Wednesday, August 13, 2008

movie blurb...the spanish prisoner

cinekklesia recommends PG rated The Spanish Prisoner: Of the "con game" genre, this film follows the travails of a brilliant scientist, whose lucrative research is on everyone's wish list. Who will steal his work? Who will protect him? Around and around it goes until the very end. Mamet is fond of the con theme (see House of Games and Heist), and The Spanish Prisoner is the best of the bunch.