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The Night He Saw Too Much
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>"I like that about the movie," Pacino said, "There was an earlier draft in which the crime stuff was more in the foreground, but no, this isn't a crime movie, it's about Eli's personality. He has a key line: 'I just can't stop.' This is what he does. He knows people. He fixes things. He's got his causes. Maybe he's gay, but he's never explored that possibility. He just keeps moving." <
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>Eli Wurman is an exhausted New York press agent, taking too many drugs. He is a man torn between compromise and idealism. It is a carefully-tuned performance, in which Eli descends into a long night of drugs and is finally so tired and confused he doesn't know if he has witnessed a murder, or not. Al Pacino plays Eli Wurman, and it a performance that is not over the top but not far from it. His one client, Ryan O'Neal, is caught in a big mess and it concerns a junked up minor actress, Jilli Hopper, played by Tea Leoni. He is not sure what he has seen after he escorts Jilli home- was it murder or was it not? His sister-in-law, Kim Basinger, is his one true defender and the one person who may love him. What a mess he is in. It seems everyone is after him. The dangerous client, the movie star, wants to pay Eli off ,and join a political party and he wants Elliott Sharansky, Richard Schiff to help him win a political seat. Eli needs to take charge of himself, can he do it? Can he get himself together to save things? <
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>As one of the plots was critical about the mayor of New York, this film sat on the shelves for two years following the terrorist attacks on the USA of 9/11. We all remember that Mayor Giuliani was a hero. The film came out in late 2002. It has not made a splash. The film is disjointed at times. It is difficult to know where the film is heading. I couldn't quite like Pacino's character. I felt sorry for him, but it is not enough to carry to the film. Recommended. prisrob Feb. 06. <
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Pacino is great but he cant breathe life into this forgettable film
Al Pacino (Heat, Insomnia) stars as Eli, a once powerful NYC press agent who is down to his last client, movie star Cary Launer played by Ryan O'Neal (Malibu's Most Wanted, Zero Effect) who has Pacino do his dirty work. Pacino gets involved with bad girl model Jilli Hopper played by Tea Leoni (Spanglish, Fun With Dick and Jane). Leoni and Pacino visit a place in which Pacino takes some opium or he smokes something while Leoni tries to find her "toy", which is a video camera that has a lot of political figures doing some crazy stuff and which the political figures dont want that evidence being put on the internet because...we all know how power people dont want things like that to ruin their reputation and image. So, while passing out in Leoni's bathtub, Pacino sees someone while is is "passing out" that he shouldnt of seen. Pacino also is benefiting a party at The Palm and he wants big names, so on and so forth. Pacino digs in to Eli from Georgia but this film is weak, the cast doesnt help either. This didnt even feel like a thriller or a mystery. Also starring Kim Basinger (Cellular, 8 mile), Bill Nunn (Spider-Man, Tv's The Job), Richard Schiff (Tv's The West Wing, Jurassic Park 2), Mark Webber (Winter Solstice), Paulina Porizkova (Knots), David Marshall Grant (Stepford Wives), Robert Klein (Primary Colors, Pinero), Jon Hendricks (sings Jazz), Regis Philbin (you know who this is) and Andrew Davoi (Knockaround Guys.

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who is running the show
my goodness - being a fan of both Al Pacino and Kim Basinger, this was so sad - why did they even bother - at least follow up on a plot you tried to create - what a shame!