People I Know (2002)

Director:

Daniel Algrant

Writer (WGA):

Jon Robin Baitz (written by)

Release Date:

21 November 2002 (Peru)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

He thought he'd seen it all, until the night he saw too much

Plot:

A New York press agent must scramble when his major client becomes embroiled in a huge scandal.

Plot Keywords:

Actor | Benefit | Politics | Bail | Conspiracy

Cast

Al Pacino	...	Eli Wurman
Kim Basinger	...	Victoria Gray
Ryan O'Neal	...	Cary Launer
Téa Leoni	...	Jilli Hopper
Richard Schiff	...	Elliot Sharansky
Bill Nunn	...	The Reverend Lyle Blunt
Robert Klein	...	Dr. Sandy Napier
Mark Webber	...	Ross
Eldon Bullock	...	Washroom Attendant
Juliet Papa	...	Radio Announcer (voice)
Ramsey Faragallah	...	David Fielding
Brian McConnachie	...	Jamie Hoff
Frank Wood	...	Michael Wormly
Rex Reed	...	Himself
Lewis Dodley	...	Himself

Also Known As:

Der innere Kreis (Germany) (video title)
Im inneren Kreis (Germany)
Influences (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
La noche del crimen (Argentina) (Mexico) [es]
Eyewitness (Finland) [fi]
Gente Conhecida (Portugal) [pt]
O Articulador (Brazil) [pt]
Oi anthropoi pou xero (Greece) [el]
People I Know (Italy) [it]
Relaciones confidenciales (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for language, drug use and brief sexual images.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA (TV rating) | Brazil:14 | Iceland:12 | USA:TV-MA (TV rating) | Argentina:13 | Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R | Philippines:R-18 | Canada:14A

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Myriad Pictures

Trivia:

Loosely based on the life of NYC press agent Bobby Zarem

Quotes:

Victoria Gray: Is that what we're doing, E? We're surviving?
Eli Wurman: Don't underestimate it; it's harder than it looks.

Movie Connections:

Features "Crossfire" (1982)

Soundtrack:

Bye Bye Blackbird

Very Good Movie

Don't pay that much attention about all the bad comments you will hear: this is a very interesting movie.

To sum up, Al Pacino is an agent for all kind of people: stars, politicians... Therefore, he knows a lot of people and way too much about them. Now, the problem is that to many spectators the movie seemed empty. True there is no action, and true there is no big storyline. But it doesn't matter! This movie is about describing the "high spheres" of New York society. It is a good lesson on how corrupted the system is, how hypocrite people can be, and how you can't rely on anybody, even so-called friends. Everyone will turn his back on you when it comes to his own interest.

Al Pacino acts great in this movie. It's a very hard part since there is no real guideline, but he does the job wonderfully. You will see an OLD Al Pacino, a TIRED Al Pacino, that might disappoints you if you remember him as the lively and shouting "mister Devil's Advocate", but it's an interesting side of him that you might discover.