"Perfect Murder": actors, plot, nominations

The work, taken as the basis of the future film, was written by Frederic Nott. In 1954, Alfred Hitchcock put on the play based on the book. The book was screened in 1998.

Plot

The film's events take place against the backdrop of a crisis of relations in the Taylor family. Stephen is an authoritative, cruel man who has achieved significant success in his life.

His wife Emily has quitethe opposite character. Therefore, naturally, that once met the poor artist David Shaw, the heroine immediately fell in love with him. The secret romance between Emily and David did not elude Steven, who through his fingers looked at the pampering of his unfaithful wife. After some time, Stephen bored with this situation, and he begins to look for information related to his wife's lover. He manages to find out that David was already involved in marriage scams, so Steven goes to visit him and there, instead of finding out the relationship with his wife's lover, he offers him a contract. David needs to kill Emily for $ 500,000. Ironically, but love suddenly ends and David agrees to this work. It should be noted that in the movie "Perfect Murder" the main roles were given to real Hollywood stars, which makes the film even more colorful and spectacular.

Composition of actors

The cast was selected at a highprofessional level, which allowed creating an unsurpassed atmosphere of the film. Who got the role in the movie "The Perfect Murder"? The actors were distributed as follows:

• Stephen Taylor - Douglas Michael;
• Emily Taylor - Paltrow Gwyneth;
• David Shaw - Mortensen Viggo;
• Raquel Martinez - Chowdhury Sarita;
• Bobby Fein - Moran Michael;
• Sandra Brandford - Towers Constance;
• Jason Gates - Liman Will;
• Anne Gates - McGuire Maiv.

Characteristics of the characters

One of the main factors of a good filmis a properly selected cast. In the movie "Perfect Murder" the actors are perfectly matched. Consider the main characters of the film. Stephen Taylor is presented to the viewer as a pragmatic businessman, devoid of human feelings. His prudence can surprise everyone, because to kill a wife for the money that can save his business, not everyone will come up with. Most interestingly, he has a secret character, Emily does not know that her husband has problems in business.

In the film "Perfect Murder" the actors completelyplunged into their roles. Paltrow Gwyneth, who played Emily, has been rediscovered in a new way to the viewer, compared to the film "7", her acting has reached the peak of her perfection.

Her role is difficult because it is necessary to portray a smart girl who chose Stephen exclusively from the calculation, but at the same time a person with a delicate, sensitive soul of a romantic.

Also interesting is the image of a loverMrs. Emily, the marital swindler David, who agrees to a crime. But then doubts and remorse begin to torment him. This hero reminds everyone known to Raskolnikov.

Secondary actors are interesting, but against the backgroundthe main characters just fade away. What is so unusual in the movie "Perfect Murder"? Actors under the strict guidance of the director were able to reincarnate in their characters so much that they sometimes began to confuse themselves with them. In any case, Michael Douglas, admitted in a few years about this in one of his interviews. It is the acting that makes us believe that everything that is happening on the screen is not the fetus of the author's imagination, but a real real story taking place in the neighborhood.

Awards and nominations

In 1999, the film was nominated in fivecategories. The film "Perfect Murder," the actors and roles of which fell in love with the audience, was nominated for awards. However, out of the five positions where the film was presented, only two received a prize. The award was given to Paltrow Gwyneth, as well as composer James Newton Howard, who was involved in the musical design of the film.