Don't forget "Rough Magic" based on Chase's "Miss Shumway
Waves Her Wand". It came out in '95 and has Bridget Fonda and
Russell Crowe. I Kinda liked it.
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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "David L. Duncan"
<david_duncan@a...> wrote:
>
> This may fall into the category of B-Grade thrillers
that Juri was
referring
> to, but I believe the 1998 movie "Palmetto" was
based on Chase's
novel,
> "Just Another Sucker."
>
> I enjoyed Palmetto -- a sunshine neo-noir starring
Woody Harrelson
that is
> more or less in the vein of Red Rock West (1992) and
Wild Things
(1998).
> It's a bit overheated and somewhat predictable,
despite a number of
> final-reel plot twists. But the typical noir farrago
of moral
corruption,
> sexual manipulation, betrayal, and double crossings
it serves up
still works
> for me. It certainly doesn't hurt that female stars
Elizabeth
Shue, Gina
> Gershon and Chloe Sevigny are all quite easy on the
eyes.
(Interestingly,
> Shue and Gershon play against their usual types with
Gershon as the
dutiful
> wife and Shue as the alluring femme
fatale.)
>
> On the other hand, I didn't like "Palmetto" so much
that I sought
out "Just
> Another Sucker" at the library or used book store.
Does anyone
recommend
> it?
>
> David Duncan
> (New to Rara Avis)
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