La Formula
Paese d'origine: USA
Location del set: Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA Islamorada, Florida, USA Logan Airport, East Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA North End, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Rowes Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts, USA South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Genere: Drama Mystery Thriller
Lingue: English
Plot: Joe Ross is a rising star. He's designed a process that will make his company millions. He wants a bonus for this work, but fears his boss will stiff him. He meets a wealthy stranger, Jimmy Dell, and they strike up an off-kilter friendship. When the boss seems to set Ross up to get nothing, he seeks Dell's help. Then he learns Dell is not what he seems, so he contacts an FBI agent through his tightly-wound assistant, Susan Ricci. The FBI asks him to help entrap Dell. He accepts, a sting is arranged, but suddenly it's he who's been conned out of the process and framed for murder. Bewildered and desperate, he enlists Susan's aid to prove his innocence.
Visti censura internazionale: Switzerland:12 USA:PG Sweden:11 Argentina:13 Finland:K-12 France:U Portugal:M/12 Switzerland:12
Date di uscita internazionali:
| Argentina:16 September 1999 |
| Australia:15 October 1998 |
| Austria:4 December 1998 |
| Belgium:11 March 1998 |
| Finland:26 February 1999 |
| France:7 January 1998 |
| Germany:22 October 1998 |
| Italy:1999 |
| Japan:1 May 1999 |
| Luxembourg:13 March 1998 |
| New Zealand:3 December 1998 |
| Norway:24 July 1998 |
| Poland:4 September 1998 |
| Spain:11 September 1998 |
| Sweden:18 September 1998 |
| UK:28 August 1998 |
| USA:3 April 1998 |
| France:13 September 1997 | (Deauville Film Festival) |
| UK:August 1998 | (Edinburgh Film Festival) |
| Finland:20 August 1998 | (Espoo Film Festival) |
| Switzerland:11 September 1998 | (German speaking region) |
| Iceland:17 January 1999 | (Reykjavik Film Festival) |
| Canada:8 September 1997 | (Toronto Film Festival) |
| PCS:Spherical |
| PFM:35 mm |
| RAT:1.85 : 1 |
| OFM:35 mm | (Eastman Kodak) |
| Dolby Digital |
| Argentina:112 |
| Spain:113 |
| USA:110 |
Cast & Credits
distribuzione cinematografica nazionale:
ascot elite entertainment group
bac films
jasmine productions, inc.
kinowelt filmverleih
lauren film
lider films
lusomundo
sony pictures classics
produzione cinematografica: sweetland films jean doumanian productions
produttore cinematografico: doumanian jean aronson letty green sarah beaucaire j.e.
regista: mamet david
attore: gazzara ben huffman felicity jay ricky martin steve pidgeon rebecca scott campbell freidman richard l. graff jerrold levin g. roy hinckle hilary pittu david kaldor christopher mcdonald gary robinson michael (iii) tecosky olivia potok charlotte butler paul (i) johnston j.j. weisberg emily ross stephanie cuker elliot zigler scott hawley steven lage jordan goldstein steven (i) katz jonathan dunn iii paul mamet tony wallace jack (i) o'neill ed (i) gregg clark smith lionel mark frangione jim soule allen mccann mary b. johnson gus (ii) whitlock jr. isiah voyt harriet reddick kristin murphy andrew (ii) geidt jeremy kallis carolyn 'coco' pepe neil stransky charles matsushita takeo yoshida seiko katano mimi jo
direttore della fotografia: beristain gabriel
scenografia: galvin tim
montaggio: tulliver barbara
compositori: burwell carter
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: mamet david
costumi: lyall susan
troupe varia: voyt harriet feldmann robert k. fennessy kevin danaher tom dicker john albèrt martin arenas ed budge don griffin martha cobb tim cogliano john cole tom connolly jr. francis conroy chloe costley tom cournoyer daniel coyman william cronk john crown patricia (iii) davis scott d. davis shirley deegan jacqui desrochers christine v. destasio robert diieso michael disano anne donahue james (iii) dunder ron emmerton meryl ezell ashley facey joe farnell ken farrell larry feanny deborah r. fearon debora feldman lawrence fitzgerald mark (ii) fitzgibbon kenneth d. fleming frank i. flynn jimmy (i) fodor charlotte freed jennifer zolten gagliardi joseph ginsberg mark glafcke jon glassboro sergeant frank gomi monica gonzalez ginger grabski derek green dennis (iii) green george (v) greenberg ralph grizzard grant guarino gerry hagen richard (ii) hagigy edith hajatian alexis hale johnny 'montana' hanscom richard harrington charles herring scott p. hodder liz hoehn beck hollyer christian j. jacobson meredith jones perry a. kane joan e. kane trudy katz mark howard kelly kate (iii) kimpton roger klenk elizabeth koch tim kompanek sonny kushner zack larue dave 'lash' lesser diane loeb charles logan michael (ii) long dirk q. maccallum bruce (i) macdonald james (iii) mallon joe maloy a.b. manno peter marano gabe margolis david mason daniel mays william (ii) mcbride john (ii) mcgraw annette mcphee jack milstein jessica a. mitchell emily moon brian moran william d. morbey kai morris stacy j. o'grady daniel (iii) parente franco porta richard porter patricia powers bill (i) pugh james quinn patrick (i) radzikowski karen robinson jeff (ii) rodriguez sabrina l. rojas marcus rosenberg roger russell dan (iii) rybicky dan rymon holly s. salackwell viril sanders sam (ii) saporito james sarpola dick schneiderman elayne schneiderman wayne schrowang deidre passaro joe podbielski bob malesci artie bernay lynette (ii) snyder bryan pickman carolyn baumgartner robert (i) gottlieb gordon schlesinger adam topper gary hamer yonit newhall deborah smith-serna rebecca cybulski mary dudek jason edlitz mark melito david abramowitz jane pia possick andrew adams james (iii) altman joan antonellis tom audino richard beal john (iii) beazley cathy beckler kurt bedell walter 'red' bialer donald billeci john bridges jim (iii) buehler laurie bulakowski kristine burke robert sean cabral anne campenni tony carlisle robert (iii) carnes bob carter juliet casey mark j. chariston eric charlap emile clark john (xiii) clark kerry schulman henry schultz kate shames stacy silano chris smaling william sohn agatha sotet danielle spieldenner francis strauss diana taylor hartsell thomas ryan (ii) valentine fred vanchieri dan violante joe walker michael (vii) walts peter wheeler andy (ii) white robert e. wilson frank (iii) young mark (ii) zarnett nina zito kara
varie ecomond press: axium payroll services balsmeyer and everett, inc. bank of boston boston light and sound, inc. camera service center, inc. chase ny great northern j.g. films, inc. sound one corporation spera corporation tomkats catering panavision, new york reiff & associates the effects house
produzione cinematografica: sweetland films jean doumanian productions
produttore cinematografico: doumanian jean aronson letty green sarah beaucaire j.e.
regista: mamet david
attore: gazzara ben huffman felicity jay ricky martin steve pidgeon rebecca scott campbell freidman richard l. graff jerrold levin g. roy hinckle hilary pittu david kaldor christopher mcdonald gary robinson michael (iii) tecosky olivia potok charlotte butler paul (i) johnston j.j. weisberg emily ross stephanie cuker elliot zigler scott hawley steven lage jordan goldstein steven (i) katz jonathan dunn iii paul mamet tony wallace jack (i) o'neill ed (i) gregg clark smith lionel mark frangione jim soule allen mccann mary b. johnson gus (ii) whitlock jr. isiah voyt harriet reddick kristin murphy andrew (ii) geidt jeremy kallis carolyn 'coco' pepe neil stransky charles matsushita takeo yoshida seiko katano mimi jo
direttore della fotografia: beristain gabriel
scenografia: galvin tim
montaggio: tulliver barbara
compositori: burwell carter
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: mamet david
costumi: lyall susan
troupe varia: voyt harriet feldmann robert k. fennessy kevin danaher tom dicker john albèrt martin arenas ed budge don griffin martha cobb tim cogliano john cole tom connolly jr. francis conroy chloe costley tom cournoyer daniel coyman william cronk john crown patricia (iii) davis scott d. davis shirley deegan jacqui desrochers christine v. destasio robert diieso michael disano anne donahue james (iii) dunder ron emmerton meryl ezell ashley facey joe farnell ken farrell larry feanny deborah r. fearon debora feldman lawrence fitzgerald mark (ii) fitzgibbon kenneth d. fleming frank i. flynn jimmy (i) fodor charlotte freed jennifer zolten gagliardi joseph ginsberg mark glafcke jon glassboro sergeant frank gomi monica gonzalez ginger grabski derek green dennis (iii) green george (v) greenberg ralph grizzard grant guarino gerry hagen richard (ii) hagigy edith hajatian alexis hale johnny 'montana' hanscom richard harrington charles herring scott p. hodder liz hoehn beck hollyer christian j. jacobson meredith jones perry a. kane joan e. kane trudy katz mark howard kelly kate (iii) kimpton roger klenk elizabeth koch tim kompanek sonny kushner zack larue dave 'lash' lesser diane loeb charles logan michael (ii) long dirk q. maccallum bruce (i) macdonald james (iii) mallon joe maloy a.b. manno peter marano gabe margolis david mason daniel mays william (ii) mcbride john (ii) mcgraw annette mcphee jack milstein jessica a. mitchell emily moon brian moran william d. morbey kai morris stacy j. o'grady daniel (iii) parente franco porta richard porter patricia powers bill (i) pugh james quinn patrick (i) radzikowski karen robinson jeff (ii) rodriguez sabrina l. rojas marcus rosenberg roger russell dan (iii) rybicky dan rymon holly s. salackwell viril sanders sam (ii) saporito james sarpola dick schneiderman elayne schneiderman wayne schrowang deidre passaro joe podbielski bob malesci artie bernay lynette (ii) snyder bryan pickman carolyn baumgartner robert (i) gottlieb gordon schlesinger adam topper gary hamer yonit newhall deborah smith-serna rebecca cybulski mary dudek jason edlitz mark melito david abramowitz jane pia possick andrew adams james (iii) altman joan antonellis tom audino richard beal john (iii) beazley cathy beckler kurt bedell walter 'red' bialer donald billeci john bridges jim (iii) buehler laurie bulakowski kristine burke robert sean cabral anne campenni tony carlisle robert (iii) carnes bob carter juliet casey mark j. chariston eric charlap emile clark john (xiii) clark kerry schulman henry schultz kate shames stacy silano chris smaling william sohn agatha sotet danielle spieldenner francis strauss diana taylor hartsell thomas ryan (ii) valentine fred vanchieri dan violante joe walker michael (vii) walts peter wheeler andy (ii) white robert e. wilson frank (iii) young mark (ii) zarnett nina zito kara
varie ecomond press: axium payroll services balsmeyer and everett, inc. bank of boston boston light and sound, inc. camera service center, inc. chase ny great northern j.g. films, inc. sound one corporation spera corporation tomkats catering panavision, new york reiff & associates the effects house


