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Masquerade

A recently orphaned heiress meets a young racing yacht captain on Long Island. He shows interest in her and, being heiress to $200,000,000, love may not be the reason.

Release Date : 1988-03-11

Language :FrenchEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Tim Whalen

Original Name : Rob Lowe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Olivia Lawrence

Original Name : Meg Tilly

Gender : Female

Character Name : Brooke Morrison

Original Name : Kim Cattrall

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mike McGill

Original Name : Doug Savant

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tony Gateworth

Original Name : John Glover

Gender : Male

Character Name : Anne Briscoe

Original Name : Dana Delany

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lt. Wacker

Original Name : Bruce Tuthill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Granger Morrison

Original Name : Brian Davies

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tommy McGill

Original Name : Barton Heyman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harland Fitzgerald

Original Name : Bernie McInerney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Theodore Cantrell

Original Name : Pirie MacDonald

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aunt Eleanor

Original Name : Maeve McGuire

Gender : Female

Character Name : Uncle Charles

Original Name : Ira Wheeler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sam

Original Name : Timothy Landfield

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mortician

Original Name : Edwin Bordo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cop #1

Original Name : James Caulfield

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sedgewick

Original Name : Dick Wolf

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Chase

Original Name : Nada Rowand

Gender : Male

Reviews

kevin2019

@kevin2019

2024-06-06

"Masquerade" is a perfect piece of entertainment which has been heavily influenced by and made in the spirit of the classic film noir from the 1940's, although with some additional modern day factors - sex and violence and some nudity - to help attract an audience. The closing moments of this film are also very arresting, especially when we discover the revelation that no matter how their relationship may have begun Tim (Rob Lowe) really did fall in love with Olivia (Meg Tilly) and not just her money and as you would expect this incredibly well paced film - like many others preceding it - benefits greatly from John Barry's haunting musical score which has been beautifully tinged with a memorably subtle and a genuinely heartfelt melancholia.

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2024-08-22

**_Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to…_** A wealthy heiress in the Hamptons (Meg Tilly) falls for a handsome yacht captain (Rob Lowe), but there are human vultures seeking her fortune. John Glover plays her jerk stepfather while Doug Savant is on hand as a friend from her youth who’s also a local police officer. "Masquerade" (1988) is a ‘hip’ drama/romance with crime thrills and sweet Long Island locations, not to mention sailing sequences. It bombed at the box office because the studio was in chaos and the president’s wife hated “all that sex,” which resulted in Lowe not starring in another studio film for years. Aside from Meg on the female front, there’s Kim Cattrall as the yacht-owner’s adulterous wife and Dana Delany as the girlfriend of the stepfather. There are a couple of R-rated sex sequences and the corresponding nudity. As a plus, there’s a good message on the power of love to redeem a person from corruption. But there’s just so much duplicity going on it’s hard to relate to most of the characters. It’s almost comical how the heiress remains blitheful while evil people are swooping all around her. More reality and less movie-isms would’ve made for a better film. Still, it’s worth checking out if the above piques your interest. It runs 1 hour, 31 minutes, and was shot on Long Island (Riverhead, Sag Harbor, Shelter Island, Southampton Village and Broadview) with some bits in Manhattan. GRADE: B-