A mute American working on a low-budget movie runs afoul of the Russian mafia in this internationally produced thriller. Billy (Marina Zudina), a special-effects makeup artist who is unable to speak, is in Moscow working on a cheapie slasher flick directed by Andy (Evan Richards), her sister's boyfriend. Late one night, Billy returns to the set to pick up some equipment and stumbles on what appears to be the filming of an actual snuff film. Watching, unseen, as an "actress" (Olga Tolstetskaya) is bludgeoned to death before ...
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A mute American working on a low-budget movie runs afoul of the Russian mafia in this internationally produced thriller. Billy (Marina Zudina), a special-effects makeup artist who is unable to speak, is in Moscow working on a cheapie slasher flick directed by Andy (Evan Richards), her sister's boyfriend. Late one night, Billy returns to the set to pick up some equipment and stumbles on what appears to be the filming of an actual snuff film. Watching, unseen, as an "actress" (Olga Tolstetskaya) is bludgeoned to death before her very eyes, Billy flees the set, pursued by the snuff film's crew. Eventually, she escapes and tells her story to her sister, Karen (Fay Ripley), and Andy. The film crew convinces the police that it was simply some special effects that Billy witnessed, then they start a deadly cat-and-mouse game with the hapless Americans. The intrigue soon leads Billy and her friends to "The Reaper" (Alec Guinness), the shadowy financier of an entire snuff-film underground. Director Anthony Waller's screenplay for Mute Witness began as a tale of gangsters in 1930s Chicago, but he rewrote it to take advantage of Russia's analogous present-day climate -- and the country's cheap sets and labor. Unexpected problems, from a diptheria epidemic to unexpected fines at the customs gate, nearly sank the production. The director convinced Guinness to appear in the film several years before principal photography began; the veteran thespian was paid nothing for his scenes, which were shot in a single morning in Germany. Brian J. Dillard, Rovi
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Igor Volkov, Evan Richards, Marina Sudina, Oleg Jankowsku, Alec Guinness, Oleg Jankowskij, Sergej Karlenkov, Mystery Star,... Good. 1995 Run time: 96. Connecting viewers with great movies since 1972. All used discs are inspected and guaranteed. Used discs may not include digital content. Customer service is our top priority!
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Aleksandr Bureyev, Nikolai Pastukhov, Aleksandr Pyatkov, Alec Guinness, Sergei Karlenkov, Igor Volkov, Oleg Yankovskiy, Evan... Good. 1995 Run time: 95. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! Satisfaction 100% guaranteed.
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Marina Zudina, Oleg Yankovsky, Evan Richards, Fay Ripley, Igor Volkov, Alec Guinness. Fine in fine packaging. Originally released: 1994. Language: English. Run time: 97 mins. (m9) VHS movie is ex-video club copy in excellent cond, with box in excellent cond inside a hard plastic case.