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Watching the Detectives(2007)
Status: Released
Date: 2007-05-01
64%
141 Votes
Time: 1h 34m
Sometimes love is stranger than fiction.
Overview:
Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life femme fatale, his mundane world gets turned upside down and the line between reality and the movies quickly begins to blur.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $2,000,000.00
ProductionCompanies:
Peace Arch Entertainment Group
Hart-Lunsford Pictures
Plum Pictures
Movie: Watching the Detectives
Top 10 Billed Cast
Cillian Murphy
Neil
Lucy Liu
Violet
Jason Sudeikis
Jonathan
Michael Panes
Lucien
Callie Thorne
Marcia
Michael Yurchak
Buddy
Heather Burns
Denise
Mark Harelik
Detective Barloe
Ali Reza
Detective Lowenstein
Josh Pais
Andy
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