Who can help me understand the movie secret window. While its tricks that it has up its sleeves are hardly secret window is a runofthemill psychological thriller with solid performances from a capable past, namely. Secret window is based on the stephen king novella secret window, secret garden. As a psycho, john turturro is nothing less than stellar. John turturro gives the most memorable performance of the film as the monotone, obsessed, menacing villain. Both are about authors who are thinly veiled analogues of king himselfthad beaumont in the dark half and mort rainey in secret window, secret garden. Secret window is a wonderful throwback mystery thriller, and writerdirector david koepps homage to hitchcockian cinema. This stranger calls himself john shooter john turturro and claims that mort has stolen an idea for a story from him. Johnny depps secret window the losers club podcast. John shooter john turturro accuses author mort rainey johnny depp of stealing one of his story ideas. He always brings his agame and that is very much the case here as he plays the unhinged sociopath with ease and really has great chemistry with depp in the scenes they share, which is a must. Johnny depp is a great actor and showed that he is in secret window, its just unfortunate he didnt star in a good film. Highly talented, lightly built american actor who always looks unsettled and jumpy has become a favourite of cultarthouse film aficionados with his compelling performances in a broad range of cinematic vehicles. At first, mort regards shooter as mentally ill and throws away the book.
The film is a psychological thriller and is popular among people interested in such kinds of films. Secret window dvd johnny depp john turturro maria bello. While i love johnny depp and john turturro, i found the book. Secret window is, above all, about how icky mort feels. I wouldnt have pictured turturro in the role of a country bumpkin. Its about mort rainey, an established fiction writer who discovers that his wife of 10 years is cheating on him. Shooter claims that mort stole, almost word for word, a book the mississippian wrote some years ago. Shooter was brought to life by actor john turturro in the 2004 film.
Rainey, who is going through an ugly divorce from his wife amy maria bello, attempts to prove to his accuser that his own story was published first, but all evidence to support his argument begins. Secret window is a runofthemill psychological thriller with solid performances from a capable cast, namely a neurotic and paranoid johnny depp and creepy southern john turturro. Secret window by david koepp david koepp, johnny depp. Tweeduister secret window van stephen king boek en recensies. Secret window is one of my alltime favorite psychological thrillers. It was written and directed by david koepp, based on the novella secret window, secret garden by stephen king, featuring a.
Secret window is a 2004 american psychological thriller film starring johnny depp and john turturro. Rainey, of course, thinks the guy is a crackpot and informs the stranger that his story, secret window, secret garden, was published in a magazine at least two years before shooters claim. He loves his puppy and he literally wont hurt a mouse. This captivating thriller, based on a novella secret window, secret garden by stephen king, is a true stroke of movie genius. Application of psychology concepts in film secret window. John turturro full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Based on kings story secret window, secret garden, writerdirector david koepps. Secret window, secret garden is one of four novellas published in the stephen king book four past midnight in 1990. The film secret window had all the elements in place to work. Though he knows he should be at his computer writing another book, or at least walking his dog along the sparkling lake outside his dingy cabin, successful author mort rainey johnny depp is sleeping. Shooter is an enigmatic and deranged aspiring writer and dairy farmer from mississippi who accuses.
Mort says he can prove he wrote his first, but whilst mort waits for the evidence to appear, shooter starts to become more and more violent. He was portrayed by john turturro who also portrayed jesus quintana in the big lebowski, the title character in monkeybone, and goat in green eggs and ham. In the end it is revealed that john shooter turturro is actually a personality of a schizophrenic mort rainey depp. From writerdirector david koepp stir of echoes comes this filmed adaptation of stephen kings novella secret window, secret garden, one of four stories in the collection four past midnight. This particular book contains morts story, secret window, and mort uses the book to compare his story to john shooters manuscript. Johnny depp john turturro maria bello timothy hutton. Secret window is the name of a 2004 film based on stephen kings novella, secret window, secret. Apr 23, 2010 one day a man named john shooterjohn turturro came to morts door step and accused him of plagiarism of his book sowing season. Secret window is a film directed by david koepp with johnny depp, john turturro, maria bello, timothy hutton, year. Mort threw the book away but his maid got the book out of the trash and then mort eventually read it. The book was almost exactly the same as his, secret window. Either way, there are no king comments on the record about secret window. Sep 01, 2000 if theres one thing you could say about john turturro, it is that he is not afraid. Secret window by david koepp david koepp, johnny depp, john.
Secret window john turturro s awesome accent kanon mizushiro. If youve seen secret window, you know what im talking about. Secret window, secret garden project gutenberg self. While its tricks that it has up its sleeves are hardly noteworthy, the performances are rock solid and the film is capably directed by david koepp. Johnny depp stars as mort rainey, a reclusive heartbroken writer suffering from writers block who is being terrorized by a menacing stranger accusing him of plagiarism. John turturro participates as a member of the jury for the new york international childrens film festival nyicff, which is dedicated to screening films for children between the ages of 3 and 18. Alone, that is, until a figure named john shooter arrives, pointing an accusing finger.
John turturro was born in brooklyn, new york, the son of katherine florence incerella and nicholas turturro. Mort says he can prove he wrote his first, but whilst mort waits for the evidence to appear, shooter starts. Mar 12, 2004 the first shot after the credits of secret window is an elaborate one. Thats too bad, because secret window will attract young fans, yet pushes violence and language about as far as it can and still avoid an r rating. John shooter just wants depps character to rewrite the ending of the book. Johnny depp, john turturro, maria bello and timothy hutton directed by. This is john shooter john turturro, a writer who leaves behind a. It is based on stephen kings novel secret window, secret garden. It was written and directed by david koepp, based on the novella secret window, secret garden by stephen king. May 31, 2012 secret window was directed by david koepp in 2004. The story appeared in kings collection four past midnight. Following a bitter separation from his wife bello, famed mystery writer mort rain.
Based on stephen kings book, secret window centers on horror writer morty johnny depp. Unfortunately for rainey, john shooter john turturro, an unbalanced wannabe writer, tracks him down, claiming that rainey plagiarized his work. What secret window fails to realize is how can you have an ending when the base of the film lacked, having the audience close the book before the final chapter in shame. And in my opinion, its rather hard to find decent psychological thrillers nowadays. At their last couple of confrontations shooter told mort that the ending of the story was all wrong and he needed to make it right. John turturro on playing jesus in the big lebowski duration. Secret window, secret garden draws the listener into the suddenly strange life of writer mort rainey, recently divorced, depressed, and alone on the shores of tashmore lake. John turturro list of movies and tv shows tv guide. It was written and directed by david koepp, based on the novella secret window, secret garden by stephen king, 1 featuring a musical score by philip glass and geoff zanelli. Johnny depp stars as mort rainey, a reclusive heartbroken writer suffering from writers block who is being terrorized by a menacing.
Secret window john turturros awesome accent youtube. Turturro holds dual italian and american citizenship, and in january 2011 received his italian passport. It starred johnny depp as mort rainey, john tuturro as john shooter and maria bello as his wife, amy. Secret window is the name of a 2004 film based on stephen kings novella, secret window, secret garden. Join losers michael roffman, mckenzie gerber, and mel kassel as they put in their secret window dvd and talk about johnny depps sleepwalking performance or how john turturro was incredibly miscast. Johnny depp john turturro maria bello timothy hutton charles. It came out shortly after depp won a sag award and was nominated for an oscar for pirates of the caribbean. John shooter is the main antagonist of both the novel secret window, secret garden and the 2004 movie adaption secret window. Secret window 2004 is a psychological thriller movie, starring johnny depp and john turturro. It was written and directed by david koepp, based on the novella secret window, secret garden by stephen king, featuring a musical score by philip glass and geoff zanelli.
The first shot after the credits of secret window is an elaborate one. Living in a remote cabin after splitting with his wife, morty mostly mopes and sleeps. With johnny depp, maria bello, john turturro, timothy hutton. Six months later, we see the scruffy, bespectacled mort holed up in a remote, lakefront cabin struggling with both writers block and the fact that his beloved amy is trying to get him. He was portrayed by john turturro who also portrayed jesus quintana in the big lebowski, the title character in monkeybone, and goat in green eggs and ham and johnny depp who also portrayed sweeney todd in sweeney todd.
A successful writer in the midst of a painful divorce is stalked at his. I was just trying to be polite, he laughs, recalling the day he waltzed up to the door of martin scorseses apartment, bakery goods in arm. Movies based on books, crime movies, thriller movies, crime thrillers, psychological thrillers. Turturro is a fine actor is just about everything and a terrific director. Johnny depp, john turturro, maria bello, timothy hutton, charles dutton, david koepp, gavin polone, columbia pictures. After getting sleepy hollow which is also a good film thinking it was secret window, i searched all stores for secret window, and none of them stocked it. It stars johny depp as mort rainey and john turturro as john shooter. Unfortunately for rainey, john shooter john turturro, an unbalanced. Deze man, john shooter, beweert dat rainey het verhaal secret window, secret. Unfortunately for rainey, john shooter john turturro. Nov 01, 2011 the changes arent terribly subtle, but while this is a strength in gathering the audiences sympathy firmly on morts side before brutally pulling the rug out from under us, the one glaring hazard of koepps film and its a big one is the bafflingly miscast john turturro as our villain, john shooter. Mfa, school of drama, yale university sicilian ancestry filmography as director. It is similar to kings earlier novel the dark half. Dec 23, 2014 jeff bridges, john goodman and steve buscemi talk the big lebowski in extended inteview today duration.
You may recognize some other faces, such as charles turturro from monk. In the wake of pirates of the caribbean, johnny depps boxoffice clout is as high as ever. Today he is 63, and has starred in 103 movies in total, 38 since secret window was released how old do you think he looks in the movie. The demon barber of fleet street, a version of tony. Secret window, secret garden is heel spannend hoewel af en toe iets te. John shooter is the main antagonist of the novel secret window, secret garden and the movie adaptation secret window. Dutton, and timothy hutton, secret window is the second story from four past midnight to be adapted as a film, the first being 1995s madefortelevision the. It was written and directed by david koepp, based on the novella secret window, secret garden by stephen king, featuring a musical score by philip glass. Oct 14, 2011 this is at the very beginning of the movie secret window, starring johnny depp as mort rainey. Secret window is a runofthemill psychological thriller with solid performances from a capable past, namely a neurotic and paranoid johnny depp and creepy southern john turturro.
But i was about to make francesco rosis the truce, adapted from primo levis book. This captivating thriller, based on a novella secret window, secret. Academy award nominee johnny depp 2003 best actor, pirates of the caribbean gives his most riveting performance in this actionsuspense thriller featuring a topnotch cast including john turturro, maria bello, academy award winner timothy hutton 1981 best supporting actor, ordinary people and charles dutton. Try reading the book secret window, secret garden, by stephen king, which this movie was based on. Page 2 this category is for questions and answers related to secret window. Fortunately, as the plot generated by this subjective state turns increasingly predictable, johnny depp turns increasingly inventive and. Johnny depp is confronted by a mysterious stranger outside his house.
This man john shooter just wants depps character to rewrite the ending of the book. From book to film, a look through it and secret revealed. Secret window four past midnight by stephen king 20040301 by stephen king jan 1. Hij werd geschreven en geregisseerd door david koepp, en is gebaseerd op het verhaal secret window, secret garden vertaald als. Secret window john shooter 2004 she hate me don angelo bonasera 2004. Johnny depp and john turturro are two of the best actors of their generation. John turturro was 46 in secret window when he played the character john shooter that was over 16 years ago in 2004. Ending spoiler for secret window 2004, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more.
In another of his eccentric performances, johnny depp stars as a successful author whose writers block is nothing compared to the hell that he encounters when menacing stranger john turturro. Mar 12, 2004 this captivating thriller, based on a novella secret window, secret garden by stephen king, is a true stroke of movie genius. It begins with a view across a lake to a rustic cabin. One day a man named john shooter john turturro came to morts door step and accused him of plagiarism of his book sowing season. While its tricks that it has up its sleeves are hardly noteworthy, the performances are. John turturro gebore 28 februarie 1957 is n amerikaanse akteur, skrywer, en regisseur. After adapting richard mathesons chiller stir of echoes, director david koepp tackles stephen kings novella secret window, secret garden with this suspenseful psychological thriller.
Also appearing is timothy hutton the dark half, charles s. Mort rainey 2004 starring johnny depp and john turturro, directed by david koepp also wrote panic room. Johnny depp john turturro maria bello timothy hutton charles s. Then the camera moves smoothly in to the shore, and across the grounds, and in through a window of the cabin, and it regards various rooms before closing in on a large mirror that reflects a man asleep on a couch. Dutton, and timothy hutton, secret window is the second story from four. Turturro was born in brooklyn, new york, to italianamerican parents, katherine incerella, a jazz singer, and nicholas turturro, a. Johnny depp, john turturro, maria bello, timothy hutton, charles s. Secret window is a psychological thriller movie, starring johnny depp and john turturro. Jun 06, 2019 john turturro owes it all to a box of pastries. A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible. An authors picture and biography usually appear on the last page of a book, or on the inner back flap of the book jacket.
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