Five Corners (film)

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Five Corners

Directed by	Tony Bill
Written by	John Patrick Shanley
Starring	Jodie Foster, Tim Robbins, John Turturro
Distributed by	Cineplex-Odeon Films
Release date(s)	1987
Running time	90 min
Country	USA
Language	English
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Five Corners is a 1987 film starring Tim Robbins, Jodie Foster, and John Turturro. It is directed by Tony Bill.

1 Plot
2 Trivia
3 References
- 3.1 Footnotes
4 External link

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The action is set in The Bronx in 1964. A man who appears to have tired of two women he knows gives them to two strange men, and even pays them five dollars to take them. Later these women wake up in an apartment under sheets without any clothes on.

Turturro's character, Heinz, has just been released from prison, is out to stalk Linda, Foster's character. Robbins's character, Harry, had protected Linda the last time Heinz tried to rape and murder her, before he had gone to jail. He has now become a Buddhist and a pacifist, making protecting Linda again a difficult task. Heinz calls Linda, and tells her to meet him in a park at midnight. She reluctanly agrees, knowing that he may become dangerous if she doesn't comply. When arriving at the pool, she finds a board to use for protection and hides it. Heinz shows her a present he got for her: two penguins he stole from the Bronx zoo. She tells him that he has to return them because penguins need special food. Heinz becomes outraged, thinking that she was rejecting his gift, and kills one of the penguins.

The movie ends with Heinz taking an unconscous Linda to a rooftop, where police secure the building. A sharpshooter is able to kill him but doesn't because it would have endangered Linda's life. Heinz was killed by a mysterious arrow to his back.

The film earned $969,205.^[1]

[edit] Trivia

It is the second movie in which Tim Robbins and Jodie Foster star together, after The Hotel New Hampshire.
Foster's character, Linda, was almost raped by Heinz before he went to jail. The next year Foster would play a rape victim in The Accused, which she won an Academy award for.
Linda is stalked by a dangerous madman who gave her a gift she did not want. Foster herself was stalked by would be presidential assassin John Hinckley Jr., who shot Ronald Reagan in an attempt to impress her.