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Titolo originale: Absolute Power
Regia: Clint Eastwood |
Anno: 1997
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Crime Dramma Azione
Tag: daughter | rape | assassination | usa president | washington dc, usa | government | corruption | the white house | politics | attempted murder | attempted robbery | secret service | witness to a crime | u.s. secret service agent | father daughter relationship | shot to death |
Cast: Clint Eastwood | Gene Hackman | Ed Harris | Laura Linney | Judy Davis | Scott Glenn | Dennis Haysbert | E.G. Marshall | Melora Hardin | Kenneth Welsh | Penny Johnson Jerald | Richard Jenkins | Mark Margolis | Elaine Kagan | Alison Eastwood | Yau-Gene Chan | George Orrison | Charles McDaniel | John Lyle Campbell | Kimber Eastwood | Eric Dahlquist Jr. | Jack Stewart Taylor | Joy Ehrlich | Robert Harvey |

Al presidente degli Stati Uniti non basta portarsi a letto la moglie del suo migliore amico e sostenitore, ma la picchia e ne nasce una lite furibonda. Le guardie del corpo eliminano quindi la donna prima che sia lei a uccidere il presidente. Da una cabina-armadio Luther Whitney, professionista del furto, assiste al fattaccio e fugge. Comincia così la caccia al ladro...

Frasi

Gloria Russell: What do I do? Bill Burton: Nothin [...] D
[Collin, disguised as a doctor, tries to kill Kate [...] D
Art Student: You work with your hands, don't you? D
Kate Whitney: Father, what have you done? D
Gloria Russell: Allen, did you have sex with her? [...] D
Seth Frank: Kate, he's on the run and he's scared. [...] D
Kate Whitney: But then you go to the police. That' [...] D
Kate Whitney: Why'd you come? Luther Whitney: I c [...] D
Bill Burton: Miss Russell, I should've called the [...] D
Repairman: Just part of my job. Seth Frank: I hat [...] D
[while staking out the cafe, waiting for Luther to [...] D
Medical Examiner: Looks like he tried to strangle [...] D
Luther Whitney: I've got to go have my pacemaker c [...] D
Kate Whitney: Quit wasting my time. He doesn't wan [...] D
Luther Whitney: [to Seth] Do you realize the skill [...] D
Luther Whitney: You're the only family I have. Ka [...] D
Valerie: I just never figured you for a runner. [...] D
[after the restaurant shooting Luther's disguised [...] D
Walter Sullivan: For eighty years, I've tried to l [...] D
Luther Whitney: [Talking about the night when Chri [...] D
[Luther, disguised yet again, goes up to the entra [...] D
Seth Frank: Why does he bother to dig a slug out o [...] D
Luther Whitney: This person, they... they go in th [...] D
Gloria Russell: He's got the letter opener. Blood. [...] D
Seth Frank: You know who did it, don't you? Luthe [...] D
Laura Simon: Who is he? Seth Frank: That's Luther [...] D
Luther Whitney: When you're alone at night, and yo [...] D
Luther Whitney: I'm your substitute driver tonight [...] D
[Looking at Christy's body] Walter Sullivan: I'd [...] D
Sandy Lord: What a generous gesture. D
Walter Sullivan: [Unknown that it was Luther his c [...] D
Luther Whitney: Remember, tomorrow is promised to [...] D
Luther Whitney: [to Seth] You gotta get with the p [...] D
Luther Whitney: [seeing a Alan Richmond conference [...] D
Allen Richmond: What do we know, so far? Gloria R [...] D
[after seeing a smiling/lying Alan Richmond on TV] [...] D
Luther Whitney: I love true crime. D
Seth Frank: Pacemaker, my ass. D
[last lines] Kate Whitney: Am I gonna be alright? [...] D
Walter Sullivan: I don't yet know who it is I'm af [...] D
Seth Frank: There's one thing I forgot to tell you [...] D
[upon seeing Seth arrive] Luther Whitney: So, do [...] D
Kate Whitney: Do you know what it's like to be the [...] D
Bartender Red: Your life could be a whole lot simp [...] D