Safe House (1998 film)
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| Directed by | Eric Steven Stahl |
| Produced by |
Sean McLain Eric Steven Stahl |
| Written by |
Eric Steven Stahl John Schalter Sean McLain |
| Starring |
Patrick Stewart Kimberly Williams Héctor Elizondo |
| Music by | Kevin Kiner |
| Cinematography | Vincent Donohue |
| Edited by | Liza McDonald |
| Distributed by | Showtime |
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112 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Safe House is a made for TV film directed Eric Steven Stahl. It premiered in the United Kingdom in late 1998 on Channel 5 and in the United States on Showtime on January 24, 1999.
Patrick Stewart stars as Mace Sowell, an ex-DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency) agent who believes his life is in danger from his former boss, Admiral Thomas Michelmore, who is now running for President of the United States.
Sowell has information about the underhand dealings of his erstwhile boss at the DIA which would ruin his Presidential campaign if it ever was released into the public domain. The information is located in cyberspace and is scheduled to be sent to every major newspaper in the western world unless Sowell reprograms the mail server remotely from his computer every 24 hours using a special password only he knows.
To complicate the issue, Sowell is in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease and has difficulty in convincing people his information is not paranoia as a result of his condition. Sowell retreats to the safety of his barricaded home, kitted out with a variety of defenses and security devices to try to escape those he thinks are out to harm him.
Kimberly Williams (Father of the Bride) plays the part of Andi Travers, his caregiver.
Mace is initially extremely hostile towards Andi and only agrees to allow her to live and work with him as his daughter threatens to have him committed.
For the same reasons, he visits a Psychiatrist Dr. Simon but only after taking heavy precautions such as disguising himself as a Rabbi or Telecoms worker.
He is unable to convince his Psychiatrist or his daughter and her partner of the truth of the threat he faces, partly due to the fact that he never discussed his career in the DIA with his family and also because paranoia is a common symptom of Alzheimer's Disease.
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