A Murder of Crows (1998)

A disbarred lawyer takes credit for a late friend's book, which becomes a smash hit but the tables turn on him sooner than he suspected.

Director:

Rowdy Herrington

Writer:

Rowdy Herrington

Stars:

Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Berenger, Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Cuba Gooding Jr.	...	Lawson Russell
Tom Berenger	...	Clifford Dubose
Marianne Jean-Baptiste	...	Elizabeth Pope
Eric Stoltz	...	Thurman Parks III
Mark Pellegrino	...	Prof. Arthur Corvus
Ashley Laurence	...	Janine DeVrie
Carmen Argenziano	...	Judge Wiley Banning
Doug Wert	...	Billy Ray Richardson
Nate Adams	...	James
Jeremiah Black	...	Bailiff
Derek Broes	...	Agent Manning
Adrian Colon	...	Detective
Gaelle Comparat	...	Thurman's Girl (as Gaelle Compart)
Tara Crespo	...	Young Woman
Anastasia Roussel	...	Clerk (as Anastasia Drake)

Storyline

After a lawyer gets disbarred, he goes off to write a book about his experience. He meets a man who lets him read his manuscript. The man dies and the lawyer passes the book off as his. Just when the book becomes a big success. He gets arrested for the true life murders of the five lawyers in his book. He then finds himself, trying to prove that he is innocent of the murders.

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Plot Keywords:

interracial sex | black bra and panties | crow | lawyer | murder | 

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Taglines:

A work of deadly fiction.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, nudity, a scene of strong sexuality and some violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 July 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Nido de cuervos

Filming Locations:

Key West, Florida Keys, Florida, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Motion International,Goodbros. Pictures Entertainment,Trilogy Entertainment Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Dubose receives the book in the mail and flips the cover open to see the autograph from Lawson you can see that all the words from the book cover on the inside of the book are complete gibberish. None of them make sense in any recognizable language.

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Goofs

When looking over Marlowe's novel, Lawson, as narrator, notes that a "murder" refers to a group of crows, like an "exaltation of doves." However, an exaltation refers to larks, not doves. Doves are either a "dole" (or "dule") or a "flight."

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Quotes

Clifford Dubose: You're going downtown!
Lawson Russell: On what charge?
Clifford Dubose: Arrogance.

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Connections

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

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Soundtracks

Put My Faith In You
Performed by Shane August
Written by Shane August
Courtesy of Lavender Hope Music/ASCAP

User Reviews

A Murdered film...

At the core of this film is a good plot and gimmick. Cuba Gooding wasn't bad in it, but the writing, directing, and some of the lesser actors were RIDICULOUSLY bad. I hope some day a different director remakes this film with the help of a writer who can write the missing scenes and build the suspense to what this should be - a nail biting court room drama. It is imperative that the audience not know whodunnit until the last scene. However, this film gives everything away half way through the film! The whole story should have been told through flashbacks during the courtroom trial. A major plot point is never explained properly and once the makeup and masks were discovered the movie was over - there was no thrill left in this thriller.