Taglines: A comedy about a wife, her husband and his hit man.
Faithful movie storyline. On her twentieth wedding anniversary, Maggie receives a diamond necklace and a price on her head; both from her husband, Jack. While waiting for the signal, all the way from Connecticut, to do the murder, the hitman starts bonding with Maggie instead. Later, Jack shows up himself, complicating the entire situation.
Faithful is a 1996 American comedy crime drama film directed by Paul Mazursky, which would be his last theatrical film as director before dying in 2014, and starring Cher, Chazz Palminteri and Ryan O’Neal. Palminteri wrote the screenplay, which is an adaptation of his stage play of the same name. Faithful tells the story of a woman, her husband and a hit man. The film was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival.
Faithful (1996)
Directed by: Paul Mazursky
Starring: Cher, Chazz Palminteri, Ryan O’Neal, Paul Mazursky, Amber Smith, Elisa Leonetti, Stephen Spinella, Jeffrey Wright, David Marino, Allison Janney
Screenplay by: Chazz Palminteri
Production Design by: Jeffrey Townsend
Cinematography by: Fred Murphy, Conrad L. Hall
Film Editing by: Nicholas C. Smith
Costume Design by: Hope Hanafin
Set Decoration by: Justin Scoppa Jr.
Art Direction by: Caty Maxey
Music by: Phillip Johnston
MPAA Rating: R for language and sex-related dialogue.
Distributed by: New Line Cinema
Release Date: April 19, 1996
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