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词条 Color of Night
释义

  1. Plot

  2. Cast

  3. Release

  4. Reception

     Critical response  Box office  Accolades 

  5. Soundtrack

  6. References

  7. External links

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| name = Color of Night
| image = Color_of_night.jpg
| image_size = 215px
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Richard Rush
| producer = Buzz Feitshans
David Matalon
Andrew G. Vajna
| screenplay = Billy Ray
Matthew Chapman
| story = Billy Ray
| starring = {{Plainlist|
  • Bruce Willis
  • Jane March
  • Ruben Blades
  • Lesley Ann Warren
  • Brad Dourif
  • Lance Henriksen
  • Kevin J. O'Connor}}

| music = Dominic Frontiere
| cinematography = Dietrich Lohmann
| editing = Jack Hofstra
Thom Noble {{small|(uncredited)}}
| studio = Hollywood Pictures
Cinergi Pictures
| distributor = Buena Vista Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1994|8|19}}
| runtime = 121 minutes
139 minutes {{small|(Director's cut)}}
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $40 million[1]
| gross = $19.7 million[2]
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Color of Night is a 1994 American erotic mystery thriller film produced by Cinergi Pictures and released in the United States by Hollywood Pictures. Directed by Richard Rush, the film stars Bruce Willis and Jane March.

The cast also features Ruben Blades, Lesley Ann Warren, Brad Dourif, Lance Henriksen, Kevin J. O'Connor and Scott Bakula. It is one of two well-known works by director Rush, the other being The Stunt Man 14 years before.

Color of Night flopped at the box office and won a Golden Raspberry Award as the worst film of 1994. Nonetheless, it became one of the 20 most-rented films in the United States home video market in 1995.[3] Maxim magazine also singled the film out as having the Best Sex Scene in film history.[4]

In 2018, Kino Lorber (under license from Disney) released a special edition Blu-ray of the film; it contains an audio commentary of director Richard Rush.[5]

Plot

Dr. Bill Capa, a New York psychiatrist, falls into a deep depression after an unstable patient commits suicide in front of him by jumping from his office window. The sight of the bloody body clad in a bright green dress causes Bill to suffer from psychosomatic color blindness, taking away his ability to see the color red. Bill travels to Los Angeles to stay with a friend, fellow therapist Dr. Bob Moore, who invites him to sit in on a group therapy session. However, Bob is violently murdered in the office and Bill is plunged into the mystery of his friend's death.

Lt. Hector Martinez considers everyone in Moore's therapy group, including Bill, as suspects in the murder. Bill continues to live in Bob's house and begins an affair with Rose, a beautiful but mysterious young woman who comes and goes. Bill takes the therapy group, which includes: Clark, a temperamental OCD sufferer, Sondra, a nymphomaniac and kleptomania, Buck, a suicidal ex-cop, Casey, who paints sado-masochist, and Richie, a 16-year old transwoman with social anxiety and a history of drug use.

After Casey is found violently murdered, Bill becomes the target of several attempts on his life. He discovers that all but one of his patients have been romantically involved with Rose. He eventually learns that "Richie" is really Rose, and the murders were the work of her deranged brother, Dale. They once had an actual brother named Richie, who was molested by his child psychiatrist along with Dale.

After Richie committed suicide, Dale abused Rose into playing the part of their brother. Rose began to re-emerge during therapy and, under another personality named "Bonnie", started relationships with the other patients. Dale proceeded to kill them, fearing that they would soon link Rose to Richie.

Bill confronts them and is overpowered by Dale, who is about to kill him with a nail gun but is instead killed by Rose. Deeply traumatized, she then tries to commit suicide. Bill is able to stop her, bookending the story with two suicide attempts, one at the beginning, resulting in Bill's loss of color vision, and one at the end, thwarted and resulting in his regaining it.

Cast

  • Bruce Willis as Dr. Bill Capa
  • Jane March as Rose/Richie/Bonnie
  • Ruben Blades as Lt. Hector Martinez
  • Lesley Ann Warren as Sondra Dorio
  • Scott Bakula as Dr. Robert "Bob" Moore
  • Brad Dourif as Clark
  • Lance Henriksen as Buck
  • Kevin J. O'Connor as Casey Heinz
  • Eriq La Salle as Det. Anderson
  • Andrew Lowery as Dale Dexter
  • Kathleen Wilhoite as Michelle
  • Jeff Corey as Ashland
  • Shirley Knight as Edith Niedelmeyer
  • Erick Avari (uncredited) as Cabbie

Release

Richard Rush turned his cut of the film over to producer Andrew Vajna in late 1993. Vajna was concerned about the film's commercial prospects and demanded a recut, something Rush refused. Nonetheless, Vajna mandated he had final cut per contractual obligation, and insisted on testing his own version of the film. After both versions were given a number of test screenings, Vajna determined that his cut would be released and fired Rush in April 1994.

This ultimately escalated into a battle between Rush and Vajna that received coverage in the Los Angeles trades. Rush commented that his version tested higher than Vajna's cut; his statements were defended in Variety and film critic Bill Arnold, who attended a test screening of Rush's version in Seattle, Washington. The Los Angeles Times, meanwhile, defended Vajna, stating that Rush stubbornly refused any input from the studio. The Directors Guild of America attempted to intervene on the matter.

The battle ultimately ended when Rush suffered a near-fatal heart attack and became hospitalized. Months later, after Rush recovered, he compromised with Vajna that the producer's cut would be released theatrically and that the director's cut would see a video release.[6][7][8]

Reception

Critical response

The film received mostly negative reviews around the time of its release. Rotten Tomatoes retrospectively gave it a score of 21% based on 47 reviews, with an average rating of 3.98/10. The site's consensus reads, "Bruce willie shot aside, the only other things popping out in Color of Night are some ridiculous plot contortions and majorly camp moments".[9] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale.[10]

Referring to the film as "memorably bizarre," Janet Maslin in her August 19, 1994 The New York Times review wrote: "The enthusiastically nutty Color of Night has the single-mindedness of a bad dream and about as much reliance on everyday logic." She also cited the revelation of the murderer, "whose disguise won't fool anyone, anywhere."[11]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote: "I was, frankly, stupefied. To call it absurd would be missing the point, since any shred of credibility was obviously the first thing thrown overboard. It's so lurid in its melodrama and so goofy in its plotting that with just a bit more trouble, it could have been a comedy."[12]

Luke Y. Thompson of The New Times praised March's performance and wrote: "Minority opinion here, I know, but I found the sex scenes hot and March's performance truly impressive."

Brian McKay of eFilmCritic.com stated the film was a "Mediocre L.A. noir thriller made more tolerable by Jane March disrobing frequently."{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}

Ken Hanke of the Mountain Xpress (Asheville, North Carolina) wrote the film was "Underrated, but far from great."{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}

The film is listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book The Official Razzie Movie Guide as one of The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made.[13]

Box office

The film opened at #4, grossing $6,610,488 its opening weekend playing at a total of 1,740 theaters.[14] The film ended up a box office failure, grossing only $19,750,470—far below its $40 million production budget. The film was also a noteworthy failure internationally, grossing only $1,454,085 in the UK, $565,104 in Sweden, $112,690 in Austria, $4,725,167 in Germany, and $364,939 in Argentina.[15]

Accolades

Color of Night won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture, and was also nominated in eight other categories including Worst Actor (Bruce Willis also for North), Worst Actress (Jane March), Worst Director (Richard Rush), Worst Screenplay, Worst Original Song ("The Color of the Night"), Worst Screen Couple ("Any combination of two people from the entire cast"), Worst Supporting Actor (Jane March as Richie) and Worst Supporting Actress (Lesley Ann Warren).

On more positive notes, Color of Night did win a Golden Globe nomination in the category Best Original Song — Motion Picture for its theme song "The Color of the Night", performed by Lauren Christy, where it lost to "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from The Lion King.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}

Maxim magazine also praised Color of Night for having the Best Sex Scene in film history.[16]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack to Color of Night as composed by Dominic Frontiere, with songs from Lauren Christy, Jud Friedman, Brian McKnight, and Lowen & Navarro was released on August 9, 1994 by Mercury Records.

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References

1. ^{{citeweb|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=colorofnight.htm|title=Color of Night (1994)|website=Box Office Mojo|accessdate=11 July 2018}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1994/0CONI.php |title=Color of Night - Box Office Data, DVD Sales, Movie News, Cast Information |publisher=The Numbers |date= |accessdate=2012-12-20}}
3. ^Billboard vol 108 #1 (1/6/1996) p.54.
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://archive.li/twPB|title=Top Sex Scenes of All-Time|date=December 6, 2000|accessdate=July 9, 2009 |publisher=Extra (U.S. TV program)}}
5. ^http://www.kinolorber.com/product/color-of-night-1994-2-disc-special-edition-blu-ray
6. ^{{cite news| url=http://articles.latimes.com/1994-04-23/entertainment/ca-49372_1_final-cut | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Claudia | last=Eller | title=Who's Got the Right to 'Color' Final Cut? : Director Richard Rush and Producers Battle Over Fate of Bruce Willis Thriller | date=1994-04-23}}
7. ^{{cite news| url=https://variety.com/1994/film/news/color-of-night-stuck-in-dga-arbitration-120479/ | work=Variety | first=Leonard | last=Klady | title='Color of Night' stuck in DGA arbitration | date=1994-04-25}}
8. ^{{cite news|last1=Arnold|first1=William|title=Director's cut changes meaning of 'Color of Night'|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19950209&id=v11IAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YQMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6109,2296989|accessdate=11 July 2017|work=Toledo Blade|date=February 9, 1995}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/color_of_night/ |title=Color of Night |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |date= |accessdate=2013-12-04}}
10. ^{{cite web |url=https://m.cinemascore.com |title=CinemaScore |work=cinemascore.com}}
11. ^{{cite news|last=Maslin |first=Janet |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C05E1DB1639F93AA2575BC0A962958260 |title=Movie Review - Color of Night - FILM REVIEW; Of Murder, Psychology and Fruitcakes - NYTimes.com |publisher=Movies.nytimes.com |date=1994-08-19 |accessdate=2013-12-04}}
12. ^{{cite news|last=Mozaffar |first=Omer M. |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19940819/REVIEWS/408190302/1023 |title=Color Of Night Movie Review & Film Summary (1994) | Roger Ebert |publisher=Rogerebert.suntimes.com |date=1994-08-19 |accessdate=2013-12-04}}
13. ^{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=John|title=The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywood's Worst |year=2005|publisher=Grand Central Publishing|isbn=0-446-69334-0}}
14. ^{{cite news | date = August 23, 1994 | author = David J. Fox | title = Weekend Box Office : 'Forrest Gump' in Top Spot--Again | publisher = The Los Angeles Times | url= http://articles.latimes.com/1994-08-23/entertainment/ca-30121_1_forrest-gump | accessdate = 2011-01-11 }}
15. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109456/business|title=Color of Night (1994) - Box office / business|website=IMDb}}
16. ^{{cite web|url=http://archive.li/twPB|title=Top Sex Scenes of All-Time|date=December 6, 2000|accessdate=July 9, 2009 |publisher=Extra (U.S. TV program)}}

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