"Everything you've heard is true!"

1992

2h 4m

7.2(878 votes)

Mystery

Drama

Thriller

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

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Greta Scacchi

June Gudmundsdottir

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Fred Ward

Walter Stuckel

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Whoopi Goldberg

Detective Avery

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Peter Gallagher

Larry Levy

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Brion James

Joel Levison

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Cynthia Stevenson

Bonnie Sherow

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Vincent D'Onofrio

David Kahane

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Dean Stockwell

Andy Civella

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Richard E. Grant

Tom Oakley

Directing

Sydney Pollack

Dick Mellen

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Lyle Lovett

Detective DeLongpre

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Dina Merrill

Celia

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Angela Hall

Jan

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Leah Ayres

Sandy

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Paul Hewitt

Jimmy Chase

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Randall Batinkoff

Reg Goldman

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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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Kevin Scannell

Gar Girard

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Margery Bond

Witness

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Art

Susan Emshwiller

Detective Broom

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Brian Brophy

Phil

Writing

Michael Tolkin

Eric Schecter

Writing

Stephen Tolkin

Carl Schecter

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Natalie Strong

Natalie

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Peter Koch

Walter

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Pamela Bowen

Trixie

Directing

Jeff Celentano

Rocco

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Steve Allen

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Richard Anderson

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René Auberjonois

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Harry Belafonte

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Shari Belafonte

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Karen Black

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Michael Bowen

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Gary Busey

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Robert Carradine

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Charles Champlin

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Cher

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James Coburn

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Cathy Lee Crosby

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John Cusack

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Brad Davis

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Paul Dooley

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Thereza Ellis

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Peter Falk

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Felicia Farr

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Katarzyna Figura

Kasia Figura

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Louise Fletcher

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Dennis Franz

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Teri Garr

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Leeza Gibbons

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Scott Glenn

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Jeff Goldblum

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Elliott Gould

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Joel Grey

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David Alan Grier

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Buck Henry

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Anjelica Huston

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Kathy Ireland

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Steve James

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Maxine John-James

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Sally Kellerman

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Sally Kirkland

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Jack Lemmon

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Marlee Matlin

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Andie MacDowell

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Malcolm McDowell

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Jayne Meadows

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Martin Mull

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Jennifer Nash

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Nick Nolte

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Alexandra Powers

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Bert Remsen

Bert Ramsen

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Guy Remsen

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Writing

Patricia Resnick

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Burt Reynolds

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Jack Riley

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Julia Roberts

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Mimi Rogers

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Annie Ross

Directing

Alan Rudolph

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Jill St. John

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Susan Sarandon

Writing

Adam Simon

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Rod Steiger

Writing

Joan Tewkesbury

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Brian Tochi

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Lily Tomlin

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Robert Wagner

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Ray Walston

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Bruce Willis

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Marvin Young

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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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Ted Hartley

Party Guest (uncredited)

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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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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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