![]() There are also slight nods to classic thrillers like Rear Window and Night of the Hunter. These are superficial similarities but they were strong enough for me to think of Ransom throughout this script. In both films, the protagonists finally muster up the nerve to turn the tables on the bad guys. A successful man¿s child is kidnapped by a mysterious hood who then forces the frazzled dad to do his bidding if he wants to see the kid alive again. Sean Bean Don¿t Say a Word often reminded me of Ransom. Although the Conrads are prevented from contacting the police, a diligent NYPD detective named Sandra Cassidy (Esposito) is investigating a seemingly separate murder case and soon finds herself inching closer to Koster¿s gang and the desperate Dr. ![]() ![]() Koster uses hi-tech surveillance to spy on the Conrads and to track Nathan throughout the day. Koster has one more condition for Nathan to follow: ¿ don't say a word¿ to the cops or Jessie is dead. To make matters worse, Nathan must do all this by five o¿clock that evening or Jessie will be killed. And what Koster wants is for Nathan to use his renowned psychiatric skills to pry the whereabouts of the loot out of Elizabeth Burrows¿ troubled mind. If Nathan wants his daughter back alive he must do what Koster wants. Shortly thereafter, Nathan and his writer-wife Aggie (Janssen) wake up on Thanksgiving morning to a nightmare.īrittany Murphy Koster and his thugs have kidnapped Jessie from the Conrads¿ home during the night and are now holding her hostage. Jerald Sachs (Platt) at Bellevue Hospital. Nathan is asked to treat Elizabeth by his beleaguered colleague, Dr. She is scared of unknown pursuers returning to get her obviously, this is where Koster comes in but I won't reveal how they¿re connected. Years ago, Elizabeth witnessed horrible things that left her traumatized and in mental health institutions for most of her life. The secret to the location of this hidden treasure is locked inside the mind of a young mental patient named Elizabeth Burrows (Murphy). The villains, led by Koster (Bean), are after the lost loot from their old heist. Nathan Conrad (Douglas), who is coerced into helping the thugs who¿ve kidnapped his young daughter Jessie. (By the way, pictures of Sean Bean on the set of Don't Say a Word can be found at this fan site.)įamke Janssen Don¿t Say a Word is a thriller about a respected shrink, Dr. Twentieth Century Fox will release it sometime in 2002. Kopelson Entertainment and New Regency are producing Don¿t Say a Word, which was filmed in New York City and Toronto between December 2000 and April 2001. The cast includes Michael Douglas, GoldenEye costars Famke Janssen and Sean Bean, Oliver Platt (TV¿s The West Wing), Brittany Murphy ( Clueless), Jennifer Esposito ( Summer of Sam), and Guy Torry ( Pearl Harbor). Gary Fleder ( Kiss the Girls) is directing the picture. Though the company was certainly created to capitalize on the success of the Gene Wilder film, it had some long legs: For over 40 years, Wonka kept putting out new lines of candy, such as Nerds, Pixy Stix, and SweeTarts, to the point that Brandchannel hailed them as the "Greatest Reverse Product Placement Ever.Michael Douglas stars Stax here with my reaction to the screenplay for Don¿t Say a Word! This 132-page November 22nd, 2000 rewrite by Patrick Smith Kelly ( A Perfect Murder) is an adaptation of the 1992 award-winning novel by screenwriter-author Andrew Klavan ( A Shock to the System). Sure, there's no real Willy Wonka and no chocolate waterfalls in sight, but when Chicago-based sweets maker Breaker Confections first launched the official Willy Wonka Candy Company in 1971, according to Christian Science Monitor, it gave kids around the world the chance to sample real versions of Dahl's quirky fictional treats, including Everlasting Gobstoppers and those legendary Wonka Bars. No surprise, then, that Roald Dahl's fantastical and oddly morbid children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has spawned not only two major film adaptations, but the exact same candy company depicted in the book. Candy is bad for the teeth and even worse for the body, but children love it.
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