- The Curve (film)
Infobox Film
name = The Curve
director =Dan Rosen
producer =Michael Amato
writer =Dan Rosen
starring =Matthew Lillard
Michael Vartan
Randall Batinkoff
Keri Russell
music = Shark
cinematography = Joey Forsyte
editing = Glenn Garland
distributor =Trimark Pictures
released =24 January ,1998
runtime = 91 minutes
country = USA
language = English
MPAA Rating = Rated R for strong language, a scene of sexuality, some violent behavior and substance abuse.
imdb_id = 0123034"The Curve" is a 1998 thriller/
neo-noir starringMatthew Lillard ,Keri Russell , andMichael Vartan . The film is also known as "Dead Man's Curve", but was changed to "The Curve" to avoid confusion with the film "Dead Man on Campus", acomedy about two college roommates who try to find another depressed roommate to push over the edge, in order to receive all A's.A soundtrack album featuring music from the film was released by Chromatic Records.
Plot
The story follows Tim, Chris and Rand who are campus roommates. After hearing of a school policy, which says that anyone whose roommate commits suicide gets an automatic 4.0 GPA(see:
Pass by catastrophe ), Tim and Chris plot to kill Rand and make it look like suicide. After the suicide, Rand's girlfriend Natalie (The roommate of Chris' girlfriend Emma)distraughtly commits suicide as well. The story takes several plot twists as each persons motives come to light and the truth is revealed.Cast
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Matthew Lillard - Tim
*Michael Vartan - Chris
*Randall Batinkoff - Rand
*Keri Russell - Emma
*Tamara Craig Thomas - Natalie
*Anthony Griffith - Detective Shipper
*Bo Dietl - Detective Amato
*Kevin Ruf - ErnieCrew
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Dan Rosen - Director/Writer
*Michael Amato - Producer
*Shark (musician) - MusicMiscellaneous
Filmed at
Johns Hopkins University inBaltimore ,Maryland .External links
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