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Eddie
Mallard is a down-on-his-luck
detective who encounters
a dangerously beautiful
manifestation of
the ghostly in the
erotic thriller
Gotham.
When a client hires
Eddie to deliver
a message to an
ex-wife, it seems
like an easy way
to earn a hefty
retainer, but it
becomes impossible
to ignore the chance
that the irresistible
woman may have died
a decade ago.
Virginia Madsen
stars as the cool
blonde who becomes
the object of Mallard's
obsession, in a
brilliantly performed
role.
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As the story shifts
in tone from humor
to dread to eroticism,
Tommy Lee Jones
reveals Eddie to
be a complex and
troubled individual
in scenes that seem
to come out of nowhere
with unexpected
sadness and dark
sexuality.
Film score composer
George S. Clinton,
who created the
sensual music for
movies like The
Red Shoe Diaries
and Wild Orchid
provides a haunting
melodic background
of smokey, sexy,
spooky sax-dominated
jazz that captures
Gotham's surreal,
film noir mood.
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