Jade (film)

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Jade
Original movie poster for Jade
Directed by	William Friedkin
Produced by	Gary Adelson Craig Baumgarten Robert Evans
Written by	Joe Eszterhas
Starring	David Caruso Linda Fiorentino Chazz Palminteri Richard Crenna Michael Biehn
Music by	James Horner
Cinematography	Andrzej Bartkowiak
Editing by	Angie Hess
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	October 13, 1995
Running time	95 min./107 min (director's cut)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$50,000,000 (estimated)
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Jade is an erotic crime film/thriller film released in 1995. The movie was written by Joe Eszterhas, produced by Robert Evans, and directed by William Friedkin, and starred David Caruso, Linda Fiorentino, Chazz Palminteri, Richard Crenna and Michael Biehn. The original music score was composed by James Horner. The film was marketed with the tagline "Some fantasies go too far."

[edit] Plot summary

San Francisco District Attorney David Corelli faces a potential conflict of interest when he learns that the prime suspect in a murder is psychologist Katrina Gavin, an old flame who eventually married his close friend Matt Gavin. Despite this, he continues on the case and discovers a series of photographs showing prominent public figures in compromising positions with an enigmatic prostitute known only as Jade. As Corelli searches for the identity of this unknown woman, believing she holds the key to the murder's solution, he uncovers further secrets that ultimately threaten his life.

[edit] Caruso career

This film and Kiss of Death, released the same year, worked in tandem to destroy David Caruso's movie career. Caruso, having just left NYPD Blue after a sensational single season as the series' leading man, was immediately cast as the lead in two important films but when they both failed at the box office, Caruso was out of work for two years before finally returning to television.

[edit] Main cast

[edit] Trivia

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• Guinevere Turner turned down a role in the film as she didn't want to get “decapitated and thrown through a window.”
• According to Joe Eszterhas's autobiography he hated the final film, because director William Friedkin changed Eszterhas's script so much. [1]
• A reporter from Empire magazine recommended Linda Fiorentino to producer Robert Evans.
• The killer's identity is revealed near the beginning of the film via subliminal messaging.
• The film's soundtrack makes extensive use of Loreena McKennitt's song The Mystic's Dream.
• This film was shot on location in San Francisco, California.
• The film is referenced in another film 'The 40 Year Old Virgin' where a character is told to act 'like David Caruso in Jade'

[edit] External links

• Jade at the Internet Movie Database
• Jade at Allmovie
• Jade at Rotten Tomatoes

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