Movie #: Title:   Year: 2004         IMDB mediatype
Genre: Director:     IMDB   Rating:  PG-13  Box Set? box set?

FileNameRunTimeFileSize(MB)
1046 Secret Window.mp4961122
Actors & their characters
Johnny DeppFilter 
John TurturroFilter 
Maria BelloFilter 
Timothy HuttonFilter 
Charles S. DuttonFilter 

Synopsis

Mort Rainey (Depp), a successful author, is passing through a hard period in his life. After catching his wife (Bello) sleeping with another man, he divorces and moves away from the city to somewhere in the country. One day a man appears at his door, presenting himself as John Shooter (Turturro), and accuses Mort of copying a story from him. Although Mort believes things can be solved once he shows Shooter the original version, which had appeared two years before Shooter's version [Shooter wrote his in 1997. Rainey's was published in early 1995.], he can't seem to be able to get an original copy in the time limit set by Shooter. Strange things start happening which prevent him from recieving the needed original and Mort tries to find out who Shooter really is and if he is responsible for the things which happen. (Hutton plays Bello's new boyfriend; Dutton plays a private investigator hired to make Turturro's character leave Mort alone.)  

More Info

Be sure to watch Secret Window before you dive into the DVD's special features, most of which quickly reveal the film's secrets. Writer-director David Koepp's commentary track is full of inside jokes and technical details but a bit dry; he might have benefited from another voice as a counter. He's also the centerpiece of the three lengthy featurettes (over an hour total), although the major cast members pitch in as well. And if it's true that "the only thing that matters is the ending," you get an alternate ending here among the four deleted scenes (two with optional Koepp commentary). It's not that different, tacking on a few striking but ultimately unnecessary seconds, but the computer-animated storyboards show that it's what Koepp originally had in mind. --David Horiuchi