Meurtres en direct

Titre original : Wrong Is Right

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Sean Connery in Meurtres en direct (1982)

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Satire Comedy Drama Thriller

Dans un futur proche, un journaliste américain découvre une inquiétante vente d'armes atomiques à un trafiquant.Dans un futur proche, un journaliste américain découvre une inquiétante vente d'armes atomiques à un trafiquant.Dans un futur proche, un journaliste américain découvre une inquiétante vente d'armes atomiques à un trafiquant.

Réalisation
- Richard Brooks
Scénario
- Charles McCarry
- Richard Brooks
Casting principal

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NOTE IMDb

5,6/10

2,3 k

MA NOTE

Réalisation
- Richard Brooks
Scénario
- Charles McCarry
- Richard Brooks
Casting principal

Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro

Récompenses
- 1 nomination au total

Anecdotes
This movie has been said to have possibly anticipated future world events. James Plath at "DVD Town" said of this movie that, "it's impossible to watch it more than twenty years later without seeing a ton of eerie similarities to the Bush White House", while Paul McElligott at "Celluloid Heroes" wrote: "The idea of the U.S. going to war in the Middle East over dubious claims of terrorists possessing weapons of mass destruction, specifically atomic bombs, is central to the plot. The discovery of the aforementioned bombs dangling from an antenna on top of the World Trade Center is probably far more chilling now than the filmmakers could ever have intended."

Gaffes
Obvious stunt double in place of Sean Connery in the opening skydiving sequence.

Citations
Philindros: I'll disarm the other bomb.
Patrick Hale: Just in the nick of time.
Philindros: Yep.
Patrick Hale: Convenient.
Philindros: Oh, I'd say lucky.
Patrick Hale: I thought for a while, the CIA had... arranged the suitcases. Like King Awad's suicide.
Philindros: Mr. Hale, we only try to do what's right.
Patrick Hale: Even when it's wrong?
Philindros: If it's good for America, it can't be wrong. Right?
Patrick Hale: What's next?
President Lockwood: [Scene cuts to Oval Office] War!

Crédits fous
Filmed in New York, Washington, D.C., Texas, New Mexico, France, Italy and Hagreb. [Hagreb is a fictional country featured in the movie, and France and Italy appear only in archive footage.]

Versions alternatives
The UK video release versions entitled "The Man with the Deadly Lens" were cut first by 2 seconds, then re-released cut by 7 seconds to reduce footage of a bomb being made from a light bulb. However, the DVD released in 2004 entitled "Wrong is Right" is uncut.

Connexions
Featured in Sneak Previews: Rocky III, Poltergeist, E.T., Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

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9/10

Twenty Years Too Soon

Reporter Sean Connery is hot on the trail of a terrorist seeking nuclear weapons. He's tracked by the CIA and other governmental agencies as well as various media outlets. Everyone manipulates everyone and in the end you're left wondering if there is anyone we can trust either in government or in the media.

When first released the film was a seemingly over the top spoof of the media and the governments uneasy relationship. No one could believe that this film was even remotely connected to reality and so they ignored it. I saw this film in a completely empty theater back in 1982. I was all alone and my laughter filled the theater. I thought it was a wicked spoof that took things, like the British Whoops Apocalypse, to a possible but uncomfortable conclusion.

After a run on cable this film dropped off the face of the earth and I didn't see it again until 1991 when I rented it during the first Iraq War. The film suddenly was very relevant and despite the fact that the jokes were funny, I couldn't laugh very much because what happened in the film was mirrored by reality.

Now, 22 years later, film comes out on DVD as the world is even closer to the type of things that happen in the film. Its still funny, and even more uncomfortable.

If you can take a film thats a black comedy that has slightly dated in some ways, but remains right on target with whats going on in the world see this film. Its simply a funny movie thats going to make you see things a little bit differently.