The Usual Suspects is a 1995 neo-noir mystery film directed by Bryan Singer and written by Christopher McQuarrie. It stars Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Chazz Palminteri, Pete Postlethwaite, and Kevin Spacey.
- Starring : Stephen Baldwin / Gabriel Byrne
- Genre : Crime / Mystery / Thriller
- Country : United States / Germany
- Language : English / Hungarian / Spanish / French
- Director : Bryan Singer
- Production : PolyGram Filmed Entertainment / Spelling Films International / Blue Parrot / Bad Hat Harry Productions / Rosco Film GmbH
- Distributor : Alliance / Asmik Ace Entertainment / Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International / Columbia TriStar Film / Columbia TriStar Films Pty. Ltd. / Elliniki Kinimatografiki Enosi (ELKE) / Filmes Lusomundo / Gramercy Pictures (I) / Lider Films / Nea Kinisi / Pan Européenne Distribution / PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Distribution / PolyGram Filmed Entertainment / Rank Film Distributors / Spelling Films International / Svensk Filmindustri (SF) / Ufilms / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Amazon Prime Video / Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment / Columbia TriStar Home Video / Filmax Home Video / Image Entertainment / Katholieke Radio Omroep (KRO) / LW Editora / MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) / MGM Home Entertainment / Nea Kinisi Video / Nu Metro Home Entertainment / Paramount Home Entertainment / Paramount Home Video / PolyGram Video / RTL / Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) / Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment / Vlaamse Radio en Televisie (VRT)
The Usual Suspects movie
The Usual Suspects release date
- January 25, 1995 : USA (Sundance Film Festival)
- May 1, 1995 : France (Cannes Film Festival) (premiere)
- July 19, 1995 : France
- August 1, 1995 : UK (Edinburgh International Film Festival)
- August 16, 1995 : USA
- August 25, 1995 : UK
- September 8, 1995 : Spain
- September 23, 1995 : Canada (Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival)
- October 19, 1995 : Australia
- November 3, 1995 : Sweden
- December 15, 1995 : Ireland
- January 18, 1996 : Germany
- February 22, 1996 : Philippines
- April 13, 1996 : Japan
- October 10, 1996 : USA (Austin Film Festival)
- July 18, 2001 : France (re-release)
- February 6, 2011 : Canada (Digital Film Festival)
The Usual Suspects cast
- Stephen Baldwin as McManus
- Gabriel Byrne as Keaton
- Benicio Del Toro as Fenster
- Kevin Pollak as Hockney
- Kevin Spacey as Verbal
- Chazz Palminteri as Dave Kujan
- Pete Postlethwaite as Kobayashi
- Suzy Amis as Edie Finneran
- Giancarlo Esposito as Jack Baer
- Dan Hedaya as Jeff Rabin
- Paul Bartel as Smuggler
- Carl Bressler as Saul Berg
- Phillipe Simon as Fortier
- Jack Shearer as Renault
- Christine Estabrook as Dr. Plummer
The plot follows the interrogation of Roger “Verbal” Kint, a small-time con man, who is one of only two survivors of a massacre and fire on a ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles. Through flashback and narration, Kint tells an interrogator a convoluted story of events that led him and his criminal companions to the boat, and of a mysterious crime lord-known as Keyser Söze – who controlled them. The film was shot on a $6 million budget and began as a title taken from a column in Spy magazine called The Usual Suspects, after one of Claude Rains’ most memorable lines in the classic film Casablanca, and Singer thought that it would make a good title for a film.
The film was shown out of competition at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival, and then initially released in a few theaters. It received favorable reviews and was eventually given a wider release. McQuarrie won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and Spacey won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance. The Writers Guild of America ranked the film as having the 35th greatest screenplay of all time.
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