Hear No Evil (film)
| Hear No Evil | |
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 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 dates |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $5,679,569 |
Hear No Evil is a 1993 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, had 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 wasn't there. Later he goes to a diner owned by his friend Ben Kendall & tried to call Jillian, but didn't get no respond. Soon after, he leaves the diner in Ben's car. Hover, he is killed when the car gets blown up on the bridge, & 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 & 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 & 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.
Reception
The film received negative reviews & has a 13% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
External links
- Hear No Evil at the Internet Movie Database
- Hear No Evil at AllMovie
- Hear No Evil at Box Office Mojo
- Hear No Evil at Rotten Tomatoes