Main Cast: Andrew McCarthy, Valeria Golino, Sharon Stone, John Pankow, Mattia Sbragia
Release Year: 1991
Country: US
Run Time: 111 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
In this thriller, American novelist David Raybourne (Andrew McCarthy) accidentally becomes entangled in the Red Brigade's terrorist plan to kidnap Italian Premier Aldo Moro during a research trip to Rome. As the terrorists attempt to kill David, he and his photojournalist friend (Sharon Stone) must struggle to stay alive. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
George Murcell - Pierre Bernier; Luigi Amodeo - Piero Gagliani; Fiammetta Baralla - Bernier's Wife; Franco Beltramme - Detective; Salvatore Billa - Cop; Pietro Bontempo - Man; Elena Cantarone - Moro's Interpreter; Carla Cassola - Lena; Lou Castel - Round-Faced Man; Dick Cavett - Ben Gershon; Luigi di Fiore - 1st Terrorist; Cyrus Elias - Detective; Thomas Elliot - Marco Spinelli; Maurizio Fardo - Questioner; Luciano Foti - Guard; Allesandra Marson - University Woman; Aldo Mengolini - Aldo Moro; Darren Modder - Joe Bob; Stefano Molinari - Man; Natale Nazzareno - Cop; Mario Novelli - Gunman; Roberto Posse - Lucio Spinelli; Francesca Prandi - Woman Terrorist; Maria Carolina Salome - University Youth; Antonio Degli Schiavi - Man in Cafe; Carol Schneider - Mattie; Cecilia Todeschini - BBC Woman; Fabio Traversa - Bearded Man; Giuseppe Zarbo - Mattie's Boyfriend; Ron Williams - Lanky Youth
Credit
Franco Fumagalli - Art Director, Luigi Quintili - Art Director, Francesco Cinieri - Casting, Ray Summers - Costume Designer, John Frankenheimer - Director, Lee Percy - Editor, Bill Conti - Composer (Music Score), David Crone - Camera Operator, Aurelio Crugnola - Production Designer, Blasco Giurato - Cinematographer, Eric Fellner - Producer, Edward R. Pressman - Producer, Robert L. Rosen - Producer, Franco Fumagalli - Set Designer, Grant Burdette - Special Effects, Jay Presson Allen - Screenwriter, David Ambrose - Screenwriter, Rachel Griffiths - Script Supervisor, Michael Mewshaw - Book Author
In 1978, David Raybourne is an American novelist who unintentionally becomes involved in the Red Brigade's plot to murder former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro. Along with Alison King, his photojournalist friend, he must struggle to stay alive.
The film received mixed reviews. New York Times film critic Janet Maslin, criticized the transition from book to film by saying, "But the plot, from a screenplay by David Ambrose based on Michael Mewshaw's book, turns out to be dizzyingly overcomplicated, and far too much of it hinges on the American journalist's supposed power to make trouble with his novel, which he says will be a "Day of the Jackal"-like mixture of real and fictitious characters. It is this journalist's advance knowledge of the plot to kidnap Aldo Moro, a former Italian Prime Minister, that makes so many waves."[1]
Meanwhile, Siskel & Ebert were divided with Siskel giving the film a thumbs down, and Ebert giving a thumbs up.[2]
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