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Stone de niro norton. Norton plays gerald creeson imprisoned for his role in a crime that resulted in the murder of his grandparents and the burning of their house. At its heart stone is about the narrow moral gap between stone the convict and mabry his. The desired moral dilemma never arrives. A convicted arsonist looks to manipulate a parole officer into a plan to secure his parole by placing his beautiful wife in the lawman s path.

In stone an ambiguous film boasting a quartet of mesmerizing performances robert de niro and edward norton are inscrutable antagonists in what appears to be a high stakes game of liars poker. Stone has robert de niro and edward norton playing against type and at the top of their forms in a psychological duel between a parole officer and a tricky prisoner who has his number. De niro and norton generally give solid performances even when they appear in subpar films and stone deals with the sort of subject matter that will attract the attention of academy members. Taylor and kario salem.

De niro fails to make anything about his miserable character poignant and mr. It was the only time that brando and de niro appeared onscreen together. The footage released so far indicates that the pic will be relatively understated in terms of tone and visual design which also bodes well for its. De niro and norton were instrumental in reworking maclachlan s original script to fit curran s vision.

Directed by john curran. Crime thriller film directed by john curran and starring robert de niro edward norton and milla jovovich most of the filming was done in washtenaw county michigan. Norton is stone convicted arsonist who hopes to win parole after serving eight years of his 10 to 15 year sentence. With edward norton milla jovovich robert de niro frances conroy.

Stone marks the first time norton and de niro have collaborated since 2001 s the score but they kept in touch between the two films and in a more serious moment it s clear that. The title stone is double meaning referring both to norton s nickname and the end of the biblical tenet that begins let him who is without sin at its best the film works as a morally freighted film noir with jovovich particularly good as a breathy femme fatale who seduces de niro with a mere change in inflection. The score is a 2001 american crime film directed by frank oz and starring robert de niro edward norton angela bassett and marlon brando in his final film role. Norton s overwrought intensity borders on hysteria.