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Tell-Tale (film)

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Tell Tale
Directed byMichael Cuesta
Written byDavid Callaham
Based on"The Tell-Tale Heart"
by Edgar Allan Poe
Produced byRidley Scott
Tony Scott
Martin Shore
Christopher Tuffin
Michael Costigan
StarringJosh Lucas
Lena Headey
Brian Cox
CinematographyTerry Stacey
Edited byKane Platt
Billy Rich
Music byDavid Buckley
Production
company
Distributed byGenius Products[1]
Release dates
  • April 24, 2009 (2009-04-24) (Tribeca Film Festival)
  • December 31, 2009 (2009-12-31)
Running time
93 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$12 million

Tell-Tale is a 2009 science fiction-horror drama film[2] inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's 1843 short story "The Tell-Tale Heart". It is directed by Michael Cuesta and stars Josh Lucas, Lena Headey, and Brian Cox and is produced by Tony Scott and Ridley Scott.[3] A man's recently transplanted heart leads him on a frantic search to find the donor's killer before a similar fate befalls him.[4]

Plot

In Providence, a husband and his wife die in a botched robbery; we see flickers of his last memories. His heart goes to Terry Bernard, a single father raising a girl with a rare degenerative disease. After the operation, Terry has flashes of memory from the last moments of the dead donor's life. Then, he recognizes one of the donor's killers and follows him into an alley. Within days, Terry becomes an unwilling avenger, with a police detective on his trail. Meanwhile, he begins a romance with his daughter's doctor, his moods complicated by memory flashes, the donor's deepening presence in both Terry's mind and body, and the unexplained bond among the donor's killers. Can this end well?

Cast

Production

Release

The film received a DVD and Blu-ray Disc release on 25 May 2010.[8]

Reception

References

  1. ^ Lionsgate opens for SOLOMON KANE, Genius takes TELL TALE[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10011964-tell_tale/
  3. ^ New One-Sheet: Tell-Tale
  4. ^ a b Diane Garrett (2007-11-07). "Josh Lucas to star in 'Tell-Tale'". Variety. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
  5. ^ a b Dade Hayes (2008-09-05). "Equity players enter risky film sector". Variety. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
  6. ^ Brian Cox and Josh Lucas Summon Poe For ‘Tell-Tale’ Re-Imagining
  7. ^ Official One Sheet for 'Tell-Tale' Has Us Puzzled
  8. ^ Tell Tale Blu-ray and DVD Art