Jagged edge contact information name, email address, phone number. These days it is almost unheard of for a movie to keep you guessing until the last frame, but this one does, partly because. Jagged edge is getting a remake starring halle berry. Loggia brings a welcome salty edge to the film with his foul. Ending spoiler for jagged edge 1985, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. The performances are good and the plot is watertight, as a whodunit must be. If you like jagged edge you are looking for tense, suspenseful and twists and turns movies about with murder, courtroom, lawyer, mystery, crime, danger and crimes themes of drama, mystery and thriller genre shot in usa. Like most eszterhas scripts, if you put jagged edge under too powerful a critical lens the cracks begin to show.
I love courtroom thrillers, and theres plenty of court drama here, but not enough to make the picture work. Sonys remake would have to find an actor to match bridges in. The film stars glenn close, jeff bridges, peter coyote 2 and robert loggia who was nominated for the academy award for best supporting actor for his role. Jagged edge 1985 british board of film classification. Sign in deleted video jagged edge goodbye lyrics by roxannes88. The machinery in this movie is so efficient that we dont know the answer until the very last shot and ill be getting back to that last shot in a moment. Though it starts with style and assurance, the jagged edge quickly descends into a mass of. Apart from the film s distinct characters, the strength of the cast in the original jagged edge also elevates the story immensely. From the director of return of the jedi, jagged edge is one of the best mainstream thrillers of the 1980s. Search at, the number one source for concerts, sports, arts, theater, theatre, broadway shows, family event tickets on online. It is a courtroom thriller with a 1940s feel, written by joe eszterhas, and directed by richard marquand.
Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. Bridges does well also as the perfectly moussed, tan dreamboat who might be a savage murderer. Telly addict andrew collins casts his critical eye over new worlds above, klondike, the trip to italy, endeavour and monkey planet. Joe eszterhas conceives a winning formula, and this is perhaps his best. You can absolutely feel the attraction to a slick, handsome, polished man with a sophisticated manner of speech, even.
Watch jagged edge starring glenn close in this drama on directv. After a wealthy socialite is found brutally murdered, her manipulative husband, played byjeff bridges, becomes the prime suspect. Slick and manipulative, jagged edge is nonetheless a vastly enjoyable psychological thriller due to the expert turns from jeff bridges, glenn close, and robert loggia, who won a supporting actor. In todays film news roundup, sonys working on a jagged edge remake with halle berry, al sapienza is playing the brother to tom hardys al capone and moviepass part. Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. Jagged edge original motion picture soundtrack discogs. Jagged edge you dont love me fuel for your soul 1990. Jagged edge is a 1985 film starring glenn close, jeff bridges, and peter coyote. An attractive attorney takes his case, and their relationship quickly evolves into what on the. Jagged edge is about a young newspaper publisher, jack forrester. Jagged edge is a 1985 american courtroom drama erotic thriller starring glenn close, jeff bridges, peter coyote, and robert loggia when san francisco socialite, paige forrester, is found brutally murdered at her remote beach house, the police are quick to list her.
Robert loggia received an academy award nomination as best supporting actor for his role in this film. Rent jagged edge 1985 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. A beautiful and wealthy heiress is found savagely slain. As glenn close discovers in jagged edge 1985 defending a suspected murder is challenging, but falling in love with one just might be deadly. Released by varese sarabande in 1985 bcl 6001 containing music from jagged edge 1985. The original film was written by joe eszterhas basic instinct. The murder weapon a large hunting knife with a serrated, jagged edge. When the film was submitted for classification in 1985 the first examiners to view it suggested two cuts may be required to achieve an 18 classification. Jagged edge, which was directed by richard marquand and opens today at the coronet and other theaters, concerns a glamorous lawyer who falls for. While some may argue the merits of his other work, there is good case to be made that jagged edge is joe eszterhass best film. Movie jagged edge is very well done thriller with excellent characterizations of a sociopath, played by bridges, and a smart but gullible woman, played by close. Jagged edge contact info booking agent, manager, publicist.
Rent jagged edge 1985 starring jeff bridges and glenn close on dvd and bluray. Jagged edge promise official video by officialjaggededge. Watch jagged edge online stream full movie directv. Eszterhas and director richard marquand would still get to use the original title when they collaborated again on 1987s hearts of fire 1987. The r and b group jagged edge named itself after the film. The main suspect is pages husband, jack jeff bridges.
After the commencing of the investigation, her widower husband finds himself as. Jagged edge turned out another set full of slow jams indistinguishable from what was already all over urban radio album over 6. Jagged edge appears to have had a mostly positive reception upon release roger ebert gave it a 3. Lawyer teddy barnes reluctantly takes up the case of publisher jack forrester, who is accused of murdering his wife for her money. Parts of jagged edge were shot onlocation in san francisco, whose city hall provides the film s courtroom exteriors. The film stars glenn close, jeff bridges, peter coyote and robert loggia who was nominated for the academy award for best supporting actor for his role. Jagged edge 1985 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Jagged edge jagged edge album, 2006 album by the american group. Jagged edge 2020 is a remake of the 1985 movie, which featured glenn close and jeff bridges. Jagged edge nude scenes naked pics and videos at mr.
Jagged edge is supremely effective at what it sets out to do toy with the audience. Though it has been four years since teddy barnes glenn close walked away from practicing law, a case involving the murders of a woman named page forrester maria mayenzet and the household help puts her right back into the courtroom. Bigname screenwriter joe eszterhas followup to flashdance, jagged edge was directed by richard marquand, who had previously lensed return of the jedi. By the time of the release of jagged edges third album, jagged little thrill. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Jagged edge is undoubtedly flawed, but the lightweighted court room drama is pretty sharply directed and the performances are top notch glenn close, jeff bridges, peter coyte og and robert loggia which earned an oscar nomination.
The secretary found jagged edge in the description of the murder weapon. Jagged edge movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. Jagged edge is a film directed by richard marquand with glenn close, jeff bridges, peter coyote, robert loggia, year. San francisco is the setting for the criminal legal drama jagged edge 1985, which takes as its subject matter the murdering of an heiress named page forrester, played by maria mayenzet. In the movie jaggged edge, san francisco heiress page forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Jagged edge is a 1985 american neonoir courtroom drama erotic thriller film written by joe eszterhas and directed by richard marquand. Find out when and where you can watch jagged edge on tv with the full listings schedule at. Its jagged edge, a razorsharp suspense thriller about crime, punishment and passion. I have only one quarrel with the film, but its a fairly substantial one. Now, the film is certainly flawed, but its still interesting to watch. Its another effective thriller from richard marquand, who made eye of the needle. View jagged edge booking agent, manager, publicist contact info.
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