''Sleuth'' is a 2007

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directed by

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and starring

Jude Law David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an English actor. He received a British Academy Film Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, two Tony Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. In 2007, he received an Honorary C� ...

and

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. The screenplay by

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is an adaptation of Anthony Shaffer's play, '' Sleuth''. Caine had previously starred in a 1972 version, where he played Law's role against

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Plot

Two extremely clever British men are in a game of trickery and deceit. Andrew Wyke, an aging famous author who lives alone in a high-tech mansion, after his wife Maggie has left him for a younger man; and Milo Tindle, an aspiring actor, equipped with charm and wit, who demonstrates both qualities once again. When Wyke invites Tindle to his mansion, Tindle seeks to convince the former into letting his wife go by signing the divorce paper. However, Wyke seems far more interested in playing mind games with his wife's new lover, and lures him into a series of actions he thoroughly planned in seeking revenge on his unfaithful spouse.

Cast

as Andrew Wyke *

as Milo Tindle The film's screenwriter,

, credited as "Man on TV", is seen on a television in the background interviewing another man, played by an uncredited

. The only other person seen in the film is an uncredited actress,

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, in the role of Maggie.

Production

Caine had starred as hairdresser Milo Tindle opposite

's novelist Andrew Wyke in the 1972 film '' Sleuth'', with each being nominated for an

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for their performance. In the 2007 film, Caine took the role of Wyke, and Law took Caine's role of Tindle.Jason Buchanan
"Sleuth"
plot summary at Allmovie, rpt. in ''

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''. Retrieved 10 June 2007. This was the second time Law performed a film character originated by Caine, the first having been the title role of '' Alfie''. Caine himself had previously starred in two different roles for two versions of ''

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''. According to many accounts, this set out to be a

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of the 1972 version, but Pinter's screenplay-offered "a fresh take" on Shaffer's play and "a very different form" from the original film."Exclusive: First Look at Sleuth: Michael Caine and Jude Law Star"
''

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) 11 May 2007. Retrieved 10 June 2007. In his review of the film's debut at the 2007

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, Roderick Conway Morris observed: "The reworking of the play is not just an adept transformation of theatre to film ... but also casts a revealing light on social history, reflecting the enormous changes in English society, language and morals in the nearly 40 years since the play first appeared on the London stage."Roderick Conway Morris
"Movies: 'Sleuth' and 'Michael Clayton': Separating the Men from the Boys in Venice"
''

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'', 31 August 2007. The screenwriter, actors and director insisted that this ''Sleuth'' was not a "remake."Dalya Alberge
"Caine Gives Master Class in How Not to Blow Remaking a Classic"
''

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'', 29 August 2007. Law called it "a completely reinvented ''Sleuth''... It didn't feel like a remake. I always loved the idea at its heart of two men battling it out for a woman you never meet.""Law Says Good Night to Kids, Then Talks ''Sleuth'' at Toronto Film Fest"

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, 14 September 2007. Law further felt that he "was creating a character (Tindle), I wasn't recreating one." Caine said, "I never felt that I had gone back to ''Sleuth''." He called the Pinter script "an entirely different thing. There isn't a single line in it that was in the other one, and Pinter had never seen the

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movie. Jude awgave him the stage play and said, 'Write a screenplay for me' ... It was a completely different experience." In a television interview conducted on RAI TV during the

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, Caine stated: "If the script hadn't been by Harold Pinter, I wouldn't have done the movie." Pinter said, "It's a totally new take...I had not either seen or read the play, and I hadn't seen the film adapted from the play either, so I knew nothing about it. So I simply read the play and I think it's totally transformed. I've kept one or two plot things because you have to but apart from that, I think I've made it my own." Emanuel Levy
"Sleuth with Pinter, Branagh, Law and Caine"
, interview, 29 August 2007. Caine stated, "The first ''Sleuth'' I thought was great and the second ''Sleuth'' I thought was great until I read the reviews. I said to Pinter, 'What film did they show them?' I have a feeling that

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''Sleuth'' will be rediscovered some day."

Claustrophobia

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of ''

'' wrote a review headlined "A Dance of Two Men, Twisting and Turning With a Gun That's More Than a Gun." In contrast to Sarah Lyall's ''New York Times'' preview, Sarah Lyallbr>"Still Pinteresque"
''

'', 7 October 2007, sec. 2 ("Arts & Leisure"): 1, 16; illus.. Retrieved 7 October 2007. Dargis wrote that she did not like watching the film, finding it too claustrophobic: "Mr. Branagh fiddles with the lights, tilts the camera and hustles his hard-working actors upstairs and down and back again and into an elevator as small as a coffin built for one. He embellishes the screenplay’s every obvious conceit and word, hammering the point until you feel as if you’re trapped inside the elevator with Milo and Andrew, going up and down and up and down, though nowhere in particular." In his interview with Martin A. Grove, Branagh mentions that the danger of inducing

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in audience members is a risk that he took into account in filming ''Sleuth'': "What Branagh didn't do that many Hollywood directors would have done is to open the film up by, for instance, having the two men drive to a nearby pub at some point in their conversation. 'Well, it's interesting you say that,' he told rove 'There were discussions about that, but we said, 'If we believe in the power of the writing here and the power of the performances, but also, frankly, if we believe in the audience and believe that the audience can find this as fascinating as I do on the pages and if we can realize it to meet all of their expectations then the claustrophobia (won't be a problem).' "

The House

Director Branagh found shooting in the house difficult yet interesting. "The minimalism I found was a great challenge. The elevator was Harold's idea, so that was there and was a central feature of what we are going to bring to it. And then everything else was drawn from contemporary British architecture, contemporary British artists. The wire figure is by Anthony Gormley, one of our most famous sculptors.

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did all the artwork on the walls." Custom designed furniture from Ron Arad completes the look.

Release

Screenings

After premiering at the 64th

on 30 August 2007, ''Sleuth'' was screened at the

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on 10 September 2007. It was also screened at the

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, in Halifax, on 22 September 2007, the Aspen FilmFest on 26 September 2007,Stewart Oksenhorn
"Full House for Filmfest ..."
, '' The Aspen Times'', 8 August 2007;
Sleuth
'' screening schedule on the official site of the Aspen FilmFest. the

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, on 27 September 2007, the Calgary International Film Festival, in

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, on 28 September 2007 and the

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on 1 October 2007. On 3 and 4 October 2007, ''Sleuth'' was screened at '' Variety's 2007 Screening Series'' in New York, at the Chelsea West Cinemas, and in Los Angeles, at the ArcLight Theatre. Kenneth Branagh, Michael Caine and Jude Law made interviews on the television programs ''

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'', RAI TV, ''

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'', '' The Charlie Rose Show'', and ''

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'' with Jeffrey Lyons.Interview with Jude Law
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'', CBS, 2 October 2007, Official website. Retrieved 27 October 2007, (Synopsis; authorised video clips of selected parts of program on site; clip from this segment not posted there)
Interview with Jude Law
, RAI TV TV/TG1, posted on ''RAInet''. Retrieved 14 September 2007
Interview with Jude Law and Michael Caine
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'',

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, 3 October 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2007,

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"A Conversation with Actor Jude Law"
, '' The Charlie Rose Show'',

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(New York), broadcast 19 –20 October 2007, 11:30 p.m. ET–12:26 p.m. ET, streaming video posted 22 October 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2007; Jeffrey Lyons
"(U)ncovering a 'Sleuth'
: Jeffrey Lyons Exposes the Many Layers of Jude Law", ''

'',

, broadcast 3 November 2007. Retrieved 4 November 2007 (Video clip of interview with Jude Law).

Reception

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, the film has an approval rating of 36% based on 122 reviews with an average rating of 5.13/10. The critical consensus states that "''Sleuth'' is so obvious and coarse, rather than suspenseful and action-packed, that it does nothing to improve on the original version." On

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the film has a score of 49% based on reviews from 30 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". ''

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'' film reviewer

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indicated he was not pleased with the outcome, concluding, "if you consider what the exalted quartet of Branagh, Pinter, Caine and Law might have done with the project, and what they did ''to'' it, ''Sleuth'' has to be the worst prestige movie of the year." Claudia Puig of ''

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'' was more appreciative, writing, "Caine and Law are in fine form bantering cleverly in this entertaining cat-and-mouse game, thanks to the inspired dialogue of Harold Pinter. They parry, using witticisms instead of swords. Then they do a dance of deception, a veritable tango. There's thievery, peril and plenty of double-crossing. (...) As directed by Kenneth Branagh, this new version is darker and more claustrophobic. In the original the house where all the action took place was Gothic and laden with gewgaws. The new domicile is stark and minimalist, and much more threatening. Branagh's version has more incipient horror and less camp."

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of the ''

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'' wrote, "It's no mystery that 'Sleuth' is fascinating," observing that Pinter "has written a new country house mystery, which is not really a mystery at all in terms of its plot, and eerily impenetrable in its human relationship" and that "in 'Sleuth' what enneth Branaghcelebrates is perplexing, ominous, insinuating material in the hands of two skilled actors." J.R. Jones of '' The Chicago Reader'' wrote, "Director Kenneth Branagh has mercifully pared the action down to 88 minutes (the first movie dragged on for 138), but the final act, with its obscure homosexual flirtation, still seems to go on forever." Carina Chocano, writing in the ''

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'', stated: "The verbal sparring is so sharp

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it's a wonder nobody loses an eye. ..and it's an unmitigated pleasure to observe Caine and Law attack it with such ferocity. ''Sleuth'' is nasty fun." Terry Lawson of the ''

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'', criticised the performances by the lead actors, saying, "We're left with two suitably hammy performances by Caine and Law, who do not forget they are actors playing actors"

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, who rated the original film 4 out of 4 stars, gave this version a "BOMB" rating (0 out of 4), the lowest rating he has ever given a Branagh film, stating that the new version "has every ounce of entertainment drained from it" and called the film "unbelievably bad".

Soundtrack

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is the composer and the music is performed by the

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. The soundtrack is produced by

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and was released in October 2007.''Sleuth Original Motion Picture Soundtrack''
, by

, ''

Records'', CD, (catalogue no.), released 9 October 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2007. ; Track listing # ''The Visitor'' – 2:06 # ''The Ladder'' – 2:49 # ''You're Now You'' – 1:26 # ''I'm Not A Hairdresser'' – 3:28 # ''Black Arrival'' – 2:22 # ''Milo Tindle'' – 2:17 # ''I Was Lying'' – 2:30 # ''Itch Twitch'' – 2:23 # ''Rat in a Trap'' – 2:26 # ''One Set All'' – 2:24 # ''Cobblers'' – 1:39 # ''Sleuth'' – 6:05 # ''Too Much Sleuth (Dance Mixes by Patrick Doyle Jr.)'' – 3:51

Notes

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"Murder Mystery: Who Killed ''Sleuth''?"
''

'', 12 October 2007. Retrieved 11 November 2007. * Dargis, Manohla
"A Dance of Two Men, Twisting and Turning With a Gun That's More Than a Gun"
''

'', 12 October 2007. Retrieved 12 October 2007. * Grove, Martin A
" 'Sleuth' Reimagination Shows Imagination"
''

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'', 17 October 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2007. (Interview with Kenneth Branagh.)
Interview with Jude Law

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. 26 October 2007. Retrieved 12 November 2007.
Interview with Jude Law
"Act Three" of Show #2823. ''

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Interview with Jude Law
RAI TV TV/TG1. Posted on ''RAInet''. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
Interview with Jude Law and Michael Caine
"Video: Celebrity Interviews: British Invasion: Law and Caine". ''

''.

. 3 October 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
Interview with Michael Caine
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"Sleuth: Still Diabolically Clever"
''

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''. Retrieved 20 November 2007.
Interview with Jude Law

. 26 October 2007. Retrieved 12 November 2007. * Jeffrey Lyons
"(U)ncovering a 'Sleuth': Jeffrey Lyons Exposes the Many Layers of Jude Law"
''

'',

, broadcast 3 November 2007. Retrieved 4 November 2007. (Video clip of interview.) orrection of typographical error in online version of title.* Rose, Charlie
"A Conversation with Actor Jude Law"
'' The Charlie Rose Show'',

(New York), broadcast 19 –20 October 2007, 11:30 p.m. ET–12:26 p.m. ET. Streaming video posted 22 October 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2007.
''Sleuth''
at the 2007

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"Sleuth Cracks It in Venice"

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video clip of interview with director

and actor

conducted during the

. ''

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. ''

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"Sleuth Premieres in Venice"
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. '' UK MSN'' video clip (

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), 31 August 2007. Retrieved 14 September 2007.

References

External links

*
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' at

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in the UK – Official (companion) film site hosting video excerpts of the making of ''Sleuth'' (behind the scenes), with commentary by director

. Retrieved 8 March 2008. *
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' at

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– Official film site (US). Retrieved 8 March 2008. Features links to synopsis, trailer, gallery of production photos, biographies for cast (Caine and Law) and crew (Pinter and Branagh), some excerpts from reviews, and showtimes *
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