Manhattan Night
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| Directed by | Brian DeCubellis |
| Produced by |
Adrien Brody Brian DeCubellis Steven Klinsky |
| Screenplay by | Brian DeCubellis |
| Based on |
Manhattan Nocturne by Colin Harrison |
| Starring |
Adrien Brody Yvonne Strahovski Jennifer Beals Campbell Scott Linda Lavin Steven Berkoff |
| Music by | Joel Douek |
| Cinematography | David Tumblety |
| Edited by | Andy Keir |
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DeCubellis Films
Untravelled Worlds Fable House Nocturne Pictures Big Indie Pictures |
| Distributed by | Lionsgate Premiere |
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Running time
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113 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Manhattan Night is a 2016 American crime film written and directed by Brian DeCubellis. It is based on the 1996 novel Manhattan Nocturne by Colin Harrison. The film stars Adrien Brody, Yvonne Strahovski, Jennifer Beals, Campbell Scott, Linda Lavin and Steven Berkoff. The film was released on May 20, 2016, by Lionsgate Premiere.
The story is narrated in the first person by Porter Wren, a columnist / crime reporter for a New York City newspaper. He is a popular journalist and his stories are widely read. Wren knows how to listen to people and there are people who just need to talk, especially to him. He attends an after work party hosted by the publishing magnate Hobbs where, for the first time, he meets Caroline Crowley.
Mrs Crowley was recently widowed by the mysterious murder of her husband, Simon Crowley. Crowley was a brilliant movie director who would often just disappear at night to videotape stuff. Crowley's body was discovered in a sealed off building that was about to be demolished. No one could figure out how the body got there.
Caroline invites Porter to her apartment where she shows him confidential police reports related to the death of her husband. She wants Porter to investigate the murder and as an incentive seduces him even though he is married and has children.
Caroline's husband Simon kept footage of many things, including something that Porter believes is very valuable to Mr. Hobbs, a media tycoon who just bought control of Porter's newspaper.
When Hobbs finds out that Porter is sniffing around for leads to his next article, Hobbs is soon making threats to Porter's family to convince him to find a memory card Hobbs is sure that Mrs Crowley is using to blackmail him. At the same time Caroline also says she is also looking for the same memory card but she could not find it in a case in which Simon used to keep his cards. She then asks Wren's help to find the card. She said Simon asked her to have sex with a stranger after she lost a game with him. It is the card which has those moments captured. Wren is disappointed to know that Caroline's relationship with him is just to find the card.
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