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When 27 bodies are recovered from a burned-out ship in Long Beach Harbour there is one dying, terrified witness. An FBI agent sets out to uncover the truth.Product Identifiers
EAN5039036033497
eBay Product ID (ePID)72557569
Product Key Features
ActorChazz Palminteri, Giancarlo Esposito, Kevin Pollak, Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Suzy Amis, Pete Postlethwaite, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio del Toro
Film/TV TitleThe Usual Suspects
DirectorBryan Singer
LanguageEnglish
Run Time106 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2008
FormatDVD
FeaturesWidescreen
GenreThriller, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate18
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ComposerJohn Ottman
AwardsBest Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen 1996 - Christopher McQuarrie, Best Actor In A Supporting Role 1996 - Kevin Spacey
Additional InformationDirector Bryan Singer's labyrinthine crime drama centers on five career criminals (played by Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, and Stephen Baldwin) who meet after being rounded up for a standard police line-up. Upon their release, the men band together to pull off an intricate heist involving $3 million worth of emeralds. Their success brings them to the attention of the enigmatic Keyser Soze, an unseen, nefarious, and mythic underworld crime figure who coerces them into pulling off an important and highly dangerous job. The scenes that follow make THE USUAL SUSPECTS one of the most fascinating crime thrillers in cinema history. Working from the Oscar-winning screenplay by Christopher McQuarrie, Singer adroitly tells the complex story through flashbacks, cross-cutting, and voice-over narration. Such nimble handling of the intricacies of the nonlinear narrative adds to the suspense, leaving viewers on the edge of their seats until the clever, satisfying finale. Singer's expertise in the technical aspects of filmmaking--his use of a dioptic filter to keep two close-up faces in focus, as well as his inventive use of six-frame step printing--helped him earn his reputation as a visually impressive and stylish director. Filled with excellent performances from veteran actors (Kevin Spacey won his first Academy Award for his breakthrough role as Verbal Kint), THE USUAL SUSPECTS placed Singer squarely on the cinematic map.
ReviewsVariety - ...An ironic, bang-up thriller about the wages of crime. A terrific cast of exciting actors socks over this absorbingly complicated yarn that's been spun in seductively slick fashion...
ScreenwriterChristopher McQuarrie
Movie/TV TitleThe Usual Suspects