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Global thing: Usual Suspects, The (1995)



 
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created on: 8/11/2015
by: bob (9175)
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THE USUAL SUSPECTS
Movie Genre :
Crime
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Thriller
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Originally released :
1995
Language - Spoken :
English
Rating :
MPAA (US) R – Restricted
Running time :
106
Movie credits (on artwork) :
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Actor : Gabriel Byrne
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Actor : Kevin Pollak
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Actor : Kevin Spacey
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Actor : Stephen Baldwin
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Actor : Suzy Amis
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Co-Producer : Kenneth Kokin
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Directed By : Bryan Singer
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Director Of Photography : Newton Thomas Sigel
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Executive Producer : Art Horan
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Executive Producer : François Duplat
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Executive Producer : Hans Brockmann
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Executive Producer : Robert Jones (UK Film Producer)
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Film Editing By : John Ottman
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Music By : John Ottman
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Producer : Bryan Singer
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Producer : Michael McDonnell
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Written By : Christopher McQuarrie
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A Production From : Bad Hat Harry
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A Production From : Blue Parrot
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Awards:
BAFTA Best Editing
BAFTA Best Original Screenplay
Oscar™ Best Actor In A Supporting Role
Oscar™ Best Writing, Story And Screenplay - Written Directly For The Screen
Description (by producer & GT in English only) :
The most hardened criminals in the world fear no one… except Keyser Suze. Twenty-seven dead bodies are floating in Long Beach Harbor, and a dying witness utters one name… Keyser Suze. Now US Customs Agent Daniel Kujan (CHAZZ PALMINTERI) has got to find the dreaded killer, but only one guy has the clues- "Verbal" Kint (KEVIN SPACEY), a small-time hood and the one survivor of the Long Beach bloodbath. Verbal tells Kujan an incredible story of five thugs who came together to pull off the job of their lives with $91 million in the balance and Keyser Suze at their backs: Keyser Suze at their backs: Keaton (GABRIEL BYRNE), McManus (STEPHEN BALDWIN), Hockney (KEVIN POLLAK), Fenster (BENICIO DEL TORO) and Kint himself. Somehow the job of a lifetime ended in a massacre and a mystery: Who is Keyser Suze?
Comments & Reviews :

Posted by DaveB. (6) on november 17, 2015
In 1995’s The Usual Suspects, director Bryan Singer pulls off a minor miracle, creating a character so ruthless, the mere mention of his name causes hardened criminals to break out in a cold sweat. The character in question, Keyser Soze, looms heavily over the entire picture, even though nobody's ever actually seen him. In fact, there’s an outside chance Keyser Soze doesn’t exist at all.



Petty thief Verbal Kint (Kevin Spacey) is the sole survivor of a Los Angeles dockside explosion, the scene of a massive drug deal gone very wrong. He’s arrested and taken in for questioning, which leads to a rather harsh interrogation at the hands of detective Dave Cujan (Chazz Palminteri). Verbal tells Cujan it all started five days earlier, when he was picked up by the cops and placed in a lineup with four other hardened criminals; Dean Keaton (Gabriel Byrne), Michael McManus (Stephen Baldwin), Fred Fenster (Benicio Del Toro) and Todd Hockney (Kevin Pollak). All five were then approached by a lawyer named Kobayashi (Peter Postlethwaite), who claimed to represent Keyser Soze, the most notorious name in the underworld. According to Verbal, it was Soze who ordered them to carry out the job on the docks, but is he telling the truth, or simply feeding the cops a fairy tale?



Keyser Soze will go down as one of the great movie villains of all time, despite the fact we never see him in action. Then again, who needs visual proof with a legend to back you up? The police have heard the name Keyser Soze before, but believe he's little more than a thief’s version of the boogeyman. Yet for the five main characters at the heart of The Usual Suspects, Keyser Soze is all too real. He knows who they are, and has threatened their nearest and dearest if they don’t do exactly as he says. Director Singer builds an aura of mystery around Keyser Soze, providing dreamlike flashbacks of his life, including a very tense, violent showdown with the Hungarian mob, after which Soze allegedly disappeared, and hasn't been heard from since. That is, until now.



Films like The Usual Suspects are rarely singled out at awards time, but this movie had something special going for it; namely Kevin Spacey, who played motor mouth Verbal Kint to perfection (winning him the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor). The entire story is told from his perspective, and though he claims it's all the Gospel truth, there's really no way to be sure. Verbal even delivers the film’s greatest line, one of those bits of dialogue destined to be remembered for years to come. When Cujan tells Verbal he has his doubts about whether or not Keyser Soze is real, Verbal assures the detective he is. “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled”, he says, “is convincing the world he doesn’t exist”.



That’s a great line. And The Usual Suspects is a great movie.

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Submitted by : bob (9175)
on : 08/11/2015
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