Malice (film)
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| Directed by | Harold Becker |
| Produced by | Harold Becker Charles Mulvehill Rachel Pfeffer |
| Screenplay by |
Aaron Sorkin Scott Frank |
| Story by | Aaron Sorkin Jonas McCord |
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| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | Gordon Willis |
| Edited by | David Bretherton |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Release date
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October 1, 1993 |
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Running time
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106 minutes |
| Country | United States Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 million |
| Box office | $46,405,336 (domestic) |
Malice is a 1993 American psychological thriller film directed by Harold Becker. The screenplay by Aaron Sorkin and Scott Frank is based on a story by Jonas McCord. It stars Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman, Bill Pullman, Anne Bancroft and George C. Scott.
Andy (Bill Pullman) and Tracy Safian (Nicole Kidman) are a newlywed couple living in a Victorian house that they are restoring in Western Massachusetts. He is an Associate Dean at a local college, while his wife teaches art to children. When a student is attacked and seriously wounded by a serial rapist, Dr. Jed Hill (Alec Baldwin), a brilliant surgeon who has recently joined the staff of the area hospital, operates and saves her life. Money is tight, so Andy invites him to rent the third floor of their home, in order to finance the new plumbing. With his propensity to bring home sexual partners and to party late into the night, Jed quickly proves himself to be a less-than-ideal tenant.
When Paula Bell (Gwyneth Paltrow), one of Andy's students, is attacked and killed by the serial rapist, Andy is the one to find her body, prompting police Detective Dana Harris (Bebe Neuwirth) to view him as a possible suspect. Harris asks Andy to come to the police station and submit a semen sample to clear his name. While at the police station, Andy learns that Tracy has been hospitalized and is being operated on by Jed. In removing one of Tracy's ovaries, which has ruptured due to a cyst, Jed discovers Tracy is pregnant, but the stress of the procedure causes the fetus to abort.
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