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Michael Caine and Jude Law square off in Sleuth (Sony Pictures Classics)
How do you remake a film in which the twist is everything? Well in the case of Sleuth (opening Oct. 26 at Landmark's Hillcrest Cinemas ) the answer lies in stunt casting and a significant rewrite. Michael Caine returns to Sleuth , but instead of playing the slick seducer taking a rich man's wife as he did in the 1972 film, he plays the cuckholded aging husband, the role that Laurence Olivier had taken in the first film. Now Jude Law takes on the younger mans role in Kenneth Branaghs revisionist take on Anthony Shaffer's play Sleuth .
The premise of the film is this: Famous author Andrew Wyke (Michael Caine) has invited his wife's young lover Milo Tindle (Jude Law) over to discuss a deal. Wyke apparently knows of his wife's affair and would like nothing better than to pass her off to the new lover. But Wyke wants to make sure that his materialistic wife doesn't come back like that proverbial bad penny. So here's the plan: Tindle can pretend to break in and steal some pricey jewels. Wyke will collect the insurance and Tindle will have a nice little nest egg to keep Maguerite happy. If it sounds like there's a catch, there is, but you'll have to see the film to find out what it is.
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