Perfect Stranger (film)
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| Directed by | James Foley |
| Produced by | Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas Stephanie Langhoff Daniel A. Thomas |
| Screenplay by | Todd Komarnicki |
| Story by | Jon Bokenkamp |
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Halle Berry Bruce Willis Giovanni Ribisi |
| Music by | Antonio Pinto |
| Cinematography | Anastas N. Michos |
| Edited by | Christopher Tellefsen |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $60 million |
| Box office | $73,090,611 |
Perfect Stranger is a 2007 American neo-noir psychological thriller film, directed by James Foley, and starring Halle Berry and Bruce Willis in their first film together since 1991's The Last Boy Scout. It was produced by Revolution Studios for Columbia Pictures.
Reporter Rowena Price, under the pseudonym of David Shane (Halle Berry), and researcher Miles Haley (Giovanni Ribisi) are investigating conservative Republican senator Stephen Sachs, who has been having secret sexual encounters with his male interns, despite his publicly anti-gay agenda. The story is shut down, however, when the source clams up and Rowena's editor, a supporter of the senator, puts a stop to the story. The editor also insists she take a vacation and won't take no for an answer.
While walking home, Rowena meets her childhood friend, Grace Clayton (Nicki Aycox), who seeks her help in taking down Harrison Hill (Bruce Willis), a wealthy advertising executive. Grace gives Rowena her e-mails as proof of their extramarital affair, which Hill recently ended.
A few days later, Grace is found dead, drowned and poisoned with belladonna, leading Rowena to suspect Harrison. It is also found out Grace was in her first trimester of pregnancy. With Miles' help, Rowena goes undercover, under the alias of Katherine Pogue, as a temp at his company, H2A at 7 World Trade Center. While setting up gift bags for a Victoria's Secret collection launch, she meets fellow worker Gina. Gina gives her information about the questionable lifestyles of the senior management of H2A. It is revealed Hill is rich because of his wife, Mia Reinhart-Hill. If she divorced him, he would be penniless, revealing the reason as to why he keeps his affairs with female workers secret. Rowena flirts with Hill both online and in real life (not realizing the online Hill is actually Miles) but is warned to stay away by Hill's lesbian PA, Josie. When Hill catches her snooping, believing her to be a corporate spy, he fires her.
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