The Deal Movie Review 2005

It's the near future, the U.S. is at war with the 'Confederation of Arab States' and gas is $6 a gallon and rising. A Wall Street hotshot, Tom Grover (Slater), is called in to help seal a $20-billion deal with a Russian oil conglomerate called Black Star which is most likely a Russian Mafia 'oil-laundering' operation. Young Harvard grad, and new hire (Blair) acts as Grover's investigative partner and lust interest. Early portions of Epstein's script contain copious amounts of intriguing industrial data but once Angie Harmon enters the scene with her laughable Russian accent it becomes a corporate espionage thriller spoof.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on DVD
Running time 107 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Action-Thriller, Politics, New York, New York, Future Shock, Russia/USSR, Scams, Stings & Cons

Cast

Christian Slater, Selma Blair, John Heard, Angie Harmon, Kevin Tighe, Francoise Yip, Colm Feore, Robert Loggia, Philip Granger, Jim Thorburn, Ruth Epstein

Cinematography

Adam Sliwinski

Director

Harvey Kahn

Music

Christopher Lennertz

Other

Philip MacCormick, Christopher Violette, Richard Schwadel, Andrew Deskin, Kristina Lyne, Katia Stand

Producer

Harvey Kahn, Ruth Epstein, Chris Dorr, Front Street Films, Clean Slate Prods., Front Street Films