White Sands - The Big Deal
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German title | White Sands - The Big Deal |
Original title | White Sands |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1992 |
length | 97 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 16 |
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Director | Roger Donaldson |
script | Daniel Pyne |
production | Gary Barber , David Nicksay , James G. Robinson , Scott Rudin , William Sackheim |
music |
Patrick O'Hearn Little Feat |
camera | Peter Menzies Jr. |
cut | Nicholas Beauman |
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White Sands - The Big Deal (Original Title: White Sands ) is an American thriller from 1992. The director was Roger Donaldson , the screenplay was written by Daniel Pyne . The main roles were played by Willem Dafoe , Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Mickey Rourke .
action
Sheriff Ray Dolezal finds a dead body, in addition to a suitcase with 500,000 US dollars is. After consulting with some FBI agents, including Greg Meeker, he impersonates the victim in order to strike a deal with arms dealer Gorman Lennox. Dolezal hopes to find the killer in this way, the FBI wants to convict Lennox.
Dolezal is also contacted by two agents who introduce themselves as employees of the internal department of the FBI. They later turn out to be corrupt. Dolezal meets Lane Bodine, who knew the man who was killed. Although he is married, he starts an affair with Bodine.
There are problems with financing the arms deal, as the arms seller is demanding additional money. Lennox turns out to be a CIA employee . He kidnaps and kills the supposed employees of the internal department of the FBI. Meeker kills Lennox and flees with the suitcase from the approaching police officers and FBI agents into the desert. The suitcase opens, there is no money in it. Dolezal gives the money to Bodine and goes home.
Reviews
- Rita Kempley wrote in the Washington Post on April 24, 1992 that the plot was too complex ("overplotted"), but the thriller was still "predictable".
- film-dienst 16/1992: "Actually handsome thriller, which however does not take advantage of the charms of the unfamiliar setting and lacks suspense and real moments of surprise."
backgrounds
The film grossed approximately $ 9.0 million in US cinemas .
Web links
- White Sands - The big deal in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- White Sands - The big deal at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- White Sands - The big deal in the lexicon of international film
Individual evidence
- ↑ Film review by Rita Kempley
- ↑ White Sands - The Big Deal. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .