David Mamet in Pictures

by Mallory Potosky | Published May 9, 2008

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The Spanish Prisoner

It’s hard to tell which end is up in this 1997 movie, starring Campbell Scott, Steve Martin and Mamet regulars Ricky Jay and Rebecca Pidgeon. As a man with a million-dollar idea, Scott is vulnerable; prey; a Boy Scout. Enter Steve Martin, the suspicious wealthy stranger eager to take Scott’s Joe Ross under his wing. Together the men take the audience on a journey of intrigue that will have you guessing until the very end. Janet Maslin of The New York Times called this film “David Mamet’s craftiest and most satisfying cinematic puzzle.”

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