A Perfect Murder Page #3

Synopsis: Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory. Brilliant in her own right, she works at the U.N. and is involved with a struggling artist who fulfills her emotional needs. When her husband discovers her indiscretion, he sets out to commit the perfect murder and inherit her considerable trust fund in the bargain.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Andrew Davis
Production: Universal / Warner Bros.
  2 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
50
Rotten Tomatoes:
55%
R
Year:
1998
107 min
3,457 Views


cash-and-carry.

You're out of your mind.

Not really.

Why?

l appreciate your curiosity, but my

agenda doesn't really concern you.

l guess l'll just go straight

to Emily and tell her all of this.

Well, that would be

my word against yours...

...Winston.

And what if l call the cops?

Have you ever been

to Boca Raton, Florida?

There was a lady there who was

carrying on with a younger man....

He was a hell of a tennis player.

Anyway, when the affair ended...

...he disappeared...

...along with the lady's bearer bonds.

You sure you've never been there?

Not that l recall.

An acquaintance of mine has

a photograph of the suspect.

All they need is a name...

...as in, strike three.

No parole.

You think you got a box big enough

to hold $ 1 00,000 in cash?

Why don't you come by the apartment

around 1 2 o'clock tomorrow...

...unless you have a previous

luncheon engagement.

l assume you know where l live.

This is crazy. l don't understand.

l'm your best friend. Half the year...

...goes by and you don't say one thing?

Do you love him?

Are you going to leave Steven?

Talk to me.

l will, if you shut up for one second.

All right, l'm waiting.

l didn't tell you

because you adore Steven.

You cried at our wedding,

for God's sake.

-l cry at every wedding.

-No, you don't.

You like the idea of us.

Everybody does.

But you have no idea who he is.

-l know Steven.

-No, you don't.

You don't know that every single

thing always has to be on his terms.

Okay? You don't know that he has

no real interest in who l am.

What are you going to do?

l don't know.

l'm going to figure out a way

to tell him. He deserves that.

What makes you think he doesn't know?

Because there's no way.

l mean, he knows that something's

not right but....

Does David have a last name?

Shaw. David Shaw.

And he knows about your family?

What do you mean?

What do you think l mean?

Come on. You know we don't talk

about that kind of stuff.

ln six months,

you never mentioned money?

No!

Believe me, okay?

David has absolutely no interest

in anything other than painting...

...and me.

And you.

ls that why you're not wearing

your wedding ring?

Oh, my God!

What?

l left it at David's.

Working late?

No, l was having a drink with Raquel.

And how is the Castilian femme fatale?

By the way, l saw your friend

David this evening.

Really?

He honored me with a visit

at his industrial hideaway.

You're kidding!

And where's that?

Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

How'd you get his number?

l called some of those obscure

galleries you prowl...

...dropped your name.

You're right.

He's very talented.

Did you buy anything?

l made him an offer.

And?

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