Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1997
Deceiver (film)
Buy Deceiver (film) now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'Deceiver' (UK title: 'Liar') is a 1997 American mystery film directed by Jonas Pate and Josh Pate and starring Tim Roth, Chris Penn, Michael Rooker, Rene Zellweger, Ellen Burstyn and Rosanna Arquette. It won Best Cinematography and Best Screenplay at the 1997 Stockholm Film Festival, and the Special Jury Prize at the 1998 Cognac Police Film Festival.
Plot
Textile company heir James Wayland (Tim Roth) is accused of murdering a prostitute named Elizabeth (Rene Zellweger), whose body was found cut in two. The murder is investigated by tough detective Kennesaw (Michael Rooker) and his less experienced partner Braxton (Chris Penn).
Wayland is a heavy drinker and compulsive liar, prone to memory losses and periods of violence. He is rich enough to access necessary information, however, and he soon learns his interrogators' own dark secrets - Kennesaw had an affair with Elizabeth to get back at his wife (Rosanna Arquette) for cheating on him, while Braxton has gambling debts with a bookie known as "Mook" (Ellen Burstyn), who is demanding $20,000 payment.
Cast
*Tim Roth as James Walter Wayland
*Chris Penn as Detective Phillip Braxton
*Ellen Burstyn as "Mook"
*Rene Zellweger as Elizabeth
*Michael Rooker as Detective Edward Kennesaw
*Rosanna Arquette as Mrs. Kennesaw
*Michael Parks as Dr. Banyard
*Mark Damon as Wayland's father
References
Buy Deceiver (film) now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 1997