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Masquerade
Masquerade
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Bob Swaim
Written by	Larry Brody (uncredited)
Screenplay by	Dick Wolf
Produced by	Michael I. Levy
Starring	Rob Lowe; Meg Tilly; Kim Cattrall; Doug Savant;
Cinematography	David Watkin
Edited by	Scott Conrad
Music by	John Barry
Production; companies	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Michael I. Levy Enterprises;
Distributed by	MGM/UA Communications Co.
Release date	March 11, 1988;
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$12 million
Box office	$15.8 million

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Masquerade is a 1988 American romantic mystery thriller film directed by Bob Swaim and starring Rob Lowe, Meg Tilly, Kim Cattrall and Doug Savant. Written by Dick Wolf, the film is about a recently orphaned millionairess who falls in love with a young yacht racing captain who isn't completely truthful with her about his past.^[9] The film was nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best (Mystery) Motion Picture in 1989.^[10]

Plot[edit]

Set in the upscale town of Set in Southampton, Long Island, young yachting captain Tim Whalen is having an affair with Brooke, who is married to Granger Brooke, Tim's boss. Tim is the new captain of Granger's racing sailboat Obsession.^[11] Young heiress Olivia Lawrence, has returned home to Southampton shortly after her mother's death. She meets Tim at a party, and agrees to go sailing with him.

Olivia's alcoholic stepfather, Tony Gateworth, and his new live-in girlfriend, Anne Briscoe, reside in Olivia's house. Olivia is unable to evict him because her mother's will provided him access to the family's eight properties and receives a one million dollar a year allowance, which barely covers his gambling debts. Olivia despises her stepfather, who married her mother for money.

Olivia and Tim go sailing on Olivia's late father's sail boat, Masquerade. Later, at Olivia's mansion, a drunken Gateworth insults Tim, his former sailing competitor. Olivia and Tim begin dating and eventually fall in love. However, Olivia's newfound happiness is soon offset by another ugly confrontation with Gateworth who, claiming to be acting as her "guardian," wants Tim out of her life. Olivia confides to her aunt that Tim is the first man she has felt comfortable with and that he uninterested in her money.

Gateworth and Tim are actually conspiring to murder Olivia for her money. When Tim hesitates, Gateworth threatens to expose his shady past. He says the next step is for Tim to gain Olivia's confidence by protecting her. That weekend, Olivia and Tim sleep together. A drunken Gateworth barges into Olivia's bedroom as planned, but Tim double-crosses him and kills Gateworth with his own gun. Believing the police will accused Tim of murder, Olivia claims she killed Gateworth in self-defense. Tim establishes an alibi with an unsuspecting Brooke. During the investigation, Officer Mike McGill —a childhood friend with a romantic interest in Olivia—finds evidence that Tim may have been involved in the killing but does not report it, presumably because of his feelings for Olivia.

Anne begins questioning the investigation's findings, and tells the authorities about Olivia and Tim. Meanwhile, Tim ends his relationship with Brooke, who later confirms Tim's alibi to the police. Not long after Anne informs McGill that her friend saw Gateworth at a diner with Tim, she is found hanged in an apparent suicide. McGill requests an autopsy.

While sailing aboard Masquerade, Olivia proposes to Tim, but he is reluctant, saying he was previously convicted for writing bad checks. He also admits his affair with Brooke. His "honesty" impresses Olivia, and the couple marry. Olivia becomes pregnant soon after. That night, Tim drives to the marina where he secretly meets McGill, who in fact has planned everything. Tim is reluctant about murdering Olivia, but McGill insists she die in a staged accident. He threatens to put Tim away for Gateworth's murder if he fails to cooperate.

When McGill learns Tim will not kill Olivia and they are sailing to Florida on Masquerade the next day, he sabotages the sailboat and plants incriminating evidence in Tim's dresser drawer. Tim discovers McGill's treachery and races to the marina to save Olivia, but the gas explosion kills him. In the marina office immediately after, Olivia discovers a newspaper clipping with a photo of Tim, Gateworth and McGill, just as McGill enters the office. Seeing that she has discovered the conspiracy, McGill tries to kill her. In the ensuing struggle, Olivia pushes McGill out a window causing his death.

At Tim's funeral, Olivia's lawyer says that Tim had recently insisted on being removed from Olivia's will and he came to love her in the end.^[12]

Cast[edit]

Rob Lowe as Tim Whalen
Meg Tilly as Olivia Lawrence
Kim Cattrall as Brooke Morrison
Doug Savant as Officer Mike McGill
John Glover as Tony Gateworth
Dana Delany as Anne Briscoe
Erik Holland as Chief of Police
Brian Davies as Granger Morrison
Barton Heyman as Tommy McGill
Bernie McInerney as Harland Fitzgerald
Bill Lopatto as Weyburn
Pirie MacDonald as Theodore Cantrell
Maeve McGuire as Aunt Eleanor
Ira Wheeler as Uncle Charles
Timothy Landfield as Sam
Karen McLaughlin as Jillian
Nada Rowand as Mrs. Chase
Bruce Tuthill as Lt. Wacker
Boz Scaggs as Cop #2
Henry Ravelo as Alberto

Production[edit]

The film was originally called Dying for Love. Dick Wolf claimed the title was changed because of studio nervousness due to a series of AIDS-awareness condom ads equating making love with death.^[13] Filmink argued the film was a homage to Suspicion (1941).^[14]

It was the first American film from Bob Swaim. It was greenlit by Alan Ladd Jr. at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.^[15]

Asked about the torrid sex scene with Rob Lowe, Meg Tilly said, "I have nothing against nudity if it serves a purpose other than bringing in more dollars, but I'd never done a love scene before and I found it hard to do. We all feel sensitive about the way we behave in bed and it's strange having someone watch and correct you--and Bob (Swaim) did give quite a bit of direction in those scenes," she added with a laugh.^[16]

Filming locations[edit]

The film was shot over ten weeks.^[15]

New York City, New York, USA
Riverhead, Long Island, New York, USA
Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York, USA^[17]
Shelter Island, Long Island, New York, USA (boat explosion)^[17]
Southampton Village, Long Island, New York, USA^[17]^[18]
Broadview, the main house of the Dennistoun M. Bell Estate^[19]

Reception[edit]

Critical response[edit]

The film received mixed reviews upon its release. In his review in the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert gave the film three of four stars. Ebert singling out Meg Tilly's performance wrote, "Tilly's acting style is the right choice for the movie: Her dreaminess, which at first seems distracting, becomes an important part of the suspense, because while she drifts in her romantic reverie, a sweet smile on her face, we're mentally screaming at her to wake up and smell the coffee."^[20]

In her review in The Washington Post, Rita Kempley called the film "mushy" and "pockey". Kempley reduces the director's efforts to "a gym teacher's sense of the erotic matched with a jackhammer's flair for the subtleties of psychological artifice."^[21]

Rob Lowe said to Variety: "I remember him saying to me how frustrated he was in the movie business, that he was going to write a pilot, and he wrote Law & Order. And the rest is history. You're welcome. Yeah, I'm happy to provide the bomb that powers your rise to dominance".^[22]

Awards and nominations[edit]

1989 Edgar Allan Poe Award Nomination for Best Motion Picture (Dick Wolf)^[10]

Box office[edit]

The film earned $15,855,828 in gross revenue in the United States.^[9]

Film ratings[edit]

In New Zealand, the film was rated M for offensive language and sexual references. In the United States, it was rated R.

References[edit]

^
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- "FREEDOM OF 'FORCE' IS PRODUCERS' DREAM". Orlando Sentinel. 7 August 1990. Archived from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- Brody, Larry. "About Larry Brody". larrybrody.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
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^ "Michael I Levy". Catalog. AFI. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ Bates, James (3 March 1995). "Company Town". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ "Masquerade - Expanded Soundtrack (1988)". soundtrack.net. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ "Success Stories". Virtual Pitch Fest. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ "Masquerade". BBC One. BBC. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ Masquerade at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
^ Masquerade at Box Office Mojo
^ ^a ^b "Masquerade". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Awards for Masquerade". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
^ Seuling, Dennis (23 September 2021). "Masquerade (1988) (Blu-ray Review)". The Digital Bits. Archived from the original on 2023-02-05. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ Bob Swaim (Director) (2004). Masquerade (DVD). California: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
^ Klady, Leonard (May 24, 1987). "OUTTAKES: BOX-OFFICE PROTECTION". Los Angeles Times. p. K16.
^ Vagg, Stephen (March 25, 2023). "A Brief History of Hitchcock Remakes". Filmink.
^ ^a ^b Taylor, Clarke (16 August 1987). "AN EXPATRIATE IN PARIS GETS THE HOLLYWOOD BUG". Los Angeles Times. p. C42. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ McKenna, Kristine (28 March 1988). "A Life Beyond 'Masquerade'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Clemente, T.J. (28 September 2021). "Sixty Something: Favorite Hamptons Movie and TV Moments". Hamptons.com. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ "Filming locations for Masquerade". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
^
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- Reginald Lewis
^ Ebert, Roger (March 11, 1988). "Masquerade". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
^ Kempley, Rita (March 14, 1988). "Masquerade". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
^ Schneider, Michael (21 June 2023). "Rob Lowe on Future '9-1-1' Crossovers, Why He Should Get Credit for Dick Wolf's Success and His 'The Grinder' Reboot Dreams". Variety. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

External links[edit]

Masquerade at IMDb
Masquerade at AllMovie
Masquerade at Rotten Tomatoes
Masquerade (1988) Original Trailer at youtube

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Brody, Larry (2005). Turning Points In Television. Citadel Press. ISBN 978-0-8065-2643-0.

"FREEDOM OF 'FORCE' IS PRODUCERS' DREAM". Orlando Sentinel. 7 August 1990. Archived from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

Brody, Larry. "About Larry Brody". larrybrody.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

"Larry Brody Bio - Actor Information". FilmSpot. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

Manzo, Brad. "Interview with Larry Brody, Emmy Award Winning Writer/Producer". absolutewrite.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

Basler, Barbara (January 2005). "Hollywood to Writers: You're Fired!". AARP Bulletin. AARP. Archived from the original on 24 September 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

"Larry Brody". Plex.tv. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

Mackey, Paula. "Twenty Questions With Larry Brody". chuckwagner.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2002. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

Brody, Larry. "Home Page". TV Writer. Archived from the original on 1 December 1998. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

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[4] Brody, Larry (2005). Turning Points In Television. Citadel Press. ISBN 978-0-8065-2643-0.

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[3] Bates, James (3 March 1995). "Company Town". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

[soundtrack/masquerade-4] "Masquerade - Expanded Soundtrack (1988)". soundtrack.net. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

[virtualpitchfest/success-5] "Success Stories". Virtual Pitch Fest. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

[bbc/b00m9n8g-6] "Masquerade". BBC One. BBC. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

[7] Masquerade at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

[8] Masquerade at Box Office Mojo

[imdb-9] "Masquerade". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 28, 2012.

[imdbawards-10] "Awards for Masquerade". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 28, 2012.

[thedigitalbits/masquerade-1988-bd-2021-11] Seuling, Dennis (23 September 2021). "Masquerade (1988) (Blu-ray Review)". The Digital Bits. Archived from the original on 2023-02-05. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

[dvd-12] Bob Swaim (Director) (2004). Masquerade (DVD). California: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

[13] Klady, Leonard (May 24, 1987). "OUTTAKES: BOX-OFFICE PROTECTION". Los Angeles Times. p. K16.

[14] Vagg, Stephen (March 25, 2023). "A Brief History of Hitchcock Remakes". Filmink.

[la-1987-08-16-ca-1521-15] Taylor, Clarke (16 August 1987). "AN EXPATRIATE IN PARIS GETS THE HOLLYWOOD BUG". Los Angeles Times. p. C42. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

[latimes/1988-03-28-ca-214-16] McKenna, Kristine (28 March 1988). "A Life Beyond 'Masquerade'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

[hamptons/movie-and-tv-17] Clemente, T.J. (28 September 2021). "Sixty Something: Favorite Hamptons Movie and TV Moments". Hamptons.com. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

[imdblocations-18] "Filming locations for Masquerade". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 28, 2012.

[easthamptonstar/broadview-bell-estate-19] 
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[32] Reginald Lewis

[ebert-20] Ebert, Roger (March 11, 1988). "Masquerade". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved January 28, 2012.

[washingtonpost-21] Kempley, Rita (March 14, 1988). "Masquerade". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 28, 2012.

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+*{{cite news |last1=Basler |first1=Barbara |title=Hollywood to Writers: You're Fired! |url=http://www.aarp.org/bulletin/yourlife/a2005-01-05-hollywoodwriters.html |access-date=23 June 2023 |work=AARP Bulletin |publisher=AARP |date=January 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050924200856/http://www.aarp.org/bulletin/yourlife/a2005-01-05-hollywoodwriters.html |archive-date=24 September 2005}}
+*{{cite web |title=Larry Brody |url=https://watch.plex.tv/person/larry-brody |website=Plex.tv |access-date=23 June 2023 |language=en}}
+*{{cite web |last1=Mackey |first1=Paula |title=Twenty Questions With Larry Brody |url=http://www.chuckwagner.com/automan/brody.html |website=chuckwagner.com |access-date=23 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021011035753/http://www.chuckwagner.com/automan/brody.html |archive-date=11 October 2002}}
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 ==Plot==
+Set in the upscale town of Set in [[Southampton (town), New York|Southampton]], Long Island, young yachting captain Tim Whalen is having an affair with Brooke, who is married to Granger Brooke, Tim's boss. Tim is the new captain of Granger's racing sailboat ''Obsession''.<ref name="thedigitalbits/masquerade-1988-bd-2021">{{cite web |last1=Seuling |first1=Dennis |title=Masquerade (1988) (Blu-ray Review) |url=https://thedigitalbits.com/item/masquerade-1988-klsc-2021-bd |website=The Digital Bits |access-date=23 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205112733/https://thedigitalbits.com/item/masquerade-1988-klsc-2021-bd |archive-date=2023-02-05 |language=en-gb |date=23 September 2021}}</ref> Young heiress Olivia Lawrence, has returned home to Southampton shortly after her mother's death. She meets Tim at a party, and agrees to go sailing with him.
-Young yachting captain Tim Whalen ([[Rob Lowe]]) is having an affair with Brooke Morrison ([[Kim Cattrall]]), the wife of his boss, Granger Morrison ([[Brian Davies]]), in the upscale town of [[Southampton (town), New York|Southampton]], Long Island. Tim is the new captain of Granger's racing sailboat ''Obsession''. Young heiress Olivia Lawrence ([[Meg Tilly]]), following the recent death of her mother, returns home to Southampton after graduating from college. At a party, Olivia is introduced to Tim, who asks her to dance. Impressed with her knowledge of sailing, Tim asks her to go sailing with him, and she accepts.
-Olivia is living in the family mansion with her alcoholic stepfather, Tony Gateworth ([[John Glover]]), and his new live-in girlfriend, Anne Briscoe ([[Dana Delany]]). Her mother's will provided that Gateworth retain access to the family's eight properties. Olivia has nothing but contempt for her stepfather, who married her mother for her money. At her family attorney's office in New York City, Olivia learns she cannot restrict Gateworth's access to her homes, and the nearly one million dollars a year he receives from the estate barely covers his gambling debts.
+Olivia's alcoholic stepfather, Tony Gateworth, and his new live-in girlfriend, Anne Briscoe, reside in Olivia's house. Olivia is unable to evict him because her mother's will provided him access to the family's eight properties and receives a one million dollar a year allowance, which barely covers his gambling debts. Olivia despises her stepfather, who married her mother for money.
-Olivia and Tim go sailing on her boat ''Masquerade'', which was her late father's pride and joy. Later, at Olivia's mansion, they are confronted by a drunk Gateworth who insults Tim, his former sailing competitor. In the coming days, Olivia and Tim begin dating and eventually fall in love. However, Olivia's newfound happiness is soon offset by another ugly confrontation with Gateworth who tells her as her "guardian" he wants Tim out of her life. Olivia confides to her aunt that Tim is the first man she has felt comfortable with and that he isn't interested in her money. Later that day, at a lobster house on the outskirts of town, Gateworth and Tim meet surreptitiously to discuss their conspiracy to murder Olivia for her money. When Tim expresses doubts, Gateworth threatens to expose his past. He tells him the next step is to gain Olivia's confidence by having Tim defend her against him.
+Olivia and Tim go sailing on Olivia's late father's sail boat, ''Masquerade''. Later, at Olivia's mansion, a drunken Gateworth insults Tim, his former sailing competitor. Olivia and Tim begin dating and eventually fall in love. However, Olivia's newfound happiness is soon offset by another ugly confrontation with Gateworth who, claiming to be acting as her "guardian," wants Tim out of her life. Olivia confides to her aunt that Tim is the first man she has felt comfortable with and that he uninterested in her money.
-That weekend, Olivia and Tim have passionate sex in the mansion. Afterwards, a drunken Gateworth breaks into Olivia's room as planned, but Tim double-crosses him and kills Gateworth with his own pistol. Believing they will be accused of murdering Gateworth, Olivia covers up Tim's role in the killing by claiming she killed Gateworth in self-defense. Tim establishes an alibi with an unsuspecting Brooke by resetting her bedside clock. During the investigation, Officer Mike McGill ([[Doug Savant]]) —a childhood friend with a romantic interest in Olivia—finds evidence that Tim may have been involved in the killing, but he does not report it to his captain, presumably because of his feelings for Olivia.
+Gateworth and Tim are actually conspiring to murder Olivia for her money. When Tim hesitates, Gateworth threatens to expose his shady past. He says the next step is for Tim to gain Olivia's confidence by protecting her. That weekend, Olivia and Tim sleep together. A drunken Gateworth barges into Olivia's bedroom as planned, but Tim double-crosses him and kills Gateworth with his own gun. Believing the police will accused Tim of murder, Olivia claims she killed Gateworth in self-defense. Tim establishes an alibi with an unsuspecting Brooke. During the investigation, Officer Mike McGill —a childhood friend with a romantic interest in Olivia—finds evidence that Tim may have been involved in the killing but does not report it, presumably because of his feelings for Olivia.
-Anne then begins questioning the investigation's findings, and tells the authorities about Olivia and Tim. Meanwhile, Tim breaks up with Brooke, who later confirms Tim's alibi to the police. Not long after Anne informs McGill that her friend saw Gateworth at a diner with Tim, she is found hanged in an apparent suicide. McGill requests an autopsy.
+Anne begins questioning the investigation's findings, and tells the authorities about Olivia and Tim. Meanwhile, Tim ends his relationship with Brooke, who later confirms Tim's alibi to the police. Not long after Anne informs McGill that her friend saw Gateworth at a diner with Tim, she is found hanged in an apparent suicide. McGill requests an autopsy.
-While sailing aboard ''Masquerade'', Olivia asks Tim to marry her, but he is reluctant, telling her he once spent 30 days in jail for writing bad checks. He also tells her about his affair with Brooke. His "honesty" convinces Olivia he is the right man, and the couple are soon married. Later, Olivia reveals she is pregnant. That night, Tim drives to the marina where he meets secretly with McGill, who was part of the original conspiracy—who in fact planned everything. Tim is reluctant about killing Olivia, but McGill insists she must die in a staged car accident. He threatens to put Tim away for Gateworth's murder if he doesn't cooperate.
+While sailing aboard ''Masquerade'', Olivia proposes to Tim, but he is reluctant, saying he was previously convicted for writing bad checks. He also admits his affair with Brooke. His "honesty" impresses Olivia, and the couple marry. Olivia becomes pregnant soon after. That night, Tim drives to the marina where he secretly meets McGill, who in fact has planned everything. Tim is reluctant about murdering Olivia, but McGill insists she die in a staged accident. He threatens to put Tim away for Gateworth's murder if he fails to cooperate.
-When McGill learns that Tim has no intention of killing Olivia and that they are planning to sail for Florida on ''Masquerade'' the next day, he sabotages Olivia's sailboat and plants incriminating evidence in Tim's linen drawer. Tim discovers McGill's treachery and races to the marina to save Olivia, but is killed in the gas explosion meant to kill Olivia. In the marina office afterwards, Olivia discovers a newspaper clipping with a picture of Tim, Gateworth and McGill, just as McGill enters the office. Seeing that she has figured out the conspiracy, he tries to kill her. In the ensuing struggle, Olivia pushes McGill out a window causing his death.
+When McGill learns Tim will not kill Olivia and they are sailing to Florida on ''Masquerade'' the next day, he sabotages the sailboat and plants incriminating evidence in Tim's dresser drawer. Tim discovers McGill's treachery and races to the marina to save Olivia, but the gas explosion kills him. In the marina office immediately after, Olivia discovers a newspaper clipping with a photo of Tim, Gateworth and McGill, just as McGill enters the office. Seeing that she has discovered the conspiracy, McGill tries to kill her. In the ensuing struggle, Olivia pushes McGill out a window causing his death.
-At Tim's funeral, Olivia learns from her family attorney that Tim had recently insisted he be removed from Olivia's will, and however it may have started, he came to love Olivia in the end.<ref name="dvd">{{cite video|people=Bob Swaim (Director)|title=Masquerade |medium=DVD |publisher=Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |location=California |year=2004 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095599/ }}</ref>
+At Tim's funeral, Olivia's lawyer says that Tim had recently insisted on being removed from Olivia's will and he came to love her in the end.<ref name="dvd">{{cite video|people=Bob Swaim (Director)|title=Masquerade |medium=DVD |publisher=Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |location=California |year=2004 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095599/ }}</ref>
 ==Cast==
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 * [[John Glover (actor)|John Glover]] as Tony Gateworth
 * [[Dana Delany]] as Anne Briscoe
-* [[Erik Holland]] as Chief of Police
+* Erik Holland as Chief of Police
-* [[Brian Davies]] as Granger Morrison
+* Brian Davies as Granger Morrison
 * [[Barton Heyman]] as Tommy McGill
 * [[Bernie McInerney]] as Harland Fitzgerald
-* [[Bill Lopatto]] as Weyburn
+* Bill Lopatto as Weyburn
-* [[Pirie MacDonald]] as Theodore Cantrell
+* Pirie MacDonald as Theodore Cantrell
 * [[Maeve McGuire]] as Aunt Eleanor
 * [[Ira Wheeler]] as Uncle Charles
-* [[Timothy Landfield]] as Sam
+* Timothy Landfield as Sam
-* [[Karen McLaughlin]] as Jillian
+* Karen McLaughlin as Jillian
+* Nada Rowand as Mrs. Chase
-{{col-2}}
-* [[Nada Rowand]] as Mrs. Chase
+* Bruce Tuthill as Lt. Wacker
-* [[Edwin Bordo]] as Mortician
-* [[Bruce Tuthill]] as Lt. Wacker
-* [[James Caulfield]] as Cop #1
 * [[Boz Scaggs]] as Cop #2
-* [[Henry Ravelo]] as Alberto
+* Henry Ravelo as Alberto
-* [[Lois Diane Hicks]] as Judge
-* [[Dorothy Lancaster]] as Nun
-* [[Marilyn Raphael]] as Maid
-* [[Dick Wolf]] as Sedgewick
-* [[Evan O'Neill]] as Debutante
-* [[Jimmy Raitt]] as Store Manager
-* [[Robert D. Wilson Sr.]] as Dock Man
-* [[Michael Tadross]] as Kid on Dock
-* [[Benjamin Lee Swaim]] as French Boy #1
-* [[Christopher Thomas Swaim]] as French Boy #2<ref name="imdbcast">{{cite web|title=Full cast and crew for Masquerade |work=Internet Movie Database |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095599/fullcredits#cast |access-date=January 28, 2012}}</ref>
-{{col-end}}
 ==Production==
-The film was originally called ''Dying for Love''. [[Dick Wolf]] claimed the title was changed because of studio nervousness due to a series of AIDS-awareness condom ads equating making love with death.<ref>{{Cite news|title=OUTTAKES: BOX-OFFICE PROTECTION|author=Klady, Leonard|date=May 24, 1987|work=Los Angeles Times|page=K16}}</ref>
+The film was originally called ''Dying for Love''. [[Dick Wolf]] claimed the title was changed because of studio nervousness due to a series of AIDS-awareness condom ads equating making love with death.<ref>{{Cite news|title=OUTTAKES: BOX-OFFICE PROTECTION|author=Klady, Leonard|date=May 24, 1987|work=Los Angeles Times|page=K16}}</ref> ''Filmink'' argued the film was a homage to ''[[Suspicion (1941 film)|Suspicion]]'' (1941).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/a-brief-history-of-hitchcock-remakes/|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|title=A Brief History of Hitchcock Remakes|date=March 25, 2023}}</ref>
-It was the first American film from Bob Swaim. It was greenlit by [[Alan Ladd Jr.]] at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.<ref name="rob"/>
+It was the first American film from Bob Swaim. It was greenlit by [[Alan Ladd Jr.]] at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.<ref name="la-1987-08-16-ca-1521"/>
-Asked about the torrid sex scene with Rob Lowe, Meg Tilly said, "I have nothing against nudity if it serves a purpose other than bringing in more dollars, but I'd never done a love scene before and I found it hard to do. We all feel sensitive about the way we behave in bed and it's strange having someone watch and correct you--and Bob (Swaim) did give quite a bit of direction in those scenes," she added with a laugh.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Life Beyond ‘Masquerade’  |work=www.latimes.com |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-28-ca-214-story.html |access-date=18 April 2022 }}</ref>
+Asked about the torrid sex scene with Rob Lowe, Meg Tilly said, "I have nothing against nudity if it serves a purpose other than bringing in more dollars, but I'd never done a love scene before and I found it hard to do. We all feel sensitive about the way we behave in bed and it's strange having someone watch and correct you--and Bob (Swaim) did give quite a bit of direction in those scenes," she added with a laugh.<ref name="latimes/1988-03-28-ca-214">{{cite news |last1=McKenna |first1=Kristine |author1-link=Kristine McKenna |title=A Life Beyond 'Masquerade' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-28-ca-214-story.html |access-date=23 June 2023 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=28 March 1988}}<!-- https://www.latimes.com/sitemap/1988/3/p/4 --></ref>
 ===Filming locations===
-The film was shot over ten weeks.<ref name="rob">{{Cite news|title=AN EXPATRIATE IN PARIS GETS THE HOLLYWOOD BUG|author=Taylor, Clarke|date=Aug 16, 1987|work=Los Angeles Times|page=C42}}</ref>
+The film was shot over ten weeks.<ref name="la-1987-08-16-ca-1521">{{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Clarke |title=AN EXPATRIATE IN PARIS GETS THE HOLLYWOOD BUG |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-16-ca-1521-story.html |access-date=23 June 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=16 August 1987 |page=C42}}<!-- https://www.latimes.com/sitemap/1987/8/p/17 -->
+</ref>
 * New York City, New York, USA
 * [[Riverhead (town), New York|Riverhead]], [[Long Island]], New York, USA
+* [[Sag Harbor]], Long Island, New York, USA<ref name="hamptons/movie-and-tv">{{cite news |last1=Clemente |first1=T.J. |title=Sixty Something: Favorite Hamptons Movie and TV Moments |url=https://hamptons.com/sixty-something-favorite-hamptons-movie-and-tv-moments/ |access-date=23 June 2023 |work=Hamptons.com |date=28 September 2021}}</ref>
-* [[Sag Harbor]], Long Island, New York, USA
-* [[Shelter Island (town), New York|Shelter Island]], Long Island, New York, USA (boat explosion)
+* [[Shelter Island (town), New York|Shelter Island]], Long Island, New York, USA (boat explosion)<ref name="hamptons/movie-and-tv"/>
-* [[Southampton (town), New York|Southampton]], Long Island, New York, USA<ref name="imdblocations">{{cite web|title=Filming locations for Masquerade |work=Internet Movie Database |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095599/locations |access-date=January 28, 2012}}</ref>
+* [[Southampton (town), New York|Southampton Village]], Long Island, New York, USA<ref name="hamptons/movie-and-tv"/><ref name="imdblocations">{{cite web|title=Filming locations for Masquerade |work=Internet Movie Database |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095599/locations |access-date=January 28, 2012}}</ref>
+*''Broadview'', the main house of the Dennistoun M. Bell Estate<ref name="easthamptonstar/broadview-bell-estate">
+*{{cite news |title=Item of the Week: 'Broadview' in the Dennistoun M. Bell Estate |url=https://www.easthamptonstar.com/villages/2022317/item-week-broadview-bell-estate |access-date=23 June 2023 |work=The East Hampton Star |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404083120/https://www.easthamptonstar.com/villages/2022317/item-week-broadview-bell-estate |archive-date=4 April 2022}}
+*[[Reginald Lewis]]
+</ref>
 ==Reception==
 ===Critical response===
-The film received mixed reviews upon its release. In his review in the ''Chicago Sun-Times'', Roger Ebert gave the film three of four stars. Ebert singling out Meg Tilly's performance wrote, "Tilly's acting style is the right choice for the movie: Her dreaminess, which at first seems distracting, becomes an important part of the suspense, because while she drifts in her romantic reverie, a sweet smile on her face, we're mentally screaming at her to wake up and smell the coffee."<ref name="ebert">{{cite news|last=Ebert |first=Roger |title=Masquerade |work=Chicago Sun-Times |date=March 11, 1988 |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19880311/REVIEWS/803110302/1023 |access-date=January 28, 2012}}</ref>
+The film received mixed reviews upon its release. In his review in the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film three of four stars. Ebert singling out Meg Tilly's performance wrote, "Tilly's acting style is the right choice for the movie: Her dreaminess, which at first seems distracting, becomes an important part of the suspense, because while she drifts in her romantic reverie, a sweet smile on her face, we're mentally screaming at her to wake up and smell the coffee."<ref name="ebert">{{cite news|last=Ebert |first=Roger |title=Masquerade |work=Chicago Sun-Times |date=March 11, 1988 |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19880311/REVIEWS/803110302/1023 |access-date=January 28, 2012}}</ref>
+In her review in ''[[The Washington Post]]'', Rita Kempley called the film "mushy" and "pockey". Kempley reduces the director's efforts to "a gym teacher's sense of the erotic matched with a jackhammer's flair for the subtleties of psychological artifice."<ref name="washingtonpost">{{cite news|last=Kempley |first=Rita |title=Masquerade |work=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/masqueraderkempley_a0ca2b.htm |access-date=January 28, 2012 |date=March 14, 1988}}</ref>
+[[Rob Lowe]] said to ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'': "I remember [[Dick Wolf|him]] saying to me how frustrated he was in the movie business, that he was going to write a pilot, and he wrote ''[[Law & Order]]''. And the rest is history. You're welcome. Yeah, I'm happy to provide the bomb that powers your rise to dominance".<ref name="variety/1235650270">{{cite news |last1=Schneider |first1=Michael |title=Rob Lowe on Future ‘9-1-1’ Crossovers, Why He Should Get Credit for Dick Wolf’s Success and His ‘The Grinder’ Reboot Dreams |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/awards/rob-lowe-911-crossovers-unstable-the-grinder-reboot-1235650270/ |access-date=23 June 2023 |work=Variety |date=21 June 2023}}</ref>
-In her review in ''The Washington Post'', Rita Kempley called the film "mushy" and "pockey". Kempley reduces the director's efforts to "a gym teacher's sense of the erotic matched with a jackhammer's flair for the subtleties of psychological artifice."<ref name="washingtonpost">{{cite news|last=Kempley |first=Rita |title=Masquerade |work=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/masqueraderkempley_a0ca2b.htm |access-date=January 28, 2012 |date=March 14, 1988}}</ref>
 ===Awards and nominations===
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 * {{AllMovie title|31690|Masquerade}}
 * {{Rotten Tomatoes|1013488-masquerade}}
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW_vDV8g1JE ''Masquerade'' (1988) Original Trailer] at [[youtube]]
 [[Category:1988 films]]