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Equinox (1993)
Released By: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   Rating: R   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Genre: Mystery-Suspense
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan Rudolph
Language: English
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Cast: Fred Ward, Lara Flynn Boyle, Lori Singer, Marisa Tomei, Matthew Modine
Published ID: 4558
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Plot: Alan Rudolph wrote and directed this typically off-beat drama. A brief romantic liaison between a wealthy European and an American ballet dancer results in a pair of identical twins, who are separated and raised by others shortly after birth. Henry (Matthew Modine) was adopted by Pete (M. Emmet Walsh), an auto mechanic, and Henry grows up to follow in his Pete's footsteps. Emotionally fragile, Henry is in a relationship with Beverly (Lara Flynn Boyle), a rich but painfully shy woman who is terrified by sex. Henry, however, finds his own sexual appetite increasing, and he becomes involved with Rosie (Marisa Tomei), a prostitute living in his neighborhood. Meanwhile, Henry's brother, Freddy (also played by Matthew Modine), lives in the same city, though they've never met. Freddy is a gangster and hired killer working for crime kingpin Mr. Paris (Fred Ward). While Freddy is cool and confident on the surface, deep down he hates his job and tells his wife, Sharon (Lori Singer), that he wishes he had enough money to quit and move away. As fate would have it, Freddy and Henry's mother, who sank into a severe depression after losing her children and her lover, has died, leaving a substantial fortune to her two sons, who must now meet in order to collect their inheritance. Equinox premiered at the {~1992 Seattle Film Festival}, though it would not open theatrically until a year later. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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To do or not to do
Added 5/2/2000
Two young men who could not be more different: A clumsy mechanic who will never dare make a pass at an equally shy reader of Emiliy Dickinson; and a gunman racketeering for the mob, whose wife has an incredibly bored way of adoring him. The do men have more than just an uncanny resemblance. They are twins who don't know of their brother's existence.

The gunman is perfect and successful at everything he does. The mechanic never gets anything done, because he knows that even eating a peach can disturb the universe.

That is the situation out of which Alan Rudolph makes an immensely clever, funny, thoght-provoking and touching film. It is like no other film I have ever seen, indeed its emotional and intellecutal range, its dramatic presentation reminded my of Shakespeare. Yes, "Equinox" is up there with the greats.

3 out of 5 people found this helpful.
Excellent. English Patient without Katherine and war
Added 12/7/1998
Beauty. Power. Soul. Reflection. Passion. These are options when bargaining for a life. Some options are necessities to some. Worthless to others. How does one decide? This movie cannot be "reviewed" or "summarized" any easier than can a person be described in 5 lines in a personal ad. But I will say I've rented it 5 times and will again until I buy it. When I see my Lion twin in my life, I want to be looking in the mirror. But I won't be. The best Hollywood has done lately is film about "a life so changed." This film posits the terror in the knowledge of the shapeability of the self, the self that never seems to defy it's own inertia, until it sees the unmentionable...
2 out of 5 people found this helpful.
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