Wicker Park (film)
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| Wicker Park | |
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| Image:Wicker Park movie.jpg | |
| Directed by | Paul McGuigan |
| Produced by | Andre Lamal |
| Written by | Gilles Mimouni, Brandon Boyce |
| Starring | Josh Hartnett Rose Byrne Diane Kruger Matthew Lillard |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | 3 September 2004 (USA) |
| Running time | 114 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | ~ US$30,000,000 |
| IMDb profile | |
Wicker Park is a 2004 romantic psychological thriller directed by Paul McGuigan. The movie is a remake of the 1996 French movie L'Appartement. It was nominated for the Grand Prix at the Montreal Film Festival.
[edit] Plot
Moving back and forth in time and revealing the story from each character's perspective, Wicker Park is a psychological drama about a man, Matt, (Josh Hartnett) caught in an obsessive search for a woman he fell deeply in love with, Lisa, (Diane Kruger) a woman who then vanished without a trace. Two years after her disappearance, he catches a fleeting glimpse of her in a local bar and begins a twisting search to find her and discover what really happened.
At first the protagonist, Matt, is portrayed as a stalker, who is obsessed with Lisa and is probably mentally ill. He follows her and enters both her apartment and hotel room. As details are revealed regarding their former relationship through a series of dreams and flashbacks, the plot begins to thicken as Matt is portrayed in a more sympathetic light. Indeed, after an encounter with a woman that initially leads the audience to believe that Matt is hallucinating, it is revealed that Matt's obsession may not be completely irrational and that he is indeed the subject of a twisted plot by his own obsessive stalker (Rose Byrne).
[edit] Trivia
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- Although the movie is called Wicker Park, scenes are not actually filmed in Wicker Park in Chicago, but rather in Montreal.
- Paul Walker was set to star in the film but pulled out due to filming conflicts with 2 Fast 2 Furious.
- Cliff Martinez, also known for his work on Solaris, wrote the film's score.
- Both Diane Kruger and Rose Byrne starred in another 2004 film together, Troy.
- The restaurant where Matthew overhears Lisa talking on the telephone is called "Bellucci". Monica Bellucci was the female lead in the French original L'Appartement (1996), of which this film is a remake.
- When Lisa (Diane Kruger) tells Matthew (Josh Hartnett) that her shoe size is 8½, Matthew responds, "Like Fellini." in reference to Fellini's famous movie 8½. The film itself is similar to 8½ in its use of non-linear narrative.
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Wicker Park at the Internet Movie Database
- L'Appartement on Wicker Park: Detailed comparison between original and remake.
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