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Seven
Seven (stylized as Se7en) is a 1995 American crime thriller film directed by David Fincher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker. It stars Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, and John C. McGinley. Set in an unnamed, crime-ridden city, Sevens plot follows disenchanted, near-retirement detective William Somerset (Freeman) and his newly transferred partner David Mills (Pitt) as they attempt to stop a serial killer before he can complete a series of murders based on the seven deadly sins.
Plot
In an unnamed city overcome with violent crime and corruption, disillusioned police detective William Somerset is one week from retirement. He is partnered with David Mills, a short-tempered, idealistic detective who recently relocated to the city with his wife, Tracy. On Monday, Somerset and Mills investigate an obese man who was forced to eat until his stomach burst, killing him. The detectives find the word "gluttony" written on a wall. Somerset, considering the case too extreme for his last investigation, asks to be reassigned to another case but his request is denied. The following day, another victim, who had been forced to cut of flesh from his body is found; the crime scene is marked "greed." Clues at the scene lead Somerset and Mills to the sloth victim, a drug-dealing pederast who they find emaciated and restrained to a bed. Photographs reveal the victim was restrained for exactly one year. Somerset surmises the murders are based on the Christian concept of the seven deadly sins.
Awards
Cast
- Alfonso Freeman
- Andrew Kevin Walker
- Brad Pitt
- Charles S. Dutton
- Daniel Zacapa
- Endre Hules
- Gwyneth Paltrow
- Haris Savides
- Hawthorne James
- John C. McGinley
- Kevin Spacey
- Leland Orser
- Mark Boone Junior
- Michael Massee
- Morgan Freeman
- Peter Crombie
- R. Lee Ermey
- Richard Portnow
- Richard Roundtree
- Richard Schiff
- Richmond Arquette
More details
author | Andrew Kevin Walker |
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award | MTV Movie Award for Best Villain |
contentLocation | http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/9846d333ee3a404191eb7b60e44831bb |
director | David Fincher |
editor | Richard Francis-Bruce |
events | mortal sin serial killer seven deadly sins |
genre | crime drama thriller |
keywords | crime scene deadly sins disillusion envy ernest hemingway fight force held at gunpoint help horrify insanity defense john doe kill learn lust move pederast pederasty plead insanity police detective police station pride psychopathy remote location severed head shock sloth strap-on strap-on dildo tire iron wrath |
musicBy | Howard Shore |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Film Editing |
productionCompany | Arnold Kopelson Productions |
publisher | New Line Cinema |
recordedAt | California |
theme | chase independent neo-noir police psychological thriller religion serial killer |