The Imagemaker (1986)
- Starring:
- Michael Nouri, Anne Twomey, (more)
- Director(s):
- Hal Weiner
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The Imagemaker
In a convoluted story of one man's obsession, widower Roger Blackwell (Michael Nouri) has been a media advisor to countless politicians, probably one too many as it turns out. Blackwell is set on using his experience to make a film about the manipulation of the media by unscrupulous politicos. His video obsession is apparent when he has an actress dress up as his deceased wife (a suicide he could have prevented) and films her for playback on monitors around the house. Blackwell hypes an incriminating tape in his possession that implicates the President of the U.S. in some dirty (not sexual!) dealings. Then he cons an old enemy, Molly Grainger (Anne Twomey) into covering his public unveiling of the tape which he plans to do on a talk show. What happens next is a series of events that lead to a surprise ending -- and more questions about whether or not the media is shafting the politicians as well. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 93 mins
Complete Cast of The Imagemaker
- Michael Nouri - Roger Blackwell
- Jerry Orbach - Byron Caine
- Farley Granger - Ambassador
- Roger Frazier - Victor Griffin
- Diana McLellan - Gossip columnist
- Billie Jackson - Ellen Blackwell
- Catherine Flye - Molly's Secretary
- Suellen Estrin - Woman with Stroller
- Patrick Blake - Martin
- Mike Barsalou - Motorcyclist
- Bill Thompson - Radio Voice
- Doug Tillet - Sal
- Arlene Stern - Roger's Secretary
- Scott Sedar - Commercial Voice
- Rosemary Polen - Autograph Seeker
- Patricia Newman - Nightmare Sequence
- Betty Jerome - Margaret Holye
- Mike Handley - Video director
- Bruce Godfrey - Campaign Manager
- Marcia Gay Harden - Stage Manager
- Jerome Dempsey - Congressman Lyons
- Franchelle Dorn - Surveillance Voice
- Anne Twomey - Molly Grainger
- Jessica Harper - Cynthia
- Richard Bauer - Morris Brodkin
- Maury Povich - Talk Show Host
- James Adams - Newscaster
- Will Smith - Pollster
- Michael Fiske - Surveillance Team
- Arthur Dailey - Black Man
- Noah Berlin - Timmy Blackwell
- Steve Hayes - Surveillance Team
- John J. Flynn Jr. - Commercial Voice
- Henry Strozier - Accountant
- Gred Spriggs - Bodyguard
- Timothy Rice - Matt Gant
- Dennis Owens - Radio Voice
- Danita Manley - Nightmare Sequence
- Margaret Huffstickler - Nightmare Sequence
- David Hammond - 1st Aide
- David Rosenbaum - Chet
- Joshua Billings - Aide
- Mark Hammer - President Manning
- Stanley Anderson - Tony Lacorte
- Director(s):
- Hal Weiner
- Writer(s):
- Dick Goldberg, Hal Weiner
- Producer(s):
- Marilyn Weiner, Hal Weiner
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Profanity, Brief Nudity, Violence, Adult Situations, Adult Language, Nudity, Not For Children)
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