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| gross = $391,431 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2899870721/weekend/|title=Black Butterfly|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref> |
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'''''Black Butterfly''''' is a 2017 American [[thriller film]] directed by [[Brian Goodman]] and written by |
'''''Black Butterfly''''' is a 2017 American [[thriller film]] directed by [[Brian Goodman]] and written by Marc Frydman and Justin Stanley. The film stars [[Antonio Banderas]], [[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]], [[Piper Perabo]], [[Abel Ferrara]], [[Vincent Riotta]] and Nathalie Rapti Gomez. It was released on May 26, 2017, by [[Lionsgate Premiere]].<ref name="Variety">{{cite web|author=Dave McNary |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/antonio-banderas-jonathan-rhys-meyers-black-butterfly-1201753705/ |title=Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Rhys Meyers Starring in 'Black Butterfly' |work=[[Variety.com]] |date=April 14, 2016 |access-date=May 23, 2017}}</ref><ref name="IW">{{cite web|author=Yoselin Acevedo |url=http://www.indiewire.com/2017/03/black-butterfly-trailer-antonio-banderas-thriller-jonathan-rhys-meyers-piper-perabo-1201795863/ |title=Black Butterfly Trailer: Antonio Banderas Is Pushed to the Limit |publisher=[[IndieWire]] |date=March 22, 2017 |access-date=May 23, 2017}}</ref> It is based on a 2008 French television film, ''Papillon Noir'', directed by [[Christian Faure (director)|Christian Faure]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152138/|title=Black Butterfly|date=28 April 2008|website=IMDb.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/black-butterfly-opens-brian-goodman-almost-twists-itself-apart-2495391288.html|title=The Tense Tale of 'Black Butterfly' Almost Twists Itself Apart|date=1 June 2017|website=Popmatters.com}}</ref> |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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On the outskirts of a mountain town grappling with a series of abductions and murders, Paul, a reclusive writer, struggles to start what he hopes will be a career-saving screenplay. After a tense encounter with a drifter named Jack, Paul offers Jack a place to stay. Soon, the edgy, demanding Jack muscles his way into Paul's work. As a storm cuts off power to the isolated cabin, the two men begin a jagged game that will bring at least one tale to an end. |
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Paul Lopez ([[Antonio Banderas]]) is an alcoholic screenwriter suffering from writer's block. His realtor, Laura, ([[Piper Perabo]]) arrives with a couple, the Owens, to show them Paul's house, for sale because of Paul's financial difficulties. Before leaving to go hunting, Paul asks Laura to meet later at a diner. On his way, he receives a phone call advising his script cannot be submitted in its current form. Frustrated, Paul gets into an altercation with a truck driver who won't let him pass in traffic. |
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He meets Laura. News of the "Roadside Killer" is being broadcasted. The Owens are not interested in the house but Laura is interested in his work. He confides he has not written in a long time. Before leaving they make a dinner date. Meanwhile, the truck driver enters the restaurant. Upset, he tattacks Paul, but is thrown out of the diner by Jack, another patron ([[Jonathan Rhys Myers]]). |
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Driving, Paul spots Jack hitchhiking and picks him up, inviting him to stay the night in his guestroom. Later Paul explains his phone connection is out and there is no internet. He tells Jack his history as a writer. Jack asks to read one of Paul's scripts and is given an unsold script called ''Under the Clock''. Paul notices Jack's tattoo while he is swimming in an artificial pond near the house and Jack explains that it is a prison tattoo of a [[Delias kristianiae|black butterfly]]; very rare and very hard to catch. Jack convinces Paul to quit drinking and to write a script based on Paul's life. |
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Jack reads the first draft without Paul's consent and, unsatisfied, throws it into the fire, proposing that the character of "Jack" be a person working in collusion with the truck driver. That night Jack sneaks into Paul's room and puts a knife to his throat to show him that, unlike the girl pleading with her attacker in his script, in reality the victim does not speak a word. While Jack is chopping wood the next morning, Paul looks through old newspaper clippings and evidence he has collected about young women's disappearances but quickly hides it when Jack walks in. Later, while working on the script, Paul hears a gunshot and a woman scream. He goes outside to investigate but Jack indicates that it was a bird screeching due to the gunshot. |
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A delivery man arrives with some goods. Jack points a shotgun at Paul and tells him not to walk too far. Once Paul gets rid of the delivery man, he argues with Jack about his twisted conduct. Attempting to leave, Paul ends up punching Jack but is wrestled to the ground and taken prisoner. Jack explains that he is paranoid about going back to prison. That night Paul sneaks out for drink but is stopped by Jack who then forces him to smash all the bottles, insisting that he is helping him. Later in the night, Paul has difficulties writing due to Jack terrorizing him. |
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Laura arrives on a foggy morning asking why Paul hasn't answered her calls for days. At that moment, Paul rushes to her and tells her to give him her car keys so that they can escape Jack. Halfway down the road, Jack walks out in front of them and shoots at the car. He then forces them to push the car into the water and to come back to the house. Soon a sheriff arrives looking for a missing girl who was supposed to have been delivering a package. Paul says that he hasn't seen the girl but attempts to scream out a message, causing Jack to run out, force the sheriff into the trunk of his police vehicle and shoot him. Paul locks Jack out and barricades the windows to protect himself and Laura. When Jack pretends to drive the sheriff's car away, they attempt to run through the woods to catch the half-hourly train but Laura trips over a log and Jack catches them. |
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That night Jack insists that Paul has broken their agreement. Laura, surprisingly, stabs Jack in the back with a pair of sewing scissors. Paul grabs the shotgun but Jack says he is not brave enough to shoot and wrestles it from him. He takes Laura into the study and ties Paul to a chair. Paul breaks a picture and uses the broken glass to cut himself free, goes downstairs where he picks up a shotgun and enters the study. Laura is unconscious on the floor. Paul explains to Jack that he understands what it is like to "kill" and believes Jack has been sent by God so that Paul can kill Jack and frame him as the Roadside Killer. He shoots at Jack but the bullets are blanks. Jack grabs the shotgun and knocks him unconscious. |
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Paul wakes next morning and finds a group of FBI agents searching his house. He sees the sheriff uninjured and the truck driver, Laura, and Jack, all wearing FBI badges. Jack explains that they have been "tracking" him for three years and plays the recording of Paul's explanation of what it is like to kill. Paul complains that any evidence collected from his house is tainted because Jack and Laura had access to the house and could have planted it and that the tape recording is just his notes for a screenplay. Jack fears that they do not have enough evidence for a conviction. He notices an excavator with dirt on it. Looking through Paul's possessions, he finds a picture of Paul's wife in a yard that shows no artificial pond. Paul is impressed and attempts to make a deal to avoid the death penalty but Jack prefers "his own ending". The film ends with Paul waking up from what appeared to be a dream that happened to be the events of the film, and quickly attempts to type out the dream as a new script entitled ''Black Butterfly''. |
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==Critical response== |
==Critical response== |
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The [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] gives the film an approval rating of |
The [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] gives the film an approval rating of 40% based on 20 reviews with an average rating of 4.9/10.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/black_butterfly_2017 |title=''Black Butterfly'' (2017) |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]] |access-date=December 28, 2018}}</ref> At [[Metacritic]], the film has an average score of 43 out of 100 based on 7 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/black-butterfly |title=''Black Butterfly'' Reviews |work=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=June 9, 2017}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 01:09, 29 June 2024
| Black Butterfly | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Brian Goodman |
| Screenplay by |
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| Based on | Papillon Noir by Christian Faure |
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| Cinematography | José David Montero |
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| Music by | Federico Jusid |
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| Distributed by | Lionsgate Premiere |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Land | Vereinigte Staaten |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Budget | $5,500,000 |
| Box office | $391,431 [1] |
Black Butterfly is a 2017 American thriller film directed by Brian Goodman and written by Marc Frydman and Justin Stanley. The film stars Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Piper Perabo, Abel Ferrara, Vincent Riotta and Nathalie Rapti Gomez. It was released on May 26, 2017, by Lionsgate Premiere.[2][3] It is based on a 2008 French television film, Papillon Noir, directed by Christian Faure.[4][5]
Plot
[edit]On the outskirts of a mountain town grappling with a series of abductions and murders, Paul, a reclusive writer, struggles to start what he hopes will be a career-saving screenplay. After a tense encounter with a drifter named Jack, Paul offers Jack a place to stay. Soon, the edgy, demanding Jack muscles his way into Paul's work. As a storm cuts off power to the isolated cabin, the two men begin a jagged game that will bring at least one tale to an end.
Cast
[edit]- Antonio Banderas as Paul Lopez
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Jack
- Piper Perabo as Laura Johnson
- Abel Ferrara as Pat
- Vincent Riotta as Lt. Carcano
- Nathalie Rapti Gomez as Julie
- Randall Paul as Mr. Owen
- Katie McGovern as Nancy Barrows
Release
[edit]The film was released on May 26, 2017, by Lionsgate Premiere.[2][3]
Critical response
[edit]The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 40% based on 20 reviews with an average rating of 4.9/10.[6] At Metacritic, the film has an average score of 43 out of 100 based on 7 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Black Butterfly". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ a b Dave McNary (April 14, 2016). "Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Rhys Meyers Starring in 'Black Butterfly'". Variety.com. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
- ^ a b Yoselin Acevedo (March 22, 2017). "Black Butterfly Trailer: Antonio Banderas Is Pushed to the Limit". IndieWire. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
- ^ "Black Butterfly". IMDb.com. 28 April 2008.
- ^ "The Tense Tale of 'Black Butterfly' Almost Twists Itself Apart". Popmatters.com. 1 June 2017.
- ^ "Black Butterfly (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
- ^ "Black Butterfly Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
