Edmond (film)
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| Directed by | Stuart Gordon |
| Produced by | Chris Hanley Molly Hassell Duffy Hecht Stuart Gordon Roger Kass Mary McCann Kevin Ragsdale Ryan R. Johnson |
| Written by | David Mamet |
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Edmond by David Mamet |
| Starring |
William H. Macy Joe Mantegna Mena Suvari Denise Richards Bokeem Woodbine Julia Stiles |
| Music by | Bobby Johnston |
| Cinematography | Denis Maloney |
| Edited by | Andy Horvitch |
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Muse Productions
Tartan Films Code Entertainment Werner Films 120dB Films Pretty Dangerous Films The Hecht Company |
| Distributed by | First Independent Pictures |
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82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $10 million |
Edmond is a 2005 American drama film directed by Stuart Gordon and starring William H. Macy, based on the 1982 play Edmond by David Mamet. Mamet also wrote the screenplay for the film. Edmond features Julia Stiles, Rebecca Pidgeon, Denise Richards, Mena Suvari, Joe Mantegna, Bai Ling, Jeffrey Combs, Dylan Walsh and George Wendt in supporting roles. It was screened at several film festivals from September 2005 to May 2006, and had a limited release on July 14, 2006.
Edmond Burke is middle-aged Seattle businessman who visits a tarot fortune teller on the way home. She claims Edmond "is not where [he] belongs." He decides to make changes in his life, beginning by leaving his wife. At a bar, Edmond tells a fellow patron he hasn't had sex in a while and that marriage took away his masculinity. The man gives him the address to a strip club, where Edmond is kicked out by a bouncer for not paying for a stripper's drink. Now even more sexually frustrated, Edmond goes to a peep show; having never been to such a place before, he is disappointed when he realizes that he isn't allowed to have actual sex with the performer.
Next he goes to a white-collar bordello, but can't afford a hooker. Edmond needs money, so he plays a three-card Monte game with a street dealer. When Edmond accuses the dealer of cheating, the dealer and his shill beat him up and steal his money. Edmond becomes enraged by what he sees as the contempt, prejudice and greed of society. He pawns his wedding ring in exchange for a knife. He is approached by a pimp who offers Edmond a "clean girl" and lures him to an alleyway, where the pimp attempts to mug him. In a wild rage, Edmond attacks the pimp with his knife while hurling racial slurs at him. He leaves him wounded and possibly dying in the alley.
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