- 2 Days in the Valley
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name = 2 Days in the Valley
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director =John Herzfeld
producer = Herb Nanas Jeff Wald
writer = John Herzfeld
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starring =James Spader Danny Aiello Peter Horton
music = Anthony Marinelli Erin O'Hara
cinematography = Oliver Wood
editing = Jim Miller Wayne Wahrman
distributor =MGM
released = 1996
runtime = 104 min.
country =USA
language = English Vietnamese
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imdb_id = 0115438"2 Days in the Valley" is a 1996 film, directed by
John Herzfeld , about 48 hours in the lives of a group of people who are drawn together by amurder . Several parallelstory lines overlap one another in the film.Plot
The introductory storyline involves hitmen Lee Woods (
James Spader ) and Dosmo Pizzo (Danny Aiello ). The two kill Roy Foxx (Peter Horton ) while he lies in bed after they inject Roy's ex-wife, Becky (Teri Hatcher ), with a tranquilizer. The day afterward, Woods turns on Pizzo, shooting him and blowing up their car in order to set him up as the fall guy. Woods flees the scene with his Norwegian girlfriend Helga (Charlize Theron ).Dosmo survives, seeking shelter at the house of Allan Hopper (Greg Crutwell), an arrogant art dealer who suffers from kidney stones. He takes Hopper and his meek assistant, Susan Parish (Glenne Headly), hostage. He is completely unaware of the fact that Hopper has called his older sister, Audrey (Marsha Mason), over to the house for medical help. On the way over to her brother's house, Audrey, a nurse, picks up Teddy Peppers (Paul Mazursky), a down and out TV producer contemplating suicide.
Meanwhile, Becky awakens in horror when she discovers Roy's body in bed beside her. She runs from her house and flags down two vice detectives (Eric Stoltz and Jeff Daniels) who happen to be driving through. Although he initially feels sympathetic, Wes Taylor (Stoltz) begins to feel suspicious, wondering if Becky knows more than she is telling. Later it is revealed that Becky hired Lee and Dosmo to kill Roy for $30,000. Becky, who was unaware that Lee planned to kill Roy in her own house, stashed the payment in her house. The divergent paths of the characters cross, with deadly consequences, after Lee decides to go back to the house to get the money.
Cast
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Danny Aiello - Dosmo Pizzo
*Greg Cruttwell - Allan Hopper
*Jeff Daniels - Alvin Strayer
*Teri Hatcher - Becky Foxx
*Glenne Headly - Susan Parish
*Peter Horton - Roy Foxx
*Marsha Mason - Audrey Hopper
*Paul Mazursky - Teddy Peppers
*James Spader - Lee Woods
*Eric Stoltz - Wes Taylor
*Charlize Theron - Helga Svelgen
*Keith Carradine - Detective Creighton
*Louise Fletcher - Evelyn
*Austin Pendleton - Ralph Crupi
*Kathleen Luong - MidoriExternal links
*imdb title|id=0115438|title=2 Days in the Valley
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