Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz, Robert Downey Jr, Daryl Hannah, Robert Duvall, Tom Berenger, Troy Beyer, Famke Janssen, Mae Whitman, Mae Whitman, Jesse James, Gregory Alpert, Wren Arthur, Mark Bednarz, Paul Carden, Michelle Benjamin Cooper, Angela Costrini, Bill Crabb, Bill Cunningham, Chad Darnell, Danny Darst, Richie Dye, Wilbur Fitzgerald, Benjamin T. Gay, Stuart Greer, Jim Grimshaw, Nita Hardy, Walter Hartridge, David Hirsberg, Vernon E. Jordan, Lydia Marlene, Bob Minor, Rosemary Newcott, Jay Pearson, Julia Ryder Perce, Mike Pniewski, Ferguson Reid, Christine Seabrook, Sonny Seiler, Sonny Shroyer, Lori Beth Sikes, L.H. Smith, Jin Hi Soucy, Chip Tootle, Myrna White

Director: Robert Altman

Summary: Rick Savannah, a lawyer, becomes obsessed with a waitress who claims that she is being stalked by her father. Attempting to protect her from an unseen danger he too is drawn into her terror which threatens his family...

Robert Altman throws his chips into the film noir ring with this stylish, moody thriller that features a spot-on performance by Kenneth Branagh as Rick Magruder, a successful Savannah, Georgia lawyer. After a party celebrating a major victory, he offers Mallory Doss (Embeth Davidtz), a shy waitress whose car has been stolen, a lift home. Their relationship develops quickly and it isn't long before he sleeps with her. Soon after, however, Rick learns that Mallory's cat has been killed, which she attributes to her religious fanatic father, Dixon Doss (Robert Duvall). As Rick attempts to track Dixon down and protect Mallory from him, a new chain of events is unleashed which threatens to ruin his career and endanger the lives of his two children. Meanwhile, a hurricane looms in the distance, adding even greater tension to Rick's quickly deteriorating situation. As is typical with all of Altman's films, a high-profile cast converges to deliver solid individual performances. Standouts include--in addition to Branagh's hedonistic lawyer--Duvall, Robert Downey Jr., Tom Berenger, Daryl Hannah, and Davidtz. The first John Grisham-inspired film that wasn't adapted from one of the author's novels, THE GINGERBREAD MAN is more film noir than courtroom drama and is rendered suspensefully by maverick director Altman.

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Aspect Ratio:	1.85 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Subtitles:	Dutch, English, French
Year:	1998
Release Date:	October 11, 1999
Runtime:	109 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	085 048 2
Keywords:	Man, General, Wide, Screen, Gingerbread, Thriller
Genre:	Thriller