Zipper (film)
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| Directed by | Mora Stephens |
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Mark Heyman R. Bryan Wright Amy Mitchell-Smith Marina Grasic Joel Viertel |
| Written by | Mora Stephens Joel Viertel |
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Patrick Wilson Lena Headey John Cho Dianna Agron Christopher McDonald Ray Winstone Richard Dreyfuss |
| Music by | H. Scott Salinas |
| Cinematography | Antonio Calvache |
| Edited by | Joel Viertel |
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| Distributed by | Alchemy |
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112 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Zipper is a 2015 political thriller film, written and directed by Mora Stephens, starring Patrick Wilson, Lena Headey, Dianna Agron, Richard Dreyfuss, Ray Winstone, and Penelope Mitchell. The film had its world premiere on January 27, 2015 at the Sundance Film Festival. The film was released on August 28, 2015, in a limited release in the United States and through video on demand by Alchemy. The film follows a federal prosecutor running for office who cannot stop himself from sleeping with high-class escorts, putting both his career and his personal life at risk. The movie is a thinly veiled dramatization of the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal.
Sam Ellis (Patrick Wilson) is a man on the rise – a hot-shot prosecutor on the cusp of a bright future. When an intern (Dianna Agron) at the office becomes infatuated with him, Sam unwisely attempts to quiet his desires by seeing a high class escort — only to discover that the experience is more fulfilling and exhilarating than he could have imagined. A second appointment with an escort soon follows, and a third, sending his once idyllic life spiraling out of control. In the midst of wrestling with his demons, he suddenly finds himself being groomed to run for Attorney General — thrusting him into the public spotlight, and forcing him to take increasingly dangerous measures to keep the press, the law and his wife (Lena Headey) off his trail.
Zipper has received negative reviews from critics, despite praise for Wilson's performance. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 17% rating, with a rating average of 4.3/10 based on 29 reviews. It has a score of 39% on Metacritic.
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