Black Widow (2007 film)

Infobox Film
name = Black Widow


caption = Promotional poster
director = Armand Mastroianni
producer = Erik Heiberg
James Wilberger
writer = Teleplay:
Riley Weston
Story
Riley Weston
Jeremy Bernstein
starring = Elizabeth Berkley
Alicia Coppola
Adriana DeMeo
Jeremy Howard
Brady Smith
Randall Batinkoff
Barbara Niven
Joel Anderson
David Ury
music = Zack Ryan
cinematography = Mark Mervis
editing = Christine Kelley
distributor = - USA -
RHI Entertainment
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released = May 17, 2008
runtime = 89 min.
country = flagicon|USAUSA
language = English
budget = $2,000,000 (Estimated)
imdb_id = 1046894

Overview

"Black Widow" is a 2007 made-for-television movie produced by RHI Entertainment and starring Elizabeth Berkley, Alicia Coppola and Randall Batinkoff. It is loosely based on the 1987 film of the same name starring Debra Winger and Theresa Russell. [ [http://www.rhitv.com/Movie.aspx?id=8 RHI :: Black Widow ] ]

Plot

Olivia (Elizabeth Berkley), is young, beautiful, brilliant, and effortlessly charming. She is a dedicated charity worker, responsible for establishing free clinics across the country for poor women. When she meets millionaire Danny Keegan (Randall Batinkoff), the pair soon form a relationship and he falls for her. However, it soon becomes clear that not everyone admires Olivia. Danny’s college friend, Melanie (Alicia Coppola), a photo journalist for the "Los Angeles Tribune", thinks that there is something suspicious about Olivia and soon wants to learn more about the mysterious woman.

With the help of her assistant, Finn (Adriana DeMeo), Melanie discovers the truth about Olivia, finding out that her Ph.D. is fake, that she is responsible for many acts of embezzlement and that she has another lover on the side. Then she discovers Olivia’s numerous identities, the multiple marriages that have left her very rich, and the suspicious deaths of each of her husbands. Soon enough, Olivia realises that Melanie is on to her and begins to take action against her. She will do anything to protect herself, even if it comes to murder.

Trivia

*Black Widow re-unites Elizabeth Berkley and Randall Batinkoff, who starred together four years previously in the action thriller "Detonator". [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312617/ Detonator (2003) ] ]

*Adriana DeMeo stars in crime series "Without a Trace", for which Elizabeth Berkley has made a notable special guest appearance.

*The film was originally released in 2007, before being re-cut and re-released in 2008 under the title "Dark Beauty". [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1046894/releaseinfo#akas Black Widow (2008) (TV) - Release dates ] ] [ [http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/movies/dark-beauty Dark Beauty | myLifetime.com ] ]

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.rhitv.com/Movie.aspx?id=8 Official Site]
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