Tell-Tale (film)

Tell Tale
Tell Tale
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Michael Cuesta
Written by	David Callaham
Based on	"The Tell-Tale Heart"; by Edgar Allan Poe
Produced by	Ridley Scott; Tony Scott; Martin Shore; Christopher Tuffin; Michael Costigan;
Starring	Josh Lucas; Lena Headey; Brian Cox; Beatrice Miller; Ulrich Thomsen; Dallas Roberts;
Cinematography	Terry Stacey
Edited by	Kane Platt; Billy Rich;
Music by	David Buckley
Production; companies	Social Capital Films; Scott Free Productions; Artina Films; Oceana Media Finance;
Distributed by	Genius Products
Release date	April 24, 2009 (Tribeca);
Running time	93 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; United States;
Language	English
Budget	$12 million

Tell-Tale is a 2009 science fiction horror film^[2] inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's 1843 short story "The Tell-Tale Heart". It is directed by Michael Cuesta and stars Josh Lucas, Lena Headey, and Brian Cox and is produced by Tony Scott and Ridley Scott.^[3] A man's recently transplanted heart leads him on a frantic search to find the donor's killer before a similar fate befalls him.^[4]

Plot

In Providence, a husband and his wife die in a botched robbery; we see flickers of his last memories. His heart goes to Terry Bernard, a single father raising a girl with a rare degenerative disease. After the operation, Terry has flashes of memory from the last moments of the dead donor's life. Then, he recognizes one of the donor's killers and follows him into an alley. Within days, Terry becomes an unwilling avenger, with a police detective on his trail. Meanwhile, he begins a romance with his daughter's doctor, his moods complicated by memory flashes, the donor's deepening presence in both Terry's mind and body, and the unexplained bond among the donor's killers.

Cast

Josh Lucas^[4] as Terry Bernard
Brian Cox^[5] as Detective Phillip Van Doran^[6]
Lena Headey^[5] as Elizabeth Clemson
Beatrice Miller as Angela Bernard^[7]
Dallas Roberts as The Surgeon
Ulrich Thomsen as Dr. Lethe
Pablo Schreiber as Bernard Cochius
Jamie Harrold as Kevin Stanovich
Tom Riis Farrell as Legethon
Julia Ryan as Museum Docent
Michael K. Williams as Acherton
Scott Winters as Dr. Averman
John Timothy Botka as Police Officer

Release

The film received a DVD and Blu-ray Disc release on 25 May 2010.^[8]

References

^ Lionsgate opens for SOLOMON KANE, Genius takes TELL TALE^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Tell-Tale". Rotten Tomatoes.
^ New One-Sheet: Tell-Tale
^ ^a ^b Diane Garrett (2007-11-07). "Josh Lucas to star in 'Tell-Tale'". Variety. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
^ ^a ^b Dade Hayes (2008-09-05). "Equity players enter risky film sector". Variety. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
^ Brian Cox and Josh Lucas Summon Poe For ‘Tell-Tale’ Re-Imagining
^ Official One Sheet for 'Tell-Tale' Has Us Puzzled
^ Tell Tale Blu-ray and DVD Art

External links

Tell-Tale at IMDb

[1] Lionsgate opens for SOLOMON KANE, Genius takes TELL TALE^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Tell-Tale". Rotten Tomatoes.

[3] New One-Sheet: Tell-Tale

[tale-4] Diane Garrett (2007-11-07). "Josh Lucas to star in 'Tell-Tale'". Variety. Retrieved 2008-11-12.

[equity-5] Dade Hayes (2008-09-05). "Equity players enter risky film sector". Variety. Retrieved 2008-11-12.

[6] Brian Cox and Josh Lucas Summon Poe For ‘Tell-Tale’ Re-Imagining

[7] Official One Sheet for 'Tell-Tale' Has Us Puzzled

[8] Tell Tale Blu-ray and DVD Art

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v t e Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" (1843)
Adaptations	The Avenging Conscience (1914 silent) The Tell-Tale Heart (1934) The Tell-Tale Heart (1941) The Tell-Tale Heart (1953, American) The Tell-Tale Heart (1953, British) The Tell-Tale Heart (1960) Tell-Tale (2009) Tell (2012) The Tell-Tale Heart (2014)
Related	Manfish The Dark Eye