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Bookmark this pageThe Wrong Man (1992)
Director: Jim McBride
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From Time Out Film Guide
An exotic modern-day film noir from the director of The Big Easy with a promising cast and a soundtrack by Los Lobos. Drifting through Mexico, Anderson finds himself wanted for murder. He hitches a fast ride to town with two fellow Americans, bickering couple Lithgow and Arquette, but his troubles are only just beginning. Scrappy, obnoxious, shrill and tiresome, though Rosanna Arquette fans may disagree.Author: TCh
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- Doug Hanson said...
- Posted on Jan 15 2008 16:27 Vastly underrated film. The gritty location shooting in Mexico gives a powerfully real feeling to all that goes on, and John Lithgow's performance should have got him a shot at the Oscar, had this not been a made for TV film. People just comment that Arquette was hot. Well, she was. But also she was in character all the way and turned in probably the performance of her life. Sordid, funny, tragic, and a rare portrayal of the more visceral aspects of sexual longing. Priceless scenes where the everyday activities of average Mexicans get disrupted by the mayhem caused by these off-track American characters. This film will keep getting re-discovered.
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Cast & crew
Director: Jim McBride
Producer: Chris Chesser, Alan Beattie
Cast: Kevin Anderson, Rosanna Arquette, John Lithgow, Robert Harper, Jorge Cervera Jr, Ernesto LaGuardia full cast
Genre(s): Film Noir
Duration: 110 mins
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