The strangers is a wellshot film the cinematographer is the veteran peter sowa. Liv tyler and scott speedmans characters are mercilessly stalked in their summer home, and while keddie. The plot follows kristen and james scott speedman whose stay at a vacation home is disrupted by three masked criminals who infiltrate the home. What is the true story behind the film the strangers. Movies like between strangers if you like between strangers you are looking for tense, serious and realistic movies about with vengeance, forbidden love, family relations, parents and children, love and romance, hopes and haunted by the past themes of drama genre shot in canada or italy. The settingboth time and placeare important to understand one vital piece of background information about the stranger. Park city, utah three identical strangers, which premiered friday at the sundance film festival, is a wild documentary, tickling at our obsession with twins and triplets, the nature vs.
Three collegeaged identical tripletseddy galland, david kellman, and robert. The characters are all familiar and relatable, and in traditional. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our and websites. This is at first glance a fairly insignificant phrase, idle chatter between strangers who meet in venice. The tate murders had 5 victims and 4 perpetrators, whereas the strangers has 3 victims and 3 perpetrators, manson family members never wore masks, and the tate murders were actually solved. Between strangers 2002 a housewife sophia loren, a famous cellist deborah kara unger and a photojournalist mira sorvino wrestle with painful personal demons. Mar 11, 2018 the real reason the strangers freaks so many people out my brother, a diehard horror fan like me, calls it the scariest horror movie ever is because of the way it was marketed. The terrible ending of the mountain between us the atlantic.
The mountain between us looks like a survival movie, is. Between strangers is a 2002 film, written and directed by edoardo ponti, son of sophia loren, the first time they worked together. Check out this new official plot synopsis of the upcoming horror movie sequel the strangers 2. Produced by gabriella martinelli written and directed by edoardo ponti musical score composed by zbigniew preisner run time. The film, directed by tim wardle and released across the united states in the past few weeks, tells a story some might remember from headlines in the 1980s.
The mountain between us is a prime example of a movie that doesnt trust its audience to have their own emotions, and instead instructs them on. Compounded by a plot as stale as dry toast, this film must be where good acting went and croaked. Oct 30, 2017 i recently read a mountain between us by charles martin for my book club. Play sporcle s virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on. The recently released documentary, three identical strangers, tells a story thats at times humorous, at times incredible, and at other times foreboding.
Dec 08, 2017 strangers hits the comic sweet spot more often than it misses, and the faceoffs between alterio and nieto have terrific moments. Between strangers 2002 stream and watch online moviefone. Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up with three strangers to kill again. Between strangers is a film directed by edoardo ponti with klaus maria brandauer, sophia loren, mira sorvino, deborah kara unger, year. Strangers on a train 1951 film characters gradesaver.
The 10 best movies about mysterious strangers taste of. Hollywood has sneakily made a difference between the words based and inspired. After randomly encountering tony in a supermarket, the normally aloof sarah lets her guard down and embarks on a passionate sexual affair with the. A mountain between us by charles martin was written in 2010. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at movies. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at. Ultimately, though, the differences between the tate murders and the movie the strangers are much more numerous than the similarities. Christina hendricks as mom cindy, martin henderson as papa mike, lewis pullman as son luke, and bailee madison as. Apparently, inspired is made up while based on is truly based on a true story. Writerdirector bertino was inspired by reallife events. A young couple staying in an isolated vacation home are terrorized by three unknown assailants. The strangers and the reallife horrors that inspired a. We then went and saw the movie to see how it held up. The films central tension emerges from the relationship between dr.
Joseph cottens performance is the highlight of the film, switching between the fun, charismatic uncle role and the vicious murderer at the drop of a hat. It is powerfully beautiful sad joyous and a reminder that through all the pain one can at the end of the day or their life, laugh. Alfred hitchcock based strangers on a train 1951, one of his most suspenseful thrillers, on the novel by patricia highsmith. Aug 06, 2018 the recently released documentary, three identical strangers, tells a story thats at times humorous, at times incredible, and at other times foreboding. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing between strangers near you. Jan 19, 2018 park city, utah three identical strangers, which premiered friday at the sundance film festival, is a wild documentary, tickling at our obsession with twins and triplets, the nature vs. There are, obviously, some similarities between the keddie cabin murders and the strangers. Forrest gump was based on the 1986 novel of the same name by winston groom. I recently read a mountain between us by charles martin for my book club. The strangers in the film have the opposite motivation of the strangers in bertinos incident, as they state at the end of the movie that they were looking for whoever was home so they could. When he grew older and it grew gray, he colored it with a pencil. Sarah taylor rebecca demornay, a highly professional psychologist, and a handsome stranger, tony ramirez antonio banderas. Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually.
Released october 11th, 2002, between strangers stars sophia loren, mira sorvino, deborah kara unger, pete postlethwaite the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 35 min, and received a score of. The mountain between us book vs movie the life of kimmy. Please know that there are spoilers below, read carefully. Meursault may officially be on trial for killing a man, but hes actually on trial for his character, and it is. The strangers was a great movie in my opinion however, it was inspired by a true story. It would be very smart for a sequel to be made and i await the day when there will be a the strangers 2. But the man who says it repeats it two more times, until it becomes clear that these precise words are some kind of a fetish for him.
What starts out as simple small talk between two strangers sharing a train compartment through england evolves into a devious plot as a failed writer and a disgruntled businessman conspire to murder their wives. It begins with a railway journey, in the course of which bruno antony, a wealthy homosexual robert walker, in an immaculate performance, ingratiates himself with guy haines, a handsome tennis champion farley granger. What starts out as simple small talk between two strangers sharing a train compartment through england evolves into a devious plot as a failed writer and a disgruntled businessman conspire to. With sophia loren, mira sorvino, deborah kara unger, pete postlethwaite. The plot follows kristen liv tyler and james scott speedman whose stay at a vacation home is disrupted by three masked criminals who infiltrate the home. One of the downsides of growing older is realising that there are few real miracles. The strangers 2 follows a family whose road trip takes a turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park and after the power goes out they decide to hunker down for the night in a. Oct 06, 2017 the mountain between us is definitely not any of that, but there is, nonetheless, so much to like here. Jan 09, 2012 the strangers trailer a young couple staying in an isolated vacation home are terrorized by three unknown assailants. Read the full synopsis of strangers on a train, 1951, directed by alfred hitchcock, with farley granger, ruth roman, robert walker, at turner classic movies. Prey at night is the sort of modern horror movie that shows us a shot of smashed cell phones as a kind of ultimate violation.
The closet similarities between bertinos incident and the film are the strangers coming to the door and asking for someone who doesnt live at the house. The strangers on a train 1951 film community note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. Strangers hits the comic sweet spot more often than it misses, and the faceoffs between alterio and nieto have terrific moments. First, describe a movie in an unusual way, then get the next poster to find which one, and post a new one. Three women in toronto confront emotional crises regarding the men in their lives. The strangers trailer a young couple staying in an isolated vacation home are terrorized by three unknown assailants. Three women confront their pasts which changes their futures. The strangers is a 2008 american slasher film written and directed by bryan bertino. The strangers 2 follows a family whose road trip takes a turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park and after the power goes out they decide to hunker down for the night in a borrowed trailer. This movie was so emotional that i am unable to tell anyone what it meant to me. The real reason the strangers freaks so many people out my brother, a diehard horror fan like me, calls it the scariest horror movie ever is because of the way it was marketed. The best scene in perfect strangers speaks to this idea of the loyalty of friendship versus the neutrality of a device, when lele covers for peppe and allows a major for this movie, and.
With scott speedman, liv tyler, gemma ward, alex fisher. Christina hendricks as mom cindy, martin henderson as papa mike, lewis pullman as son luke, and bailee madison as daughter kinsey. Director robert zemeckis used computergenerated effects to insert forrest into historical scenes, including meetings with presidents and celebrities, and used a greatest hits sound track to evoke a sense of time and place. May 29, 2008 the strangers is a wellshot film the cinematographer is the veteran peter sowa. Can someone explain the very end of the movie, the strangers. Jun 08, 2016 joseph cottens performance is the highlight of the film, switching between the fun, charismatic uncle role and the vicious murderer at the drop of a hat. The mountain between us is definitely not any of that, but there is, nonetheless, so much to like here. The winding plot is also quite interesting, reaching into darker places than most and the tension is built up just as well as in hitchcocks more famous thrillers. The strangers is a 2008 american horror film written and directed by bryan bertino. Between strangers is a canadian movie that premiered at the toronto international film festival in 2002 and was released on dvd in 2007. The screenplay was inspired by two reallife events. Except for heartfelt performances by sophia loren and pete postlethwaite as her wheelchairbound husband, between strangers is an awful cheat. Read the between strangers movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on.