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Genres:
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Crime /
Drama /
Mystery /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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Paul Schrader
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Actors:
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Lily Tomlin,
Steven Hartley,
Allen Lidkey,
Woody Harrelson,
Kristin Scott Thomas,
Lauren Bacall,
Ned Beatty,
Moritz Bleibtreu,
Mary Beth Hurt,
Willem Dafoe,
William Hope,
Geff Francis,
Garrick Hagon,
Michael J. Reynolds,
Stewart Alexander
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Duration:
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108 min.
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Rating:
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(6.1/10)71.5
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Plot Summary:
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Carter Point III holds a special place in Washington society: the gay son and grandson of powerful men, he has connections, manners, and he's no foreboding, so he's an present escort when a woman's would rather not chaperon her to a public event. When the secret lover of identical of his women friends is murdered, she asks Carter to cover on the side of her, and his acquiescence gets him into immediate trouble with the police and an ambitious prosecutor. Carter, with the help of his lover Emek, starts his own review. They're warned off by someone's hired muscle. Can Carter take out what happ... ened or wish he lose more than he realizes he has? Human behavior is a mystery.
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A bit slow at times
I found Harleyson's accent difficult to hear at times. Generally found it a bit slow. I am sure there was depths to the film I missed as my brain kept wandering off.
Walker, The
Woody Harrelson escorts Lauren Bacall and Kristin Scott Thomas down the red carpet in this murder mystery thriller from Paul Schrader
Returning to some of its writer-director's familiar obsessions The Walker finds Paul Schrader on fine form. Woody Harrelson takes the eponymous role as Carter Page III, a 'walker' in Washington DC who spends his evenings escorting the city's aging dames to social events their husbands are too busy to attend.
A gossipy, bitchy queen from a renowned Virginia family, Carter finally finds a backbone when his friend Lynn (Scott Thomas), the wife of a liberal senator, is implicated in the murder of her secret lover. Refusing to name names to the ambitious District Attorney (Hope) assigned to the case, Carter covers up Lynn'...
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