BEYOND SUSPICION (originally titled AUGIE ROSE but nonsensically retitled for video release) is an exploration of one man's external and internal journey into a new and wildly different lifestyle. John Nolan (Jeff Goldblum), a well-off yuppie insurance salesman, witnesses the death by gunshot of a deli clerk, an ex-con named Augie Rose, and then fixates on learning all he can about the man's life. Bit by bit, Nolan assumes identity, even to the point of falling for the young woman (Anne Heche) who had corresponded with him while he was in prison and now is in town to hook up. Nolan's new life becomes increasingly complicated, but increasingly we understand his obsession. This is thanks to both the script and Goldblum's sensitive. And Heche strikes just the right note as a sweet, kind, but not altogether naive woman who loves the man she believes is Augie. They, and an excellent supporting cast of quirky characters, make this a intresting film.
BEYOND SUSPICION, aka AUGIE ROSE (2000)
BEYOND SUSPICION (originally titled AUGIE ROSE but nonsensically retitled for video release) is an exploration of one man's external and internal journey into a new and wildly different lifestyle. John Nolan (Jeff Goldblum), a well-off yuppie insurance salesman, witnesses the death by gunshot of a deli clerk, an ex-con named Augie Rose, and then fixates on learning all he can about the man's life. Bit by bit, Nolan assumes identity, even to the point of falling for the young woman (Anne Heche) who had corresponded with him while he was in prison and now is in town to hook up. Nolan's new life becomes increasingly complicated, but increasingly we understand his obsession. This is thanks to both the script and Goldblum's sensitive. And Heche strikes just the right note as a sweet, kind, but not altogether naive woman who loves the man she believes is Augie. They, and an excellent supporting cast of quirky characters, make this a intresting film.
