Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
New Regency Pictures
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Six Degrees of Separation
For Paul, every person is a new door to a new world.
The story of a young, gay, black, con artist who, posing as the son of Sidney Poitier, cunningly maneuvers his way into the lives of a white, upper-class New York family.
- Original title
- Six Degrees of Separation
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $15,000,000
- Revenue
- $6,284,090
Filipe Manuel Neto
Dec 25, 2022 · via TMDB
**A play, transported to the cinema, continues to be a play, even if it is an intelligent and well-made play.** Based on a theatrical play, this film makes an interesting mix between comedy and sharp and blunt social criticism by allowing a very rich couple from New York to be very easily deceived by a tramp who, using the right knowledge, manages to enter and sleep at their house. Despite not being perfect, and being a reasonably still film, dependent on dialogues that never seem to end, the film works quite well if we are open to giving it the opportunity it asks of us. It is not, however, an easy film: the reliance on dialogues, and the intelligent, almost intellectual, way in which they are conceived, will scare away audiences who are not so willing to tolerate it. For the most part, the film feels a lot like a play or something you'd see in the theater, and that can get a little tiresome. Will Smith is the great actor who dominates the film, with a superb performance. It was a film that helped a lot in his artistic career, and that opened the doors for him to better and more recognized works. However, it is still one of the actor's best films so far. We cannot, however, ignore the inspired and successful performance of Donald Sutherland and Stockard Channing, in the role of the two millionaire art dealers that Smith so easily deceives. In a more discreet position, Sir Ian McKellen is positively supportive of the main cast. Technically, it's a film that doesn't seem to have been very expensive to make, as almost half of the action takes place inside the rich people's apartment, and that all the action seems to have been limited to a relatively small geography. There are no visual or special effects that stand out, the sound has minimal intervention, and the soundtrack consists of songs that we know relatively well and that are cleverly used. The cinematography is basically 90's standard, which makes this film a bit of a dated piece.
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Stockard Channing
Ouisa
Will Smith
Paul
Donald Sutherland
Flan
Ian McKellen
Geoffrey
Mary Beth Hurt
Kitty
Bruce Davison
Larkin
Richard Masur
Dr. Fine
Anthony Michael Hall
Trent
Heather Graham
Elizabeth
Eric Thal
Rick
Anthony Rapp
Ben
Osgood Perkins
Woody
Catherine Kellner
Tess
J.J. Abrams
Doug
Joe Pentangelo
Police Officer
Brooke Hayward
Connie
Peter Duchin
Sandy
Kelly Bishop
Adele
John Cunningham
John
Vasek Simek
Frank the Doorman
Chuck Close
Andy
Maggie Burke
Loft Party Guest
Edmund Genest
Loft Party Guest
David Callegati
Art Dealer
Daniel von Bargen
Detective
Annie Meisels
Doug's Girl
Richmond Hoxie
Guest at Baptism
Kitty Carlisle
Mrs. Bannister
Madhur Jaffrey
Guest of Honor
Nancy Duerr
Mrs. Bannister's Guest
Brian McConnachie
Mrs. Bannister's Guest
Robert Trumbull
Mrs. Bannister's Guest
Cleo King
Lieutenant Price
Hélène Cardona
Cocktail Party Guest (uncredited)
Andrea Conte
Theatre Woman (uncredited)
Doris McCarthy
Cocktail Party Guest (uncredited)
Jill Tompkins
Woman in Airport (uncredited)
Ian Baker
Director of Photography
Judianna Makovsky
Costume Design
Naomi Donne
Makeup Designer
Fred Schepisi
Director
Donald J. Lee Jr.
Second Assistant Director
Ellen Chenoweth
Casting
Arnon Milchan
Producer
Fred Schepisi
Producer
Jerry Goldsmith
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