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Poodle Springs (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
96 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1998 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Bob Rafelson

Written By:
Robert B. Parker
Raymond Chandler

Actors:
James Caan ..... Philip Marlowe
Dina Meyer ..... Laura Parker-Marlowe
David Keith ..... Larry Victor / Charles Nichols
Tom Bower ..... Lt. Arnie Burns
Julia Campbell ..... Miriam 'Muffy' Blackstone-Nichols
Brian Cox ..... Clayton Blackstone
Nia Peeples ..... Angel
Sam Vlahos ..... Eddie Garcia
Michael Laskin ..... Manny Lipshultz
David Byrd ..... Seymour
Joe Don Baker ..... P.J. Parker
Royce D. Applegate ..... Ivan, the Motel Manager
Billy Beck ..... Old Man in Jail
Gary Bullock ..... L.A. Captain
Michael Cooke ..... Captain

Synopsis:

For this TV movie, Bob Rafelson directed James Caan as famous shamus Philip Marlowe. The novel Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) was writing during the year of his death remained unfinished until it was completed 30 years later by Spenser author Robert Parker. The British-based, Czech-born screenwriter/playwright Tom Stoppard scripted this telefilm adaptation. In 1963, the middle-aged Marlowe has put on a few pounds and gained a new wife, wealthy heiress Laura (Dina Meyer). In Poodle Springs, California, on the Nevada border, the couple lives in a house given them by P.J. Parker (Joe Don Baker), Laura's father. Framed for murder, Marlowe is bailed out by Laura, and he's soon hired to locate a gambler who owes $100,000. Investigating lowlife photographer Larry Victor (David Keith), Marlowe learns of a blackmail plot involving stripper Lola (La Joy Farr); he follows a trail that leads to a land scheme, while corpses begin to litter the landscape. This was James Caan's first TV role since Brian's Song (1971, later released theatrically), and the whodunit premiered July 25, 1998 on HBO.

Set in 1963, an aging Philip Marlowe (James Caan) is supposedly giving up his wild times to get married to a younger socialite (Dina Meyer). However, as might be expected crime follows Marlowe as he is soon mixed up in blackmail and murders as a sleazy photographer (David Keith) threatens to expose photos of a former stripper (La Joy Farr) who is now running with a billionaire. As things progress, he soon realizes that his new wife's father (Joe Don Baker) is also involved.

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