Someone to Watch Over Me (film)

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Someone to Watch Over Me
Promotion film poster
Directed by	Ridley Scott
Produced by	Thierry de Ganay, Mimi Polk Gitlin, and Harold Schneider
Written by	Howard Franklin
Starring	Tom Berenger Mimi Rogers Lorraine Bracco Jerry Orbach Andreas Katsulas
Cinematography	Steven B. Poster
Editing by	Claire Simpson
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	October 9, 1987 (United States)
Running time	106 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
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Someone to Watch Over Me is a 1987 motion picture, starring Tom Berenger and Mimi Rogers and directed by Ridley Scott. The film's soundtrack includes the title song, sung by Sting.

[edit] Plot

A socialite (Claire Gregory played by Mimi Rogers) attends a party and art showing sponsored by one of her oldest friends. Accompanying her is her boyfriend, who is straitlaced and staid. In another part of town, there is a party for a newly appointed detective (Mike Keegan played by Tom Berenger). Claire's friend makes a little fun of her staid boyfriend and she defends him. The old friend then asks the woman to meet him in the basement for a special preview. She goes in the elevator. Meanwhile, the friend is accosted by a former partner who is part of the criminal element of society. He is angry because he has been refused entrance to the party. After a short argument, he stabs the friend in the neck, killing him. The woman is just getting off the elevator and sees the killing. The killer pursues her, but she manages to get back on the elevator just in time.

The police are called in and the newly appointed detective is there. He sees her and immediately falls in love with her.

The detective is determined to protect her and goes to extremes to do so. The killer is determined to kill her and nearly succeeds. The detective and his wife (Ellie played by Lorraine Bracco) break up over his involvement in the case. Mike and Claire admit they are in love with each other. At the end, the killer is killed by Ellie, Claire breaks up with her staid boyfriend and intends to goes to Europe to get over Mike, who returns to his wife. Mike's reason for this, as he explains to Claire, is that he would miss them (his family) too much.

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Works directed by Ridley Scott

Boy and Bicycle (short film) (1962) · The Duellists (1977) · Alien (1979) · Blade Runner (1982) · 1984 (television commercial) (1984) · Legend (1986) · Someone to Watch Over Me (1987) · Black Rain (1989) · Thelma & Louise (1991) · 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) · White Squall (1995) · G.I. Jane (1997) · Gladiator (2000) · Hannibal (2001) · Black Hawk Down (2001) · Matchstick Men (2003) · Kingdom of Heaven (2005) · All the Invisible Children (anthology) (2005) · A Good Year (2006) · American Gangster (2007) · Body of Lies (2008)