given the impression that Dr. Renquist and his head nurse Racquel Cambers, Kim Cattrall, are not what they seem to be. It's even indicted that Nurse Chambers is a junkie that Dr. Renquist experimented with like he's doing with Dr. Lzarre. But as the movie moves to it's surprising conclusion it obvious that all that information we get from the movie makers of "Where truth Lies" are red herrings to throw us off what's really going on and why Dr. Lazarre was committed in the institute in the first place.

    The big surprise in the movie is not that surprising at all since we get a good idea to who's behind Dr. Lazarre's interment and what the reasons are for it is. Which Dr. Lazarre himself realizes but after it's too late for him to stop the person from murdering his second wife Teresa like he did his first wife Wendy. Very depressing ending where the killer gets poor Dr. Lazarre implicated in Wendy's murder only after he himself is killed by an outraged Dr. Lazarre, who earlier escaped from the Blackhurst institute, only to end up being committed for life to a mental hospital for the criminally insane.

    Passable thriller with John Savage doing his best as a man being driven over the edge in order to cure him of an mental illness that he only got from being institutionalized to cure it when he didn't have it in the first place.
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    • Release date
      • June 1996 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Hysteria
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Silverline Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby

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