Everybody Wins (film)
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| Directed by | Karel Reisz |
| Produced by | Jeremy Thomas |
| Written by | Arthur Miller |
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| Music by | Mark Isham |
| Cinematography | Ian Baker |
| Edited by | John Bloom |
| Distributed by | Orion Pictures |
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97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $19,000,000 |
| Box office | $1,372,350 |
Everybody Wins is a 1990 American mystery-thriller film directed by Karel Reisz, starring Debra Winger and Nick Nolte. The screenplay was written by Arthur Miller, based on his one-act play Some Kind of Love Story (1984). It is loosely inspired by an actual 1970s murder case in Canaan, Connecticut which was the subject of the television film A Death in Canaan (1978) directed by Tony Richardson.
A prominent doctor from New England has been murdered, and his young nephew has been convicted of the crime. A seductive, possibly unstable woman named Angela Crispini persuades a private investigator, Tom O'Toole, to look into the case. She claims that the youth is innocent and that "everybody" knows who the real killer is.
O'Toole lives with his sister, Connie, who is convinced Crispini is just using him. O'Toole is determined to get to the bottom of the case, in part due to his contempt for Charley Haggerty, the district attorney.
He discovers that Crispini may be a prostitute and that she also had been romantically involved with Haggerty before him. O'Toole enlists the help of a friendly judge, Murdoch, only to see Crispini seduce and manipulate the judge as well.
The film was shot primarily in Norwich, Connecticut. Some of its featured locations include: Norwich City Hall, the Norwich Free Academy, the Harbor, Park Church, Canterbury Turnpike, Washington Street and Washington Street Extension, the now-renovated Mobil station, downtown Norwich, as well as many identifiable homes. One scene is set against a backdrop of a colorful (yet no longer existing) mural. The concluding scene features a stately white house on top of a hill off Washington Street Extension.
The film's score features music by Leon Redbone.
Everybody Wins received negative reviews from critics; it currently holds a 17% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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