![]() This doesn't mean, though, that I still didn¿t find the story somewhat fun. I deduced where the characters were headed, who might betray whom, etc., just by virtue of the fact that I¿ve read and seen countless thrillers by now and am familiar with the genre¿s formulae. ![]() ![]() I figured out a few ¿surprises¿ fairly early on. So did this script work for me? Was it thrilling? Did it have enough twists and turns? I enjoy thrillers in general and I found this tale to be a by-the-book suspense yarn. Again, these were just superficial similarities but they were noteworthy. Aggie¿s plight also reminded me somewhat of the forthcoming David Fincher thriller The Panic Room, where thieves terrorize a woman and her child that conceal themselves inside their townhouse. ![]() Despite being immobilized, Aggie does try to outwit her nemesis at a few points. She's forced to remain at home even though she knows Koster is watching everything she does. Aggie recently broke her leg while skiing so she is bedridden throughout the entire story. There are also slight nods to classic thrillers like Rear Window and Night of the Hunter. These are superficial similarities but they were strong enough for me to think of Ransom throughout this script. In both films, the protagonists finally muster up the nerve to turn the tables on the bad guys. A successful man¿s child is kidnapped by a mysterious hood who then forces the frazzled dad to do his bidding if he wants to see the kid alive again. Sean Bean Don¿t Say a Word often reminded me of Ransom. Although the Conrads are prevented from contacting the police, a diligent NYPD detective named Sandra Cassidy (Esposito) is investigating a seemingly separate murder case and soon finds herself inching closer to Koster¿s gang and the desperate Dr. Koster uses hi-tech surveillance to spy on the Conrads and to track Nathan throughout the day. Koster has one more condition for Nathan to follow: ¿ don't say a word¿ to the cops or Jessie is dead. To make matters worse, Nathan must do all this by five o¿clock that evening or Jessie will be killed. And what Koster wants is for Nathan to use his renowned psychiatric skills to pry the whereabouts of the loot out of Elizabeth Burrows¿ troubled mind. If Nathan wants his daughter back alive he must do what Koster wants. Shortly thereafter, Nathan and his writer-wife Aggie (Janssen) wake up on Thanksgiving morning to a nightmare.īrittany Murphy Koster and his thugs have kidnapped Jessie from the Conrads¿ home during the night and are now holding her hostage. Jerald Sachs (Platt) at Bellevue Hospital. Nathan is asked to treat Elizabeth by his beleaguered colleague, Dr. She is scared of unknown pursuers returning to get her obviously, this is where Koster comes in but I won't reveal how they¿re connected. Years ago, Elizabeth witnessed horrible things that left her traumatized and in mental health institutions for most of her life. The secret to the location of this hidden treasure is locked inside the mind of a young mental patient named Elizabeth Burrows (Murphy). The villains, led by Koster (Bean), are after the lost loot from their old heist. ![]() Nathan Conrad (Douglas), who is coerced into helping the thugs who¿ve kidnapped his young daughter Jessie. (By the way, pictures of Sean Bean on the set of Don't Say a Word can be found at this fan site.)įamke Janssen Don¿t Say a Word is a thriller about a respected shrink, Dr. Twentieth Century Fox will release it sometime in 2002. Kopelson Entertainment and New Regency are producing Don¿t Say a Word, which was filmed in New York City and Toronto between December 2000 and April 2001. The cast includes Michael Douglas, GoldenEye costars Famke Janssen and Sean Bean, Oliver Platt (TV¿s The West Wing), Brittany Murphy ( Clueless), Jennifer Esposito ( Summer of Sam), and Guy Torry ( Pearl Harbor). Gary Fleder ( Kiss the Girls) is directing the picture. Michael Douglas stars Stax here with my reaction to the screenplay for Don¿t Say a Word! This 132-page November 22nd, 2000 rewrite by Patrick Smith Kelly ( A Perfect Murder) is an adaptation of the 1992 award-winning novel by screenwriter-author Andrew Klavan ( A Shock to the System). ![]()
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