Music Box (1989)

Note Générale:

7,1/10   

Réalisateur:

Costa-Gavras

Scénariste (WGA):

Joe Eszterhas (written by)

Date de sortie:

janvier 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Drame | Thriller

Accroche:

As a lawyer all she wanted was the truth. As a daughter all she wanted was his innocence. How well do you really know your father?

Intrigue:

A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.

Plot Keywords:

War Crime | War Criminal | Budapest | Communism | Holocaust

Récompenses:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Qualified to speak on the performances

Ensemble

Jessica Lange	...	Ann Talbot
Armin Mueller-Stahl	...	Mike Laszlo
Frederic Forrest	...	Jack Burke
Donald Moffat	...	Harry Talbot
Lukas Haas	...	Mikey Talbot
Cheryl Lynn Bruce	...	Georgine Wheeler
Mari Töröcsik	...	Magda Zoldan
J.S. Block	...	Judge Silver
Sol Frieder	...	Istvan Boday
Michael Rooker	...	Karchy Laszlo
Elzbieta Czyzewska	...	Melinda Kalman
Magda Szekely Marburg	...	Judit Hollo
Felix Shuman	...	James Nathanson
Michael Shillo	...	Geza Vamos
George Pusep	...	Vladimir Kostav

Durée:

124 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais | Hongrois

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

Dolby

Classification:

Singapore:PG | Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-10 | Sweden:7 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:12 | Australia:M

Lieux de tournage:

Budapest, Hungary

Société:

Carolco Pictures

Anecdotes:

After the movie was released, screenwriter Joe Eszterhas's own father Istvan Eszterhas was accused of war crimes in Hungary by printing anti-Semitic editorials and even organizing a book burning.

Guillemet:

Jack Burke: You trust your heart, you gonna get it broken.

Connexions:

Référencé sur Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct' (2001) (V)

Qualified to speak on the performances

I was astounded in reading the comments on these films to see people saying that Armin Muehler-Stall's character is flat and empty.Also, those that say his angry outbursts are not threatening.

My father is a Hungarian immigrant who I have wondered where he has a similar "true story". I can say from personal experience that Armin's performances are consistent with my father's outbursts and for me personally were terrifying when seeing the movie.

In terms of the generalization that the performance was "flat", there is a cold, clinical, almost sociapathic sense to some elderly Hungarians. Additionally, I found Jessica Lange's performance COMPLETELY believeable as someone raised under such strong expectations and often silent or restrained about true expressions of emotion or fear.

That's my two cents. DO NOT underestimate the ACCURACY of this film.