The Truth About Charlie Movie Review 2002

Jonathan Demme's remake of the Cary Grant-Audrey Hepburn vehicle "Charade" has the same Paris setting and convoluted plot, but not much of the carefree attitude of the original. Regina (Newton) comes home from a vacation and finds that her husband Charlie has been murdered, and that he was more than he seemed, as the police produce several passports that show Charlie with a different name and disguise. She also discovers that she now has a trio of her husband's former colleagues following her, looking for his hidden six million dollars. As an homage to the French New Wave cinema that was blooming when the original was filmed, Demme includes cameos of several luminaries of the genre.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 104 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Paris, Widows & Widowers, Not-So-True Identity, Romantic Adventures, Homicide

Screenplay

Jonathan Demme, Stephen Schmidt, Jessica Bendinger

Cast

Mark Wahlberg, Thandie Newton, Tim Robbins, Joong-Hoon Park, Ted Levine, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Christine Boisson, Stephen (Dillon) Dillane

Cinematography

Tak Fujimoto

Director

Jonathan Demme

Music

Rachel Portman

Other

Charles Aznavour, Anna Karina, Deva Anderson, Carol Littleton, Ford Wheeler, Delphine Mabed, Catherine Leterrier, Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski

Producer

Jonathan Demme, Edward Saxon, Peter Saraf, Mediastream Film, Clinica Estetico, Universal Pictures