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Original Sin
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OverviewAI-generated
Original Sin is a 2001 mystery and erotic thriller film directed and written by Michael Cristofer, with a story based on work by Cornell Woolrich. Produced by Denise Di Novi, the movie stars Angelina Jolie, Thomas Jane, Antonio Banderas, and Jack Thompson. Rodrigo Prieto served as director of photography, while Terence Blanchard composed the score. The narrative is set in Cuba and involves themes of eroticism and sin.
The film was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Netflix, with a runtime of 116 minutes. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.0 from 62,238 votes and a Metascore of 33. Review aggregators list a score of 12% and 33 out of 100. The production had a budget of $42,000,000 and generated $35,402,320 in revenue. It received two award nominations and is rated R.
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Film · TMDB
6.1A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.
Cast
- Angelina Jolie as Julia Russell / Bonnie Castle
- Antonio Banderas as Luis Antonio Vargas
- Thomas Jane as Walter Downs / Billy / Mephisto
- Gregory Itzin as Colonel Worth
- Jack Thompson as Alan Jordan
- Allison Mackie as Augusta Jordan
Themes
- cuba
- female lover
- eroticism
- coffee grower
- sin
- denunciation
- erotic thriller
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Ratings
IMDb
6/10
62,238 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
12%
Metacritic
33/100
- Year
- 2001
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Michael Cristofer
- Screenplay by
- Michael Cristofer
- Based on
- Waltz into Darkness , by Cornell Woolrich
- Produced by
- Denise Di Novi Kate Guinzberg Carol Lees
- Starring
- Antonio Banderas Angelina Jolie Thomas Jane Jack Thompson
- Cinematography
- Rodrigo Prieto
- Edited by
- Eric A. Sears
- Music by
- Terence Blanchard
- Production companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Epsilon Motion Pictures Hyde Park Entertainment Via Rosa Productions
- Distributed by
- MGM Distribution Co.
- Release dates
- July 11, 2001 ( 2001-07-11 ) (France) August 3, 2001 ( 2001-08-03 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 116 minutes
- Countries
- United Kingdom, France, Mexico, United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $26 -42 million
- Box office
- $35.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- original sin
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- German
- Director
- Michael Cristofer
- Screenwriter
- Cornell Woolrich
- Cast member
- Lisa Owen
- Composer
- Terence Blanchard
- Producer
- Denise Di Novi
- Cinematographer
- Rodrigo Prieto
- Narrative location
- Cuba
- Duration
- 112
- FilmAffinity ID
- 591290
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2001-07-12
- title
- Original Sin
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Michael Cristofer
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 33/100
- different from
- Original Sin
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Encyclopedic overview
Original Sin is a 2001 American erotic romantic thriller film written and directed by Michael Cristofer and starring Antonio Banderas and Angelina Jolie. It is based on the 1947 novel Waltz into Darkness by Cornell Woolrich, which was previously made into the 1969 François Truffaut film Mississippi Mermaid. The film was produced by actress Michelle Pfeiffer's production company, Via Rosa Productions.
Plot
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