Get Carter (2000 film)
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| Directed by | Stephen Kay |
| Produced by |
Mark Canton Neil Canton Elie Samaha |
| Screenplay by | David McKenna |
| Based on |
Jack's Return Home by Ted Lewis |
| Starring |
Sylvester Stallone Miranda Richardson Rachael Leigh Cook Alan Cumming Mickey Rourke Michael Caine |
| Music by | Tyler Bates |
| Cinematography | Mauro Fiore |
| Edited by | Jerry Greenberg |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $63.6 million |
| Box office | $19,412,993 |
Get Carter is a 2000 American thriller film, a remake of the classic Michael Caine 1971 film of the same name, directed by Stephen Kay, and stars Sylvester Stallone, Miranda Richardson, Rachael Leigh Cook, Alan Cumming, Mickey Rourke, John C. McGinley, Michael Caine and Rhona Mitra.
The film was released in the United States on October 6, 2000 and was released by Warner Bros., which had recently acquired the distribution rights via Turner Entertainment to the original.
Critical reaction was negative. Nor did it do well at the box office, with worldwide takings of approximately $19 million, less than the production budget of nearly $64 million.
Mob enforcer Jack Carter returns home to Seattle when he learns that his brother, Ritchie, has been killed in a drunk driving accident. While he starts investigating Ritchie's murder, his mob partner in Las Vegas, Con McCarty, covers for him with the mob boss, Fletcher. It also comes out that Carter has been having an affair with Fletcher's girlfriend, Audrey.
At his brother's funeral, Jack meets his niece, Doreen, and has a strained and emotional conversation with his brother's widow. He also speaks with Eddie, a friend and coworker of Ritchie's, and he also notices a beautiful woman, Geraldine, who has come to pay her respects. She is evasive and cryptic about how she knew Ritchie and what the extent of their relationship was. At the wake, Jack continues to question mourners and well-wishers about what really happened to his brother, which draws the ire of Ritchie's widow. He also talks to Doreen while they sit smoking on the front stoop and she states that Ritchie rarely drank and would never have driven while intoxicated. Earlier at the funeral, Eddie also stated that Ritchie rarely drank and that he was most certainly not involved in illicit activities.
His first stop in his investigation is with loan shark Cliff Brumby, the owner of the club that Ritchie managed. However, Brumby claims that he does not believe Jack's allegations of murder, but does tell him that Ritchie was having an affair with Geraldine, an associate of local boss Cyrus Paice.
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