Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This week: With Wild hiking into theaters, we’ve lined up a series of films about people braving the great outdoors. The Edge (1997) For a David Mamet-scripted movie about two men who lust after the same woman, The Edge doesn’t overflow with the expected surplus of testosterone. In fact, the movie plays a bit like a Mamet play removed from the stage and dropped into the wilderness, unsure how to proceed with its usual mind-games and one-upmanship. Mamet and director Lee Tamahori begin with billionaire Charles Morse (Anthony Hopkins) accompanying his wife Mickey (Elle Macpherson) on a modeling job in Alaska. He wonders about the intentions of the brash photographer, Bob Green (Alec Baldwin), but nonetheless agrees to join him on a smaller side trip, further into the wild. When their plane ...
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 19:43:57 +0000
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