GUILTY BY SUSPICION
(Feature) 1991 101 minutes
STARRING
ROBERT DE NIRO, ANNETTE BENING, GEORGE WENDT, PATRICA WETTIG, SAM WANAMAKER and ADAM BALDWIN
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY IRWIN WINKLER
CHARACTER:
SAM (FBI MAN)
CHARACTERS STORY:
UNFORTUNETLY SAM IS ONLY A SMALL CHARACTER IN THIS FILM AND ONLY REALLY HAS ONE SCENE, HOWEVER THE SCENE IS A CLASSIC WHERE DAVID MERRILL (DE NIRO) GOES MAD AT THE TWO FBI AGENTS WHICH INCLUDES SAM (BALDWIN).
THE FILM:
HOLLYWOOD WAS PUT ON TRIAL IN 1951. THE COURTROOM QUESTION "ARE YOU NOW - OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN - A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY?" CAUSED FILM INDUSTRY FEAR, PARANOIA AND SUICIDE AS ACCUSATORY FINGERS WERE POINTED AT CLOSE FRIENDS. BUT BLACKLISTED DIRECTOR DAVID MERRILL (ROBERT DE NIRO), REFUSED TO TESTIFY AND HIS STAND BECAME A POLITICAL TURNING POINT IN THE MOST SCANDALOUS WITCH HUNT IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
THE REVIEWS:
LEAFANS REVIEW:
FROM AN ADAM BALDWIN FANS POINT-OF-VIEW THIS FILM IS NOT GREAT, THE CHARACTER WHICH HE PLAYS IS ONLY IN ONE SCENE, BUT AS A ROBERT DE NIRO FAN AND GENERAL GOOD FILM FAN THIS WAS A GEM. THE STORY IS GREAT AND IT HIGHLIGHTS A DARK POINT IN HOLLYWOOD HISTORY WHICH NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED. AS A NOTE, BALDWIN'S PART IN THIS IS WITH DE NIRO AND IT IS VERY MEMORABLE.
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GENERAL FACTS AND STUFF THAT DOESNT FIT ANYWHERE ELSE:
ADAM HAS A SMALL PART IN THIS MOVIE IN WHICH GEORGE WENDT STARS, WHERE AS BACK IN MY BODYGUARD IT WAS ADAM BALDWIN STARRING AND GEORGE WENDT IN A CAMEO ROLE.
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