"Everything you've heard is true!"

1992

2h 4m

7.2(872 votes)

Mystery

Drama

Thriller

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Crime

Overview

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

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Cast & Crew

109 members

Acting

Tim Robbins

Griffin Mill

Acting

Greta Scacchi

June Gudmundsdottir

Acting

Fred Ward

Walter Stuckel

Acting

Whoopi Goldberg

Detective Avery

Acting

Peter Gallagher

Larry Levy

Acting

Brion James

Joel Levison

Acting

Cynthia Stevenson

Bonnie Sherow

Acting

Vincent D'Onofrio

David Kahane

Acting

Dean Stockwell

Andy Civella

Acting

Richard E. Grant

Tom Oakley

Directing

Sydney Pollack

Dick Mellen

Acting

Lyle Lovett

Detective DeLongpre

Acting

Dina Merrill

Celia

Acting

Angela Hall

Jan

Acting

Leah Ayres

Sandy

Acting

Paul Hewitt

Jimmy Chase

Acting

Randall Batinkoff

Reg Goldman

Acting

Jeremy Piven

Steve Reeves

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Gina Gershon

Whitney Gersh

Writing

Frank Barhydt

Frank Murphy

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Production

Mike Kaplan

Marty Grossman

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Acting

Kevin Scannell

Gar Girard

Acting

Margery Bond

Witness

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Art

Susan Emshwiller

Detective Broom

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Acting

Brian Brophy

Phil

Writing

Michael Tolkin

Eric Schecter

Writing

Stephen Tolkin

Carl Schecter

Acting

Natalie Strong

Natalie

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Acting

Peter Koch

Walter

Acting

Pamela Bowen

Trixie

Directing

Jeff Celentano

Rocco

Acting

Steve Allen

Acting

Richard Anderson

Acting

René Auberjonois

Acting

Harry Belafonte

Acting

Shari Belafonte

Acting

Karen Black

Acting

Michael Bowen

Acting

Gary Busey

Acting

Robert Carradine

Acting

Charles Champlin

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Acting

Cher

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James Coburn

Acting

Cathy Lee Crosby

Acting

John Cusack

Acting

Brad Davis

Acting

Paul Dooley

Acting

Thereza Ellis

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Acting

Peter Falk

Acting

Felicia Farr

Acting

Katarzyna Figura

Kasia Figura

Acting

Louise Fletcher

Acting

Dennis Franz

Acting

Teri Garr

Acting

Leeza Gibbons

Acting

Scott Glenn

Acting

Jeff Goldblum

Acting

Elliott Gould

Acting

Joel Grey

Acting

David Alan Grier

Acting

Buck Henry

Acting

Anjelica Huston

Acting

Kathy Ireland

Acting

Steve James

Acting

Maxine John-James

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Acting

Sally Kellerman

Acting

Sally Kirkland

Acting

Jack Lemmon

Acting

Marlee Matlin

Acting

Andie MacDowell

Acting

Malcolm McDowell

Acting

Jayne Meadows

Acting

Martin Mull

Acting

Jennifer Nash

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Acting

Nick Nolte

Acting

Alexandra Powers

Acting

Bert Remsen

Bert Ramsen

Acting

Guy Remsen

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Writing

Patricia Resnick

Acting

Burt Reynolds

Acting

Jack Riley

Acting

Julia Roberts

Acting

Mimi Rogers

Acting

Annie Ross

Directing

Alan Rudolph

Acting

Jill St. John

Acting

Susan Sarandon

Writing

Adam Simon

Acting

Rod Steiger

Writing

Joan Tewkesbury

Acting

Brian Tochi

Acting

Lily Tomlin

Acting

Robert Wagner

Acting

Ray Walston

Acting

Bruce Willis

Acting

Marvin Young

Acting

Ned Bellamy

Aaron Camp (uncredited)

Production

Steve Fuji

Funeral Guest (uncredited)

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Acting

Althea Gibson

Althea Gibson (uncredited)

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Acting

Ted Hartley

Party Guest (uncredited)

Acting

Jack Jason

Jack (uncredited)

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Production

Jack Kney

Jogger (uncredited)

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Production

James McLindon

Jim the Writer (uncredited)

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Acting

Ritchie Montgomery

Ritchie Montgomery (uncredited)

Crew

Derek Raser

Studio Mail Driver (uncredited)

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Production

Scott Shaw

Scott Shaw (uncredited)

Acting

Patrick Swayze

Patrick Swayze (uncredited)

Acting

Dan Twyman

Funeral Guest (uncredited)

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Directing

Marina Zenovich

Studio Executive (uncredited)

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Cast & Crew

Tim Robbins

Greta Scacchi

Fred Ward

Whoopi Goldberg

Peter Gallagher

Brion James

Cynthia Stevenson

Vincent D'Onofrio

Dean Stockwell

Richard E. Grant

Sydney Pollack

Lyle Lovett

Dina Merrill

Angela Hall

Leah Ayres

Paul Hewitt

Randall Batinkoff

Jeremy Piven

Gina Gershon

Frank Barhydt

Mike Kaplan

Kevin Scannell

Margery Bond

Susan Emshwiller

Brian Brophy

Michael Tolkin

Stephen Tolkin

Natalie Strong

Peter Koch

Pamela Bowen

Jeff Celentano

Steve Allen

Richard Anderson

René Auberjonois

Harry Belafonte

Shari Belafonte

Karen Black

Michael Bowen

Gary Busey

Robert Carradine

Charles Champlin

Cher

James Coburn

Cathy Lee Crosby

John Cusack

Brad Davis

Paul Dooley

Thereza Ellis

Peter Falk

Felicia Farr

Katarzyna Figura

Louise Fletcher

Dennis Franz

Teri Garr

Leeza Gibbons

Scott Glenn

Jeff Goldblum

Elliott Gould

Joel Grey

David Alan Grier

Buck Henry

Anjelica Huston

Kathy Ireland

Steve James

Maxine John-James

Sally Kellerman

Sally Kirkland

Jack Lemmon

Marlee Matlin

Andie MacDowell

Malcolm McDowell

Jayne Meadows

Martin Mull

Jennifer Nash