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Copycat
- Director: Jon Amiel
- Writer: Ann Biderman; David Madsen
- Producer: Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr.; John Fiedler
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Amiel keeps it together.
Weaver is a powerhouse.
The intelligent script takes it to an inconceivable place...truly tense.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
In San Francisco, the criminal psychologist Helen Hudson is specialized in serial-killers. During a trial, the accused Daryll Lee Cullum kills a police officer and tries to kill her and she becomes agoraphobic. Now Helen lives a reclusive life with her gay friend Andy that helps her. Sometime later, there is a wave of crimes and Detectives M.J. Monahan and Reuben Goetz are investigating the murder cases. Helen identifies that the murderer is copycatting notorious serial-killers and she anonymously contacts the Police Department. After fourteen phone calls, she is identified by the police. Detectives M.J. and Reuben visit her and Helen teams up with them and prepares the profile of the killer that wants to be famous. But soon the copycat killer Peter Foley contacts and stalks Helen and M.J. and Reuben give protection to her. Will they be capable to stop Foley before the next murder?
Cast & Characters
Sigourney Weaver as Helen Hudson;
Holly Hunter as M.J. Monahan;
Dermot Mulroney as Reuben Goetz;
William McNamara as Peter Foley;
Harry Connick Jr. as Daryll Lee Cullum;
J.E. Freeman as Lt. Thomas Quinn;
Will Patton as Nicoletti;
John Rothman as Andy;
Shannon O'Hurley as Susan Schiffer;
Bob Greene as Pachulski;
Tony Haney as Kerby;
Danny Kovacs as Kostas;
Tahmus Rounds as Landis;
Scott DeVenney as Cop #1;
David Michael Silverman as Mike