Winter Kills Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: William Richert
Genres: Mystery, Thriller
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Based on a novel by the iconoclastic Richard_Condon (of Manchurian_Candidate and Prizzi's_Honor fame), Winter Kills was one of the vanguard efforts in the "JFK conspiracy" school of literature. Jeff_Bridges stars as Nick Kegan, the scion of a powerful Kennedyesque family, who has done his best to make himself obscure after the assassination of his older brother, the former president of the U.S. While working as an oil rigger, Nick is introduced to a terminally ill gentleman who claims to have been "the second assassin." His curiosity aroused, Nick begins digging into what was supposed to be a closed case -- and, predictably, what he finds out isn't pretty. This, however, is the only predictable element of this mesmerizingly mazelike yarn. A failure when first released, Winter Kills fared somewhat better when director William_Richert arranged to rerelease the film through his own company and restore several scenes that had been cut by its previous backers. Elizabeth_Taylor appears uncredited as one "Lola Comante." Hal Erickson, Rovi
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