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Guilty By Suspicion
1990
Hollywood, 1950. When David Merrill (Robert De Niro), one of Hollywood's top directors, returns from a recuperative European hiatus, he finds himself in a tinsel town he no longer recognizes. His friends are ill at ease, good folks won't talk openly anymore and the House Un-American Activities Committee regularly interrogates .. Read more
| Starring | Robert De Niro, Annette Bening, George Wendt, Patricia Wettig |
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| Director | Irwin Winkler |
| Genres | Drama |
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Guilty By Suspicion
Hollywood, 1950. When David Merrill (Robert De Niro), one of Hollywood's top directors, returns from a recuperative European hiatus, he finds himself in a tinsel town he no longer recognizes. His friends are ill at ease, good folks won't talk openly anymore and the House Un-American Activities Committee regularly interrogates some of Hollywood's finest. Initially, David's not concerned, but when an old friend identifies him as a leftist, he begins to realize that he's living in an era plagued by suspicion.
| Starring | Robert De Niro, Annette Bening, George Wendt, Patricia Wettig, Sam Wanamaker, Martin Scorsese |
|---|---|
| Director | Irwin Winkler |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 40 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish |
| Released | DVD: 30 Jun 2003 Production year: 1990 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (5)
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The investigation of the House Un-American Activities Committee into communism in Hollywood is one of the most shameful episodes in movie history. But the film folk whose careers were destroyed by the infamous blacklist deserve a better memorial than Irwin Winkler's well-intentioned but underachieving picture. Set at the height of the 1951 witch-hunt, the action centres on film-maker Robert De Niro's dilemma — lose everything he's worked for or betray the “fellow travellers” among his friends. Although rooted in fact, the film fails to generate the requisite atmosphere of fear and suspicion, and seems more of a liberal reproach than a searing indictment.
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A weak, if well-meaning, attempt to deal with the period of blacklisting in Hollywood, but one that comes close to ignoring the complicity of the majority of studios in HUAC's activities. Martin Scorsese makes a brief appearance playing Joe Lesser, a dire
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
BRILLIANT
Fantastic true story concerning the period that began in 1947 when american drew up a blacklist of communist members and intended to discover all of them. Not only this but any person who had just attended one communist meeting had to appear on trial and give names of their friends to the court, who were then also said to be communist. If you were suspected of being a communist at this time then your life was ruined, you could not get any work, were constantly followed by the secret services and this pressure mounted.
Robert De Niro gives a great performance and the film oozes style, cars, buildings and the music all look genuinely 1950's. Heart stopping moments and thrills occur, overall a great film with a cameo appearance from Martin Scorsese. -
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A piece of real life.
A piece of real and unfortunately sad American life. Very interesting and worth seeing. Political history that everybody should know about.
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Guilty By Suspicion
Hollywood, 1950. When David Merrill (Robert De Niro), one of Hollywood's top directors, returns from a recuperative European hiatus, he finds himself in a tinsel town he no longer recognizes. His friends are ill at ease, good folks won't talk openly anymore and the House Un-American Activities ...
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