Sheila (film)

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Movie
German title Sheila
Original title The Last of Sheila
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1973
length 120 minutes
Rod
Director Herbert Ross
script Anthony Perkins , Stephen Sondheim
production Stanley O'Toole , Herbert Ross
music Billy Goldenberg
camera Gerry Turpin
cut Edward Warschilka
occupation

Sheila (Original title: The Last of Sheila ) is an American feature film from 1973. Director was Herbert Ross .

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The film is about a week long joyride on the yacht Sheila of the film producer Clinton Green (James Coburn) in the Mediterranean Sea . The participants are well known. The last time they saw each other was a year ago when Clinton's wife Sheila was run over at night followed by a hit-and-run and died. Clinton and his six guests organize a kind of hidden object game that he calls the Sheila Memory Game : Everyone receives a card with a role: informer, seducer of small children, shoplifter, ex-convict, homosexual and hit-and-run murderer (in the original : Informer, Little Child Molester, Shoplifter, Ex-convict, Homosexual & Hit-and-run-Killer) . Your own role card must be kept secret. Every single evening, Clinton announces which role is to be uncovered this time. Whoever finds out gets one point. If the role owner discovers the clue to his identity himself, the game is over for that evening. The clues are hidden in the places on land where the yacht docks. Clinton claims that the players don't have to move at all to look for clues if they were " smart enough " (in the original: "If you're smart enough!") . In the end it turns out that a group photo taken on land on the first evening with the yacht in the background provides the solutions (but only with the original English names of the roles assigned).

Clinton is murdered one evening. Everything points to one of the female guests as the perpetrator. In fact, she committed suicide on board the yacht. Shortly afterwards, however, one of the players (James Mason) noticed an inconsistency. In the manner of a great detective, he solves the riddles. One of the role cards was exchanged for a new one on the first evening by the murderer.

Awards

Perkins and Sondheim won the 1974 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Picture Screenplay.

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