Hear No Evil (film)
| Hear No Evil | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Robert Greenwald |
| Produced by |
Robert Greenwald David Matalon |
| Written by |
R.M. Badat Danny Rubin Kathleen Rowell |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Graeme Revell |
| Cinematography | Steven Shaw |
| Edited by | Éva Gárdos |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $5,679,569 |
Hear No Evil is a 1993 American thriller film about a deaf woman who falls foul of a corrupt police officer looking for a stolen coin that has been hidden in the woman's pager. The film stars Marlee Matlin, D. B. Sweeney, and Martin Sheen. It was released by 20th Century Fox on March 26, 1993. Matlin and Sheen would later co-star in The West Wing.
Plot
Jillian Shanahan, a hearing-impaired women, and an athletic trainer, is unaware that her client Mickey O'Malley, has hidden a stolen rare coin in her pager. After Mickey gets arrested at Jillian's apartment by Lt. Brock, a corrupt cop, he gets interrogated by him in the back of a police car under the bridge. After that, he returns to Jillian's apartment, only to find Jillian is not there. Later he goes to a diner owned by his friend Ben Kendall and tries to call Jillian, but does not get a response. Soon after, he leaves the diner in Ben's car. He is killed when the car gets blown up on the bridge, and the car lands in the river below. Ben begins to suspect that Lt. Brock is behind Mickey's death as well as series of terrifying threats that Jillian begins to receive. After that, Jillian and Ben are being stalked by a killer who also wants the coin.
Cast
- Marlee Matlin as Jillian Shanahan
- D.B. Sweeney as Ben Kendall
- Martin Sheen as Lt. Brock
- John C. McGinley as Mickey O'Malley
- Christine Carllisi as Grace
- Greg Wayne Elam as Cooper
- Charley Lang as Wiley
Production
Principal photography began on May 4, 1992. Filming took place in & around Portland, Oregon where the film is set. Other locations in Portland including the Hawthorne Bridge, Mount Tabor Park, the Union Station, the Willamette River and at the Timberline Lodge at Mount Hood, Oregon where the final climax of the film is shot. Production officially wrapped on June 26, 1992.
Release
Hear No Evil was released on March 26, 1993 in 1,430 theaters. It ranked at #6 at the box-office, making $2.6 million in it's opening weekend. It went on to gross $5.6 million in it's theatrical run.
Reception
The film received negative reviews from film critics & has a 13% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Home Video
Hear No Evil was released on Video on August 11, 1993 & on DVD on September 7, 2004.
External links
- Hear No Evil on IMDb
- Hear No Evil at AllMovie
- Hear No Evil at Box Office Mojo
- Hear No Evil at Rotten Tomatoes