Under Suspicion

"In a world of secrets, the truth is never what it seems."

2000 1h 50m EN

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6.1

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50%

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6.4

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★6.1TMDB · 547🥫50%Rotten Tomatoes●43Metacritic★6.4IMDB · 28,123

ThrillerCrimeDrama

Synopsis

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A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. "This will only take ten minutes", they say, but it turns out to be one loose end after another, and the ten minutes he is away from his speech become longer and longer.

“In a world of secrets, the truth is never what it seems.”

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Cast

Gene Hackman
Henry Hearst
Morgan Freeman
Captain Victor Benezet
Thomas Jane
Detective Felix Owens
Monica Bellucci
Chantal Hearst
Nydia Caro
Isabella
Miguel Ángel Suárez
Superintendent
Pablo Cunqueiro
Detective Castillo
Isabel Algaze
Camille Rodriguez

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Stephen Hopkins
Writers: Tom Provost, W. Peter Iliff, Claude Miller
Languages: Italian, English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Earned back only 5% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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26 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Italian, English, Spanish.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Stephen Hopkins, shot by Peter Levy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by BT. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor John Smith shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman and Thomas Jane carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "In a world of secrets, the truth is never what it seems.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Stephen Hopkins directs. Peter Levy behind the camera. BT scores. John Smith cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Italian, English, Spanish.

Trivia

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1Earned back only 5% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
226 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Italian, English, Spanish.
4Directed by Stephen Hopkins, shot by Peter Levy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by BT. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor John Smith shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman and Thomas Jane carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "In a world of secrets, the truth is never what it seems.".
9IMDB entry: tt0164212 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 8 themes, including "rape", "suspicion of murder", "jogging", "sexual murder".
11Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Peter Levy
Original score: BT
Editing: John Smith
Production design: Cecilia Montiel
Costume design: Francine Jamison-Tanchuck
Makeup / hair: Michael Hancock
Sound: Myron Nettinga
Stunt coordinator: Manny Siverio
Runtime: 110 min · 1h 50m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $25,000,000
Box office: $1,308,242
Return: 5% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Under Suspicion (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes: 50% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 43/100
IMDB rating: 6.4/10 · 28,123 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

2 nominations

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JPV8522024-07-27
★ 7/10
Well acted mystery-crime-drama from Morgan Freeman and Gene Hackman plus some interesting direction and storytelling with the flashbacks inserting Freeman's police inspector with Hackman's recollection of his memory of the event. That said, even with their great back and forth, I felt like the film could've been so much better. 3.25/5

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