The Caveman's Valentine

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The Caveman's Valentine

The movie poster for The Caveman's Valentine.
Directed by Kasi Lemmons
Produced by Mark Roybal
Scott Rudin
Eric Steel
Written by George Dawes Green
Starring Samuel L. Jackson
Music by Terence Blanchard
Cinematography Amy Vincent
Editing by Terilyn A. Shropshire
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) March 2, 2001 (USA)
Running time 105 min.
Language English
IMDb profile

The Caveman's Valentine aka Sign of the Killer (UK video title) is a 2001 mystery-drama starring Samuel L. Jackson. The film was released by Universal Pictures. Romulus is mentally ill, a troglodyte in a New York City park. He's also a gifted composer and the father of a city cop. On Valentine's Day, a young man freezes in a tree near his cave. The police determine it's the accidental death of someone behaving bizarrely, but Romulus believes a friend of the dead youth who says that noted avant-garde photographer, David Leppenraub, murdered him. Romulus, urged on by hallucinations of his wife as a young woman, resolves to catch the killer and manages to be invited to Leppenraub's farm to play a new composition.

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[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Romulus Ledbetter (Samuel L. Jackson) is a homeless man suffering from paranoid schizophrenia who lives in a cave in Inwood Park. He believes that a man named Cornelius Gould Stuyvesant is controlling the world with rays from the top of the Chrysler Building, and that his mind is inhabited by moth-like angels. On Valentine’s Day he discovers the body of a young man, Scotty Gates (Sean MacMahon), left in a tree outside his cave. The police, including his daughter Lulu (Aunjanue Ellis), believe that the man died from exposure. However, a homeless homosexual man who knew the victim tells Romulus that Scotty was murdered by the famous photographer David Leppenraub (Colm Feore). Determined to discover the truth behind Scotty’s death and prove his worth to his daughter, Romulus manages to get an invitation through a former friend to perform one of his compositions at Leppenraub’s farm.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Response

[edit] Box Office

Domestic summary:

  • Opening Weekend: $112,041 (16 theaters)
  • % of total gross: 16.3%
  • Close date: June 14, 2001
  • Total U.S. gross: $687,194

Worldwide gross: $687,194

[edit] Critical Reaction

The Caveman's Valentine received a 43% rating among the consensus of critics tracked by Rotten Tomatoes, with a general consensus that the film "has an intriguing premise, but... falls flat under the weight of its ambition."

[edit] Awards

[edit] Cast

[edit] External links

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