The Negotiator
The Negotiator is a 1998 American action thriller film directed by F. Gary Gray. It stars Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey as two expert hostage negotiators and Chicago police lieutenants. The film was released in the United States on July 29, 1998, receiving generally positive reviews from critics and grossing $88 million worldwide.
Plot
Lieutenant Danny Roman, a top hostage negotiator for the Chicago Police Department's east precinct, is told by his partner, Nate Roenick, that according to an informant whom he refuses to name, members of their own unit are embezzling large amounts of money from the department's disability fund, for which Roman is a board member. Roenick tells Roman that his informant hasn't told Internal Affairs because he thinks they might be involved as well. Roman goes to meet Roenick, but finds him dead in his car with a bullet wound in his head and his car window shattered by gunfire before he can talk to him, and a squad car arrives on the scene within seconds, considering Roman a prime suspect.
Cast
- Carlos Gómez
- David Morse
- Dean Norris
- Geoff Morrell
- J. T. Walsh
- John Spencer
- Kenan Thompson
- Kevin Spacey
- Mary Page Keller
- Michael Cudlitz
- Michael Shamus Wiles
- Nestor Serrano
- Paul Giamatti
- Paul Guilfoyle
- Regina Taylor
- Robert David Hall
- Ron Rifkin
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Siobhan Fallon Hogan
- Stephen Lee
- Tim Kelleher
- Tom Bower
More details
| author | James DeMonaco |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Chicago |
| director | F. Gary Gray |
| editor | Christian Wagner |
| events | Chicago Police Department |
| genre | action crime drama thriller |
| keywords | arrest bank account bribe build bullet wound con artist con man covert listening device duct tape embezzle embezzlement fbi federal bureau of investigation floppy disk floppy disks force gag hear hostage negotiator internal affairs kill load lock offshore bank offshore bank account police department police lieutenant prime suspect record shoot sniper suspect swat wiretap wound |
| musicBy | Graeme Revell |
| producer | Arnon Milchan David Hoberman |
| productionCompany | Mandeville Films New Regency Regency Enterprises Taurus Films |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| recordedAt | Chicago Long Beach |