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Movie
Scoop
Synopsis
Both laughs and thrills are on the masthead in this comedy drama about a would-be reporter written and directed by Woody Allen. Sondra Pransky (Scarlett Johansson) is an American journalism student who travels to England to visit friends. While in London, she attends a magic show where magician Sid "Splendini" Waterman (Woody Allen) brings her on-stage as part of a trick in which he makes her disappear. However, while waiting to be "de-materialized," she's visited by the ghost of a murdered reporter (Ian McShane), who passes along the scoop of the decade. The spirit claims that Peter Lyman (Hugh Jackman), the wealthy and handsome son of a well-known aristocrat, is leading a double life as "the Tarot Card Killer," a serial murderer who has been terrifying the nation and eluding police. With the magician's help, Jane begins investigating the story and is able to piece together some incriminating evidence against Lyman. However, the more she learns, the more dangerous her investigation becomes -- especially when she falls into a romance with the suspected killer. Scoop was Woody Allen's second consecutive film with leading lady Scarlett Johansson, after the critically acclaimed Match Point; it was also Allen's second feature to be shot in Great Britain.
Cast
- Woody Allen
- Hugh Jackman
- Scarlett Johansson
- Ian McShane
- Charles Dance
- Romola Garai
- Fenella Woolgar
- Julian Glover
- Victoria Hamilton
- Kevin McNally
- Carolyn Backhouse
- Sam Friend
- Jim Dunk
- Mark Heap
- Suzy Kewer
- Jody Halse
- Matt Day
- Elizabeth Berrington
- Rupert Frazer
- Christopher Godwin
- Tina Rath
- Caroline Blakiston
- Richard Johnson
- William Hoyland
- Moya Brady
- Meg Wynn Owen
- Alexander Armstrong
- Anthony Head
- Robert Bathurst
- Geoff Bell
- Christopher Fulford
- Nigel Lindsay
- Doreen Mantle
- David Schneider
- Meera Syal
- Julia Deakin
- Margaret Tyzack
- Jeffrey Wickham
- Robyn Kerr
- Richard Stirling
- Stephen Tenenbaum
- Nick Palmer
- Maria Djurkovic
- Gail Stevens
- Jack Rollins
- Alisa Lepselter
- Nicky Kentish Barnes
- Peter Glossop
- Jill Taylor
- Charles H. Joffe
- Remi Adefarasin
- Patricia Kerrigan DiCerto
- Juliet Taylor
- Helen Robin
- Bob Hein
- Woody Allen