Masquerade

1988
18
1h 31m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

4.7K

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A recently orphaned heiress meets a young racing yacht captain on Long Island. He shows interest in her and, being heiress to $200,000,000, love may not be the reason.

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A recently orphaned heiress meets a young racing yacht captain in the Long Island Hamptons. He shows interest in her, but love may not be the reason.A recently orphaned heiress meets a young racing yacht captain in the Long Island Hamptons. He shows interest in her, but love may not be the reason.A recently orphaned heiress meets a young racing yacht captain in the Long Island Hamptons. He shows interest in her, but love may not be the reason.

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

4.7K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

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Trivia
The film's original title was "Dying for Love," but the studio was concerned that the public would associate the title with AIDS, and thus it was dropped.

Goofs
The gun in the death scene is an automatic pistol. After it is fired it ends up on the floor, where it is shown with the hammer not cocked. A semiautomatic pistol such as that one recocks itself after a shot is fired. The hammer should have been cocked.

Quotes
Olivia Lawrence: Marry me.
Tim Whalen: What did you say?
Olivia Lawrence: You heard me.
Tim Whalen: Olivia.
Olivia Lawrence: A simple yes would be fine.
Tim Whalen: You know I love you.
Olivia Lawrence: Oh Jesus, forget it. Pretend I never said it. I didn't mean it.
Tim Whalen: No, there's nothing in the world I'd rather do than marry you but I - I just don't think you know enough about me.
Olivia Lawrence: You rob banks or something?
Tim Whalen: Bounce checks.
Olivia Lawrence: For a living?
Tim Whalen: When I quit school, I got caught in Cincinnati with no money. Wrote a lot of checks on a closed account. Spent thirty days in jail.
Olivia Lawrence: And for that you wont marry me?

Alternate versions
A TV version exists where there is a much longer conversation between Tim Whalen (Rob Lowe) and Brooke Morrison (Kim Cattrall) in bed in which they discuss her numerous affairs with other men. Secondly, Olivia Lawrence (Meg Tilly) discusses with Tim about their past summer before they met. This scene is in her Manhattan apartment either before or after Olivia's meeting with her attorneys. Thirdly, Olivia approaches Tim overlooking the window and starts to kiss him passionately.

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Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Video Discoveries (1989)

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Featured review

5/10

Second Rate Thriller

Beneath the posh exterior of the small New York town and all it's high society it's pretty obvious that something's up. What it is exactly , you'll have to watch to find out. Does it make for a mildly intriguing twisty thriller? Sure. But Masquerade mostly feels like a wasted opportunity. For one too much is centered around Meg Tilly. Her character basically does nothing in this whole movie other than react to what's happening yet it insists on making her the focus of attention. And Tilly doesnt quite infuse this role with great personality either. The most interesting point scare when it goes to what Rob Lowe is up to and the few glimpses you get, make you feel how much better this could have been if it expanded his schemes into an entire plot.

I'll leave it undisclosed but the ending if this movie is one of the most rushed and sloppy you'll see for a while and really topples whatever card house its built up to that point.