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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Russell Crowe | ... | Lt. Cristofuoro | |
| Jon Foster | ... | Eric Poole | |
| Sophie Traub | ... | Lori | |
| Laura Dern | ... | Aunt Teresa | |
| Alexis Dziena | ... | Maria | |
| Arija Bareikis | ... | Marsha | |
| Tim Hopper | ... | Dan Komenko | |
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Vivienne Benesch | ... | Lisa Komenko |
| Brian Patrick Russell | ... | Facility Director (as Brian Russell) | |
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Lou Sumrall | ... | Cafeteria Guard |
| Tanya Clarke | ... | Jackie Cristofuoro | |
| Michael Kelly | ... | Gary | |
| Lee R. Sellars | ... | Sam (as Lee Sellars) | |
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Matt Pepper | ... | Ben |
| Saul Stein | ... | Another Guard | |
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Three lives. Buffalo detective Lt. Cristofuoro, whose catatonic wife is in hospital, takes a special interest in Eric Komenko, a juvenile who killed his parents and will be freed on his 18th birthday. So does Lori Cranston, 15 or 16, her body fully developed and the object of lust by her boss and her mother's new boyfriend. She keeps a scrapbook about Eric, and when he's released from custody, she hides in the backseat of his car, insisting he take her with him on a trip toward Albany where he's planning to meet a girl. Cristofuoro is certain Eric will kill again, so he follows. It's clear early on that Cristofuoro's probably right, but what's Lori's motivation? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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15 January 2009 (Israel) See more »Also Known As:
Tenderness - Auf der Spur des Killers See more »Filming Locations:
Arthur Kill Correctional Facility - 2911 Arthur Kill Road, Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA See more »Company Credits
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Lt. Cristofuoro: My wife likes to say there are two kinds of people, those chasing pleasure, and those running from pain. Lorelei Cranston is Running. Running from all kinds of everything. Probably has been her whole life.
Lt. Cristofuoro: If you ask me, nobody gets to escape their pain. It's there when you brush your teeth at night. It's there before breakfast. It will come up fierce and sharp, and lay in to you blunt and heavy. The most you can hope for is one good day. Because on a good day you get to tell ...
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Written and Performed by David Castle
Published by Engine Co 30 (BMI) and Davyboy Music (BMI)
Courtesy of Rescue Records, a division of 5 Alarm Music
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Near the end when the Detective is sponging off his wife's body, she has bikini tan lines, which make no sense since she's been paralyzed in the hospital for a long time. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Lt. Cristofuoro: My wife likes to say there are two kinds of people, those chasing pleasure, and those running from pain. Lorelei Cranston is Running. Running from all kinds of everything. Probably has been her whole life.
Lt. Cristofuoro: If you ask me, nobody gets to escape their pain. It's there when you brush your teeth at night. It's there before breakfast. It will come up fierce and sharp, and lay in to you blunt and heavy. The most you can hope for is one good day. Because on a good day you get to tell ...
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Back to Earth AgainWritten and Performed by David Castle
Published by Engine Co 30 (BMI) and Davyboy Music (BMI)
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Convicted as a juvenile, handsome young Jon Foster (as Eric Komenko) gets out of jail free, despite being a psychopathic killer. Lonely and abused teenager Sophie Traub (as Lorelei "Lori" Cranston) has become infatuated with Mr. Foster, and has been keeping a scrapbook on him. She decides to join Foster on a trip to look at colleges in upstate New York, by stowing away in the back seat of his car. Foster, who is also looking to keep a sex date with another female admirer, wants to get rid of Ms. Traub. But, as they travel, Foster becomes attached to Traub. Then, he learns she witnessed a crime...
Meanwhile, police lieutenant Russell Crowe (as John Cristofuoro) follows the young couple. After helping put Foster in the pokey, Mr. Crowe developed a strange bond with the young killer. Crowe thinks Foster will kill again...
"Tenderness" starts out by having you think it's going somewhere else. It also toys around with eroticism. But, the film is really more like a character study. Foster is a psychopathic killer who Crowe feels is apt to kill again, with vulnerable underage Traub the likely victim. Walking off with the best-written role, Traub actually provides Foster with some measure of salvation. The film is subtly acted and directed, looks great for the price, but stops short of excellence. The character played by Crowe is not drawn well into events; he and his invalid wife are far too detached from the main characters.
****** Tenderness (1/15/09) John Polson ~ Jon Foster, Sophie Traub, Russell Crowe, Laura Dern