Conspiracy Theory
Conspiracy Theory is a 1997 American political action thriller film directed by Richard Donner. Starring Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts and Patrick Stewart, the original screenplay by Brian Helgeland centers on an eccentric taxi driver who believes many world events are triggered by government conspiracies, and the Justice Department attorney who becomes involved in his life. The film was a financial success, but critical reviews were mixed.
Plot
New York City taxi driver and conspiracy-theorist Jerry Fletcher continually expounds his ideas to Alice Sutton, a lawyer at the U.S. Justice Department. She humors him because he once saved her from a mugging, but is unaware he spies on her at her home. Her own work is to solve the mystery of her father's murder. Seeing suspicious activity everywhere, Jerry identifies some men as CIA workers, follows them into a building, and is captured. The interrogator injects Jerry with LSD and questions him using torture. Jerry experiences terrifying hallucinations and flashbacks, panics, and manages to escape by incapacitating the interrogator by biting his nose and kicking him.
Cast
- Bert Remsen
- Bill Henderson
- Cylk Cozart
- Dean Winters
- Edita Brychta
- J. Mills Goodloe
- Julia Roberts
- Kenneth Tigar
- Leonard Jackson
- Mel Gibson
- Michael Potts
- Michael Shamus Wiles
- Patrick Stewart
- Peter Jacobson
- Richard Donner
- Rick Hoffman
- Sean Patrick Thomas
- Steve Kahan
- Terry Alexander
- Tom McCarthy
- Tom Schanley
- Troy Garity