Deathtrap 1982 123movies

Watch: Deathtrap 1982 123movies, Full Movie Online – To make Sidney’s slump all the more painful, Clifford Anderson, a student of one of Sidney’s writing seminars, has recently sent his mentor a copy of his first attempt at playwrighting for Sidney’s review and advice. The play, “Deathtrap”, is a five character, two-act thriller so perfect in its construction that, as Sidney says, “A gifted director couldn’t even hurt it.” Using his penchant for plot, and out of his desperate desire to once again be the toast of Broadway, Sidney, along with Myra, cook up an almost unthinkable scheme: They’ll lure the would-be playwright to the Bruhl home, kill him, and market the sure-fire script as Sidney’s own. But shortly after Clifford arrives, it’s clear that things are not what they seem. Even Helga Ten Dorp, a nosey psychic from next door, and Porter Milgram, Sidney’s observant attorney, can only speculate where the line between truth and deception lies..
Plot: A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student’s script.
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Ratings:

	7.0/10 Votes: 13,747
	72% | RottenTomatoes
	54/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 179 Popularity: 7.817 | TMDB

Reviews:

Twist upon twist makes an absorbing mystery even better…
Nothing’s more enjoyable for me than a who-dun-it or suspense tale that keeps you guessing throughout as to how the whole thing will end. And that’s precisely what happens in DEATHTRAP, based on a chilling play by Ira Levin (“Rosemary’s Baby”).

And in it, MICHAEL CAINE and CHRISTOPHER REEVE get to do the kind of stunt that Caine and Laurence Olivier pulled off in SLEUTH–with just about as much skill and as many puzzles as ever existed in that extraordinarily clever play.

But because it’s meant to scare you, surprise you, and keep you guessing as to the outcome, it’s difficult to write a review about the plot. Let’s just say that what we know in the beginning is all you have to know about the film for the present. MICHAEL CAINE is an insanely jealous playwright whose latest play has failed miserably. When a young aspiring writer CHRISTOPHER REEVE sends him the manuscript of his play, Caine realizes that passing it off as his own would solve all his problems and get his reputation back.

From that point on, it’s a matter of fun and games for the audience as Ira Levin’s story unwinds, managing to trump Agatha Christie for the number of twists.

Caine and Reeve play off each other brilliantly, each bringing a certain dynamic tension to the tale as well as some humorous touches that come from a script that laces drama with humor.

Summing up: Well worth seeing–but not everyone is pleased with the ending.

An excellent mystery movie soaked in wit
Deathtrap runs like a play within a movie about who did what to whom, as it primarily takes place on one set. The premise is that an accomplished playwright, whose star is falling, receives a magnificent manuscript from a former student and so he plans to off his protege and appropriate his play, to the (loud) protests of his wife. Or so you think, for the first half of the movie. Past the halfway mark, Deathtrap begins to throw in twists and surprises that turn its premise on its head, then right around, and then in a mad spin, all the time keeping its title appropriate. It’s an excellent mystery movie soaked in wit.

Michael Caine, as the senior playwright, plays himself in this movie – a slightly loony and very dramatic Brit. No surprises here – he does his usual good work. He gets the best line of Deathtrap, which he executes perfectly: “What is your definition of success, being gang-banged in a state penitentiary?”

Christopher Reeve, on the other hand, juggles comedy and drama in a surprisingly strong performance playing the ambitious (and psychopathic) young playwright. He also gets to show off his very toned body, which he must’ve retained coming off the Superman movies.

Caine and Reeve have collaborated in another movie that’s one of my favorite comedies – Noises Off. It similarly revolves around a play as well, although this time Caine is the director and Reeve is an actor. They are joined by comic veterans Carol Burnett, John Ritter, Marilu Henner (Taxi) and Mark Linn-Baker (Perfect Strangers). Together, they demonstrate the calamities that befall the bed-hopping cast and crew of a play. On the surface, the movie looks to be mostly slapstick but upon watching you find that they are many subtle jokes that require more than one viewing to catch. Wish this underrated movie was available on DVD.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 56 min (116 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Director Sidney Lumet
Writer Ira Levin, Jay Presson Allen
Actors Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon
Country United States
Awards 6 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Panaflex Cameras and Lenses by Panavision
Laboratory Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA (color)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm