The Big White (2005)
Directed by Mark Mylod
Genres - Comedy, Drama, Crime |
Sub-Genres - Black Comedy, Crime Comedy |
Release Date - Dec 3, 2005 (USA), Dec 16, 2005 (USA - Limited) |
Run Time - 105 min. |
Countries - Canada, Germany, New Zealand, United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Jason Buchanan
A travel agent in deep debt attempts to swindle a by-the-books insurance agent by claiming the corpse of a gangland hit as his long-missing brother in director Mark Mylod's dark crime comedy. Paul Barnell (Robin Williams) is in trouble. Saddled with a cantankerous wife (Holly Hunter) and unable to convince ambitious insurance company agent Ted (Giovanni Ribisi) to pay off the one-million-dollar claim on his brother, who has been missing for five years, Paul's debts are mounting as fast as his life is crumbling. When Paul discovers the corpse of a nameless man who ended up on the wrong side of the mob, desperation drives him to stage a grizzly death scene and make it look as if his brother has suffered a horrible fate. Though the local police force is easily taken by Paul's elaborate ruse, it's going to take a little more convincing before Ted is willing to sign off on the hefty insurance payment.
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agent [representative], claim, gangster, insurance, missing-person, mob-boss, travel-agent, wife