CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 2002
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MOVIE2002 1h 35m USA

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

Morgan Sullivan (Northam), a recently unemployed accountant, is bored with his suburban life. Pressured by his wife to take a job with her father's company, he instead pursues a position in corporate espionage. Digicorp's Head of Security, Finster (Bennett), inducts Morgan and assigns him a new identity. As Jack Thursby, he is sent to Convention (meeting) to secretly record presentations and transmit them to headquarters. Sullivan is soon haunted by recurring nightmares and neck pain. When he meets Rita Foster (Liu) from a competing corporation, his life starts to become complicated.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Lucy Liu

Lucy Liu

Rita Foster

Jeremy Northam

Jeremy Northam

Morgan Sullivan

Kari Matchett

Kari Matchett

Diane

Nigel Bennett

Nigel Bennett

Finster

David Hewlett

David Hewlett

Virgil C. Dunn

Kristina Nicoll

Kristina Nicoll

Amy

Joseph Scoren

Joseph Scoren

Digicorp Technician #1

Stephen Brown

Digicorp Technician #2