The Big Empty (1997)
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67% of users liked it
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Former NYU film-school collaborators, director Jack Perez and actor-writer James McManus, made this private-eye tale on a budget of $165,000. Investigator Lloyd Meadows (McManus) is hired by edgy blonde Jane Danforth (Ellen Goldwasser) to track her cheating husband Peter (Pablo Bryan), who works at… More Former NYU film-school collaborators, director Jack Perez and actor-writer James McManus, made this private-eye tale on a budget of $165,000. Investigator Lloyd Meadows (McManus) is hired by edgy blonde Jane Danforth (Ellen Goldwasser) to track her cheating husband Peter (Pablo Bryan), who works at a homeless shelter -- so Meadows poses as a homeless man to get the truth about Peter on videotape. Shown at the 1997 AFI Los Angeles Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Rating, Runtime
- R, 1 hr. 34 min.
- Directed By
- Jack Perez
- Written By
- James McManus
- Genres
- Drama
- In Theaters
- Oct 1, 1998 Wide
- On DVD
- Sep 18, 2001
Critic Reviews
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Jon Popick, Planet Sick-Boy
A lot of fun, and it has the common courtesy to take a pretty surprising turn in the last act.
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Ryan Cracknell, Apollo Guide
It's either an ode to the old-style noir genre or it's a barely disguised rip off, and I'm leaning toward the latter.
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Cast
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James McManusas Lloyd Meadows -
Pablo Bryantas Peter Danforth -
Ellen Goldwasseras Jane Danforth
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H.M. Wynantas McCreadyJ. W. -
Anna Scott
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