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The Watcher movie storyline. David Allen Griffin is a cool killer- time and time again, he chooses a female victim, studies her for weeks till he knows her routine to the smallest detail, makes meticulous preparations using his forensic knowledge to gain entry when she’s quite alone, subdues her and administers a long, torturous death.
Joel Campbell got so frustrated by his failure to capture Griffin in Los Angeles, that he quit the FBI, moved to Chicago, and remains in psychiatric therapy, unable to function normally. Then he realizes, when opening his mail very late, that a new murder victim is Griffin’s, and the killer sent him pictures of her. Campbell reports this to the police, but is unwilling to join them in the search, suggesting Griffin is too slick and clever; yet he won’t get out of it that easily.
The Watcher is a 2000 American thriller film directed by Joe Charbanic and starring James Spader, Marisa Tomei and Keanu Reeves. Set in Chicago, the film is about a retired FBI agent who is stalked and taunted by a serial killer.
The film opened at the top spot of the North American box office making $9,062,295 USD in its opening weekend. It had a 36% decline in gross earnings the following week but was enough to keep the film at the top spot. Its total domestic gross was $28,946,615.
The Watcher (2000)
Directed by: Joe Charbanic, Jeff Jensen
Starring: James Spader, Keanu Reeves, Marisa Tomei, Ernie Hudson, Chris Ellis, Yvonne Niami, Jenny McShane, Jillian Peterson, Michele DiMaso, Rebeca Arthur
Screenplay bş: Darcy Meyers, David Elliot
Production Design by: Maria Caso, Brian Eatwell
Cinematography by: Michael Chapman
Film Editing by: Richard Nord
Costume Design by: Jay Hurley
Set Decoration by: Pat Raney
Art Direction by: Jeff Wallace
Music by: Marco Beltrami
MPAA Rating: R for violence and language.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Nelease Date: September 8, 2000
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