Incognito

Starring:Jason Patric, IrÃ¨ne Jacob, Thomas Lockyer, Ian Richardson, Simon Chandler, Pip Torrens, Michael Cochrane, Rod Steiger, Togo Igawa, Joseph Blatchley, Paul Brennen, Olivier Pierre, Peter Gale, David Marrick, Dudley Sutton, Adam Fogerty, Ricardo Montez, Antonio Elliott, Jonathan Newth, Bryan Matheson
Director: John Badham
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product Type: DVD

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Jason Patric stars as ace art forger Harry Donovan, eager to get out of the counterfeiting business and become a legitimate painter, but willing to take on one last, monumental job: creating a fake Rembrandt that will fool absolutely everyone. The promised money is good but the clients are creeps: gun-toting art dealers who ultimately set up Harry for a murder, forcing him to go on the run across Europe with an art expert (Irene Jacob) in tow. The film has a major obstacle in Donovan himself, an arrogant and unlikable jerk played with unappealing self-absorption by Patric. Worrying about this guy's fate is not an inviting prospect, but there are compensations in Jacob's smart performance and Rod Steiger's emotionally raw presence as Harry's mentor father. Director John Badham takes particular delight in penetrating the arcane world of forgery and in detailing Harry's working methods, from intense research to color selections to choices of tools and aging processes. Badham keeps us constantly curious and fascinated by this unholy marriage of expertise and deceit, and at least nominally interested in Harry's efforts to free himself of the criminal squandering of his talents. The crisp DVD image does justice to Badham's careful palette of colors, light, and European exotica, and special features include interviews with Jacob, Steiger, and Badham, plus trailers and a panel discussion involving Badham, writer Jordan Katz, and composer John Ottman. The DVD also includes English and Spanish audio tracks, and English, French, and Spanish subtitles. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

Alright thriller.......2006-07-08

Art forger Harry Donovan (Jason Patric) agrees to one last job before making dad happy by giving up the shamming and pursuing his own art. His last job's a lulu, too - paint a `lost' Rembrandt. Lost off the coast of Spain centuries ago with no surviving copies.

It's a solid enough premise around which to build a movie. Films about obsessive people tend to be interesting, and expert art forgers - Donovan is supposed to be one of the best - have to be obsessive. And it's easy to get swept up in films that pursue their own idiosyncratic obsessions. Creating the perfect forgery seems a natural. How does the crook outwit the experts? Where are the pitfalls on the trail to the perfect fake?

INCOGNITO cares about some of that stuff, but it cares about more, too much more, besides. To begin with there's a trio of unscrupulous art dealers Donovan has to deal with. They're here mainly to provide thriller fodder - they fund the `last job' and are show up at the end to betray the intense young artist. Then there's Prof. Marieke van den Broeck (Irène Jacob,) the beautiful art expert who `feels' one candidate isn't a real Rembrandt and more or less jets around Europe bumping into Donovan. Of course the pretty Prof. and Donovan tryst, fall in and out of love, get handcuffed together for an escape through Britain, and cement their bond during an extended, and unconvincing, movie-ending courtroom act. Some movies throw in a little bit of everything. Of course, with the gorgeous Jacob and GQ-coverboy Patric in the lead I guess crowding a bumpy love affair into an already overloaded movie ought to have been expected.

INCOGNITO isn't a bad movie, but it's not one you lean into, either. There's an awful lot of hokum going on - the bad-guy art dealers were forced, the events that led up to the trial strained at the credibility leash, and the trial itself was thin and unconvincing. A shaky three-stars for this one.

Made for TV quality.......2006-06-26

Saw 'Victory' and thought it would be fun to see Irene Jacob in something else. Read the reviews here and thought this sounded interesting. Not! Nothing is believable about this effort. We hated Jason Patric's character throughout and found the 'love affair' ridiculous, to say the least! This is a sad and embarrassing movie. To be avoided.

Executed with Ingenuity!.......2006-04-05

We have here an intriguing and cunning adventure in the world of art forgery. The action spans across Europe with American art forger Harry Donovan, aptly played by Jason Patric, commissioned by a less than savory group to "create" a lost masterpiece by the Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn. The beautiful Irene Jacob plays his love interest, Prof. Marieke van den Broeck. A perfect mix of suspense and intrigue with a more than satifactory ending.

As others have have provided storyline details, I will comment on this movies vibrant cinematography with sensual colors and brilliant lighting and a supurb musical score. The DVD is packed with bonus features that will satify everyone. I highly recommend the accompaning sountrack CD to complete a most enjoyable movie.

Great Flick!.......2005-09-24

I caught this on HBO and had to buy a copy for myself. Not a great movie perhaps, but it is a great "flick." It does have some nudity so those with small children should be forewarned.

If you are looking for a movie for grown-ups then you have found it. The reason that this film was a box office bust is because teenagers can't identify with any of the characters or themes. Adults will appreciate that each of the characters have conflicting desires and must operate in circumstances that they do not control. Even the humor is of the shaded variety.

I disagree with those reviewers who overanalyze it. This was not intended to be a "Casablanca", but then what is? What makes this movie work is that the audience can only guess at where the story will go next. Nothing is telegraphed.

Each character's focus seems to be the cause of their own defeats. Jason Patric's "Donovan" is the epitome of this. His greatest work of art is a forgery that is so good that when he needs to prove it is a forgery, he is dismissed as a liar.

Actually, as I think about it, this movie shares some elements with Casablanca. Danger, a love affair, the sense that the lead character is wasting his life...

But it is not that good. Just worth buying and watching!

Wonderful!.......2003-10-17

I've seen this movie many times & it is such an enjoyable ride that not once have I been tempted to over-analyze it, hunt for plot holes, flaws etc... & there are very few movies I can say that about. My list of all time favorites is a very short one - movies that somehow retain their magic and freshness through the years enough that I never tire of watching them & will always go out of my way (if necessary) to retain suspension of disbelief for & this is one of them.

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Suspence

Incognito
Starring: Allison Dean , Richard T. Jones , Phil Morris , Vanessa Williams , and Roger Guenveur Smith
Director: Julie Dash
Manufacturer: Urban Works
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Customer Reviews:

Suspence.......2003-09-24

I loved this movie. It kept me wondering who the killer was. Another great BET Movie. Good job BET.

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Good One!
A DEFINITE TREASURE
No Maysa!!
Awesome performance!!
Incognito in Concert- Ohne Filter

Incognito in Concert - Ohne Filter
Starring: Incognito
Manufacturer: Inakustic Gmbh
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0006Q942S
Release Date: 2005-02-01

Product Description

IN CONCERT: OHNE FILTER (INCOGNITO)

Customer Reviews:

Good One!.......2007-03-07

For any real Cog fan this is a must have DVD dispite the fact that this is the only concert DVD they have to offer,this perfomance basically
consist of songs from the 100 Degrees and Rising CD and IMO this happens to be one of if not the best CD from Bluey & the Gang and I have them all.
my only dissapointment was it was simply not long enough but a fine perfomance none the less!

A DEFINITE TREASURE.......2006-06-20

I bought this DVD after some initial reluctance. I truly missed Maysa's soulful and haunting voice esp. in songs like "Still a friend of mine" (it's done awfully on the DVD I actually skip it everytime!). After listening to the DVD a couple of times though, it's become a hot favourite.

Pam Anderson does justice to her songs, "Good Love" and "Don't you worry bout a thing", a big nineties hit in South Africa. Joy Malcom is a star, and I like her attitude on Stage, "Spellbound and Speechless" being her signature tune.

When Incognito toured South africa in 2005, the sound quality was so terrible that half of the people walked out during the show.
This is the only live perfomance from the band that I have and I treasure it so much.

No Maysa!!.......2005-10-29

Nice try, but it's just not Incognito without Maysa. The Incognito musicians are fantastic, but if you're looking for the true feel of the songs, or anticipating Maysa going even deeper into the waters, you will be sorely disappointed by her absence. Sorry guys.

Awesome performance!!.......2005-04-14

If you are an Incognito fan then this dvd is for you! This video ROCKS!! When you compare Incogito with other bands, Incognito wins all the time.

This is the only concert dvd out there by Incognito so you better get your copy while it lasts.

Incognito in Concert- Ohne Filter.......2005-03-31

This is one of the best concert dvd's I have ever seen. Having over 200 music concert DVD's in my music library, I rate this one in the top 5. This concert rates with Santana, Sade, Maze, and Mary J. Blidge. The group is off the chain , and Joy Malcolm's - SPELLBOUND and SPEECHLESS, as she flips into her cool mode is too much. If the groove does not get you, the funk will take you out! A must have for any serious collector of great music dvd's.

Ron B in the Ham down south.

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Incognito From St. Petersburg / Inkognito iz Peterburga

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ASIN: B000GUHBQU

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Polnaja restavracija izobrazhenija i zvuka. Po motivam p'esy Nikolaja Vasil'evicha Gogolja "Revizor". V zaholustnom gorodishke gotovjatsja k priezdu revizora. Neozhidanno zdes' pojavljaetsja samozvanec, kotorogo prinimajut za ozhidaemogo proverjajuwego. Estestvenno, vse prigotovlennye "gostincy" dostajutsja emu.

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