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Warner Bros. (1998)
Thriller
USA | English | Color | 01:48
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A Perfect Murder
Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory.
Cast View all
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Michael Douglas | Steven Taylor |
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Gwyneth Paltrow | Emily Bradford Taylor |
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Viggo Mortensen | David Shaw |
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David Suchet | Mohamed Karaman |
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Sarita Choudhury | Raquel Martinez |
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Michael P. Moran | Bobby Fain |
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Novella Nelson | Ambassador Alice Wills |
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Constance Towers | Sandra Bradford |
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Will Lyman | Jason Gates |
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Maeve McGuire | Ann Gates |
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S. Edward Singer | Effete Man at Met |
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Laurinda Barrett | Met Woman #1 |
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Aideen O'Kelly | Met Woman #2 |
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Reed Birney | Merchant Prince #1 |
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Robert Vincent Smith | Merchant Prince #2 |
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Bill Ambrozy | Merchant Prince #3 |
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George Blumenthal | Merchant Prince #4 |
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Iris Braydon | Guest at Met |
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Marion Blumenthal | Guest at Met |
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Andrew Sussman | Guest at Met |
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Robynn N. Sussmann | Guest at Met |
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Radney Tucker | Guest at Met |
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Beverly Tucker | Guest at Met |
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Bradford Billet | Guest at Met |
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Robert Bosco Cokljat | Croatian Delegate |
Crew
| Director | Andrew Davis |
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| Writer | Frederick Knott, Patrick Smith Kelly | |
| Producer | Lowell D. Blank, Stephen Joel Brown, Mitchell E. Dauterive, Nana Greenwald, Anne Kopelson, Arnold Kopelson, Peter Macgregor-Scott, Christopher Mankiewicz, Lisa Reardon, Teresa Tucker-Davies | |
| Musician | James Newton Howard | |
| Photography | Dariusz Wolski | |
Trailer
Edition details
| Edition | Special Edition |
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| Packaging | Snap Case |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) Fullscreen (4:3) Widescreen (1.85:1) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital 5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] Dolby Digital Surround [French] |
| Subtitles | Dutch | English | English (Closed Captioned) | French |
| Layers | Dual side, Single layer |
| Edition Release Date | Nov 03, 1998 |
| Regions | Region 2 |
Personal
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| Quantity | 1 |
| Index | 661 |
| Added Date | Mar 10, 2012 13:58:32 |
| Modified Date | Jun 12, 2022 00:33:26 |
Notes
Story Synopsis:
Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow and Viggo Mortensen light up the screen in A Perfect Murder, a savvy, seductive and classy thriller inspired by the Frederick Knott play Dial M For Murder, filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1954. Douglas and Paltrow are Stephen and Emily Bradford Taylor-a supposedly devoted husband and his seemingly faithful wife. When Stephen hires Emily’s lover (Mortensen) to kill her, his perfect plot for murder twists madly out of control.
DVD Picture:
The picture quality, on both the anamorphic widescreen DVD and the LaserDisc, is stunning. Completely natural in appearance, the pictures exhibit vivid colors, natural fleshtones and deep, solid blacks. The DVD, when viewed through the component video output, renders colors that are much more controlled with better resolution. While the LaserDisc is exemplary in shadow detail, the DVD’s rendering is even more natural. The LaserDisc and DVD aspect ratios are 1.78:1.
Soundtrack:
The Dolby® Digital 5.1 discrete soundtracks on both the DVD and LaserDisc and the matrix PCM soundtrack on the LaserDisc are excellent. The music score is wonderful and one of the finest elements of the experience. Bass response is very deep and natural sounding, with engaging moments of .1 low frequency effects. Surround is aggressive, with an enhanced holosonic soundfield by discrete surrounds on the DVD. With dialogue levels matched, the matrix version is often more spatial sounding, and also resolves low level ambience better than the discrete. The resulting experience, whether matrix or discrete, is exceptional sound design.
This Disc Contains The Following WSR-Rated Superb Qualities:
Superb Music Score Recording Quality
Superb Color Fidelity
Reference Quality
Collector Edition