Directed by:
David AtkinsScreenplay:
David AtkinsCinematography:
Vilko FilacComposer:
Steve BartekCast:
Steve Martin, Helena Bonham Carter, Laura Dern, Elias Koteas, Lynne Thigpen, Scott Caan, Keith David, Kevin Bacon, Christian Stolte, Chelcie Ross (more)Plots(1)
Frank Sangster is living the American Dream. Blessed with a thriving dental practice and a sleek modernist home, he is happily engaged to his ambitious dental hygienist, Jean Noble. His perfectly managed life quickly unravels, however, when Susan Ivey, a seductive new patient with an appetite for pain-killers, settles into his dentist chair. Before long, drugs are missing from his office, Susan's psychotic brother Duane is stalking him and Frank himself is wanted by both the the DEA and the police for drug trafficking and murder. As he flees from authorities, Frank becomes increasingly drawn to Susan and through her learns he is the victim of an elaborate con scheme, which may also involve his wayward brother Harlan. Fueled by the desire to create a new life for himself and Susan, Frank plunges into a shadowy world of drugs and violence in order to prove his innocence, only to discover that breaking the law might provide his only hope for freedom. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Steve Martin
USA
Best movies:
The Simpsons: Greatest Hits (1999) (video compilation)
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python (1989) (TV movie)
The Prince of Egypt (1998)
Helena Bonham Carter
UK
Best movies:
Fight Club (1999)
The King's Speech (2010)
One Life (2023)
Laura Dern
USA
Best movies:
Jurassic Park (1993)
A Perfect World (1993)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Elias Koteas
Canada
Best movies:
Shutter Island (2010)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Gattaca (1997)
Lynne Thigpen
USA
Best movies:
Running on Empty (1988)
Tootsie (1982)
The Insider (1999)
Scott Caan
USA
Best movies:
Enemy of the State (1998)
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Ocean's 13 (2007)
Keith David
USA
Best movies:
Platoon (1986)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
The Thing (1982)
Kevin Bacon
USA
Best movies:
JFK (1991)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Christian Stolte
USA
Best movies:
Payback: Straight Up (2006)
Road to Perdition (2002)
Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
Chelcie Ross
USA
Best movies:
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
The Untouchables (1987)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Joseph F. Kosala
Best movies:
The Fugitive (1993)
Primal Fear (1996)
Under Siege (1992)
Eddie Bo Smith Jr.
Jamaica
Best movies:
The Fugitive (1993)
The Express (2008)
Ali (2001)
Kwame Amoaku
Best movies:
Payback: Straight Up (2006) - a.f.
Payback (1999)
Brother 2 (2000)
Polly du Pont Noonan
Best movies:
Arizona Dream (1993)
High Fidelity (2000)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)