USA,
1990, 119 min
Directed by:
Stephen FrearsScreenplay:
Donald E. WestlakeCinematography:
Oliver StapletonComposer:
Elmer BernsteinCast:
Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening, Stephen Tobolowsky, Henry Jones, Eddie Jones, Sandy Baron, Gailard Sartain, Pat Hingle, Jeremy Piven (more)VOD (4)
Plots(1)
When small-time cheat Roy Dillon (John Cusack) winds up in hospital following an unsuccessful scam, it sets up a confrontation between his estranged mother Lilly (Anjelica Huston) and alluring girlfriend Myra (Annette Bening). Both Lilly and Myra are con artists playing the game in a league far above Roy, and always looking for their next victim. As Roy finds himself caught in a complicated web of passion and mistrust, the question is who’s conning who? (101 Films)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1991 - Stephen Frears (Best Achievement in Directing)
- 1991 - Anjelica Huston (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role)
- 1991 - Annette Bening (Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role)
- 1991 - Donald E. Westlake (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Independent Spirit Awards
- 1991 - Jim Painter, Martin Scorsese, Robert A. Harris (Best Feature)
- 1991 - Anjelica Huston (Best Female Lead)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1992 - Annette Bening (Best Supporting Actress)
Golden Globes
- 1991 - Anjelica Huston (Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 1990 - Anjelica Huston (Best Actress)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1990 - Best Film
- 1990 - Anjelica Huston (Best Actress)