Black Widow (2007 film)
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Black Widow is a 2007 made-for-television movie produced by RHI Entertainment
and starring Elizabeth Berkley
, Alicia Coppola
and Randall Batinkoff
. It is loosely based on the 1987 film of the same name
starring Debra Winger
and Theresa Russell
.
Black Widow re-unites Elizabeth Berkley
and Randall Batinkoff
, who starred together four years previously in the action thriller The Detonator
. Adriana DeMeo
stars in crime series Without a Trace
, for which Elizabeth Berkley
has made a notable special guest appearance.
The film was originally released in 2007, before being re-cut and re-released in 2008 under the title Dark Beauty.
), is young, beautiful, brilliant, and effortlessly charming. She is a dedicated charity worker, responsible for establishing free clinics across the country for poor women. When she meets millionaire Danny Keegan (Randall Batinkoff
), the pair soon form a relationship and he falls for her. However, it soon becomes clear that not everyone admires Olivia. Danny’s college friend, Melanie (Alicia Coppola
), a photo journalist for the Los Angeles Tribune
, thinks that there is something suspicious about Olivia and soon wants to learn more about the mysterious woman.
With the help of her assistant, Finn (Adriana DeMeo
), Melanie discovers the truth about Olivia, finding out that her Ph.D.
is fake, that she is responsible for many acts of embezzlement
and that she has another lover on the side. Then she discovers Olivia’s numerous identities, the multiple marriages that have left her very rich, and the suspicious deaths of each of her husbands. Soon enough, Olivia realises that Melanie is on to her and begins to take action against her. She will do anything to protect herself, even if it comes to murder.
RHI Entertainment
RHI Entertainment , formerly known as Hallmark Entertainment, is an American producer of television movies and miniseries, founded in 1979 by Robert Halmi Jr. and Robert Halmi Sr. as Robert Halmi Incorporated....
and starring Elizabeth Berkley
Elizabeth Berkley
Elizabeth Berkley is an American television, film, and theatre actress. Berkley's most notable roles were in the television series Saved by the Bell, as brainy feminist Jessie Spano, and the 1995 Paul Verhoeven film Showgirls, as exotic dancer Nomi Malone.-Early life:Berkley was born and raised...
, Alicia Coppola
Alicia Coppola
Alicia Coppola is an American television actress.-Career:Coppola started her TV career as a hostess on the MTV game show Remote Control. In 1991, she was hired to play vixen Lorna Devon on the soap opera Another World; she played the role until 1994...
and Randall Batinkoff
Randall Batinkoff
Randall Matthew Batinkoff is an American actor.Batinkoff was born in Monticello, New York and was raised on an egg farm near Ferndale, New York...
. It is loosely based on the 1987 film of the same name
Black Widow (1987 film)
Black Widow is a 1987 film starring Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey, Nicol Williamson and Dennis Hopper.It is a crime drama about two women: one who murders wealthy men whom she marries for their money, and the other an agent with the Department of Justice who grows obsessed with bringing...
starring Debra Winger
Debra Winger
Mary Debra Winger is an American actress. Three-times an Oscar nominee, she received awards for acting in Terms of Endearment, for which she won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress in 1983, and in A Dangerous Woman, for which she won the Tokyo International Film Festival...
and Theresa Russell
Theresa Russell
Theresa Russell is an American actress.-Biography:Russell was born Theresa Paup in San Diego, California, the daughter of Carole Platt and Jerry Russell Paup. She attended Burbank High School, but did not graduate. She married English film director Nicolas Roeg , in 1982...
.
Black Widow re-unites Elizabeth Berkley
Elizabeth Berkley
Elizabeth Berkley is an American television, film, and theatre actress. Berkley's most notable roles were in the television series Saved by the Bell, as brainy feminist Jessie Spano, and the 1995 Paul Verhoeven film Showgirls, as exotic dancer Nomi Malone.-Early life:Berkley was born and raised...
and Randall Batinkoff
Randall Batinkoff
Randall Matthew Batinkoff is an American actor.Batinkoff was born in Monticello, New York and was raised on an egg farm near Ferndale, New York...
, who starred together four years previously in the action thriller The Detonator
The Detonator
The Detonator is a 2006 film starring Wesley Snipes. The film follows a United States agent who is protecting a government witness while crossing Europe.The plot is based in Bucharest, Romania, with most of the film being shot on location in Romania....
. Adriana DeMeo
Adriana DeMeo
-Early life:DeMeo graduated from Rutgers University in 2003. One of her classmates at Rutgers was Tom Pelphrey, with whom she had attended a special two-year performing arts program at Howell High School.-Filmography:*Lure .... KC...
stars in crime series Without a Trace
Without a Trace
Without a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series was set in New York City and concerned a fictitious FBI Missing Persons Unit.-Premise:...
, for which Elizabeth Berkley
Elizabeth Berkley
Elizabeth Berkley is an American television, film, and theatre actress. Berkley's most notable roles were in the television series Saved by the Bell, as brainy feminist Jessie Spano, and the 1995 Paul Verhoeven film Showgirls, as exotic dancer Nomi Malone.-Early life:Berkley was born and raised...
has made a notable special guest appearance.
The film was originally released in 2007, before being re-cut and re-released in 2008 under the title Dark Beauty.
Plot
Olivia (Elizabeth BerkleyElizabeth Berkley
Elizabeth Berkley is an American television, film, and theatre actress. Berkley's most notable roles were in the television series Saved by the Bell, as brainy feminist Jessie Spano, and the 1995 Paul Verhoeven film Showgirls, as exotic dancer Nomi Malone.-Early life:Berkley was born and raised...
), is young, beautiful, brilliant, and effortlessly charming. She is a dedicated charity worker, responsible for establishing free clinics across the country for poor women. When she meets millionaire Danny Keegan (Randall Batinkoff
Randall Batinkoff
Randall Matthew Batinkoff is an American actor.Batinkoff was born in Monticello, New York and was raised on an egg farm near Ferndale, New York...
), the pair soon form a relationship and he falls for her. However, it soon becomes clear that not everyone admires Olivia. Danny’s college friend, Melanie (Alicia Coppola
Alicia Coppola
Alicia Coppola is an American television actress.-Career:Coppola started her TV career as a hostess on the MTV game show Remote Control. In 1991, she was hired to play vixen Lorna Devon on the soap opera Another World; she played the role until 1994...
), a photo journalist for the Los Angeles Tribune
Los Angeles Tribune
Los Angeles Tribune was a newspaper published in Los Angeles, California between 1943 and 1960.The newspaper had a reputation for feisty and fearless reporting, with articles about the movie industry and Los Angeles police racism.I try to collect some more info :...
, thinks that there is something suspicious about Olivia and soon wants to learn more about the mysterious woman.
With the help of her assistant, Finn (Adriana DeMeo
Adriana DeMeo
-Early life:DeMeo graduated from Rutgers University in 2003. One of her classmates at Rutgers was Tom Pelphrey, with whom she had attended a special two-year performing arts program at Howell High School.-Filmography:*Lure .... KC...
), Melanie discovers the truth about Olivia, finding out that her Ph.D.
Ph.D.
A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
is fake, that she is responsible for many acts of embezzlement
Embezzlement
Embezzlement is the act of dishonestly appropriating or secreting assets by one or more individuals to whom such assets have been entrusted....
and that she has another lover on the side. Then she discovers Olivia’s numerous identities, the multiple marriages that have left her very rich, and the suspicious deaths of each of her husbands. Soon enough, Olivia realises that Melanie is on to her and begins to take action against her. She will do anything to protect herself, even if it comes to murder.