White Sands - The Big Deal

Movie
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
Rod
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
occupation
Willem Dafoe : Sheriff Ray Dolezal Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio : Lane Bodine Mickey Rourke : Gorman Lennox Samuel L. Jackson : Greg Meeker M. Emmet Walsh : Bert Gibson James Rebhorn : Flynn Maura Tierney : Noreen Beth Grant : Roz Kincaid Alexander Nicksay : Ben Dolezal Mimi Rogers : Molly Dolezal

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

1. ↑ Film review by Rita Kempley
2. ↑ White Sands - The Big Deal. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .