Masquerade

1988
R
1h 31m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

4.7K

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A recently orphaned heiress meets a young racing yacht captain on Long Island. He shows interest in her and, being heiress to $200,000,000, love may not be the reason.

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A recently orphaned heiress meets a young racing yacht captain in the Long Island Hamptons. He shows interest in her, but love may not be the reason.A recently orphaned heiress meets a young racing yacht captain in the Long Island Hamptons. He shows interest in her, but love may not be the reason.A recently orphaned heiress meets a young racing yacht captain in the Long Island Hamptons. He shows interest in her, but love may not be the reason.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

4.7K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

Trivia
The film's original title was "Dying for Love," but the studio was concerned that the public would associate the title with AIDS, and thus it was dropped.

Goofs
The gun in the death scene is an automatic pistol. After it is fired it ends up on the floor, where it is shown with the hammer not cocked. A semiautomatic pistol such as that one recocks itself after a shot is fired. The hammer should have been cocked.

Quotes
Olivia Lawrence: Marry me.
Tim Whalen: What did you say?
Olivia Lawrence: You heard me.
Tim Whalen: Olivia.
Olivia Lawrence: A simple yes would be fine.
Tim Whalen: You know I love you.
Olivia Lawrence: Oh Jesus, forget it. Pretend I never said it. I didn't mean it.
Tim Whalen: No, there's nothing in the world I'd rather do than marry you but I - I just don't think you know enough about me.
Olivia Lawrence: You rob banks or something?
Tim Whalen: Bounce checks.
Olivia Lawrence: For a living?
Tim Whalen: When I quit school, I got caught in Cincinnati with no money. Wrote a lot of checks on a closed account. Spent thirty days in jail.
Olivia Lawrence: And for that you wont marry me?

Alternate versions
A TV version exists where there is a much longer conversation between Tim Whalen (Rob Lowe) and Brooke Morrison (Kim Cattrall) in bed in which they discuss her numerous affairs with other men. Secondly, Olivia Lawrence (Meg Tilly) discusses with Tim about their past summer before they met. This scene is in her Manhattan apartment either before or after Olivia's meeting with her attorneys. Thirdly, Olivia approaches Tim overlooking the window and starts to kiss him passionately.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Video Discoveries (1989)

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Very Dick Wolf... A long, sexy episode of L&O.

Okay, could Rob Lowe be more naked in more movies? That said, this isn't bad it all. It's very Dick Wolf in the incredible number of switchbacks the storyline endures, but essentially compelling and capable of retaining surprise. The end is ham-handed at best, and Jennifer Tilly is essentially a cardboard cut-out good girl with her little lace collars. Both Rob Lowe and Doug Savant are competent and almost complicated as prominent figures in the heiress' life. Rob Lowe is perfect for the role, although the director doesn't make the most of either his complexity or his simplicity, whichever way you choose to see it. Doug Savant is especially sharp, but his character's emotional motivation is never clear and the extent of his involvement remains murky. (For example, did the mother die accidentally or on purpose?)