| release date: | Friday May 9, 2003
Tuesday July 20, 2004 (dvd) |
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| genre: | Drama |
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| director: | Dan Algrant |
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| studio: | Alliance Films |
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| producer(s): | Michael Nozik, Leslie Urdang, Karen Tenkhoff |
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| screenplay: | Jon Robin Baitz |
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| cast: | Al Pacino, Kim Basinger, Ryan O'Neal, Téa Leoni, Robert Klein, Bill Nunn, Richard Schiff, Mark Webber, Sophie Dahl |
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People I Know Movie Synopsis
Caught up in the endless Manhattan nights, the man who’s made it his business to know everything suddenly realizes he knows too much. Smart, resourceful and uncommonly devoted seasoned publicist Eli Wurman (Pacino) has smoothly managed the public lives of the rich, the famous and the incredibly powerful throughout his long career. There has never been a crisis he couldn’t handle…until now. Cary Launer (O’Neal) is a famous actor--he’s as good at manipulating and controlling those around him as he is at giving award-winning performances. Yet Launer is in trouble over a young starlet, Jilli (Leoni), and enlists Eli to discreetly escort her out of his life. It seems like just one more celebrity baby-sitting job, until they arrive at an after-hours party, where Eli experiences a shock that will change his life forever. The crime he’s witnessed involves the most powerful and influential people in the country. In the end, Eli discovers one undeniable truth: it’s who you know.
The movie had its moments, but overall it was a dissapointment. Pacino ated well, but the lack of a good script ultimately ruined the film.
Underdirected--static camera, alternating with handheld that conveyed "drama" but was still as closed-frame as handheld can be. Who re-edited the movie to truncate the post-benefit segment of the movie? Disappointing that it ended up a good deal less "smart" than apparently intended.
Not surprisingly, Al Pacino`s portrayal was excellent, but the film lacked in direction and storyline.