Incognito (film)
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Incognito is a 1998
crime thriller starring Jason Patric
and Irene Jacob
.
famous artists' paintings, trying to become a legitimate artist in his own right. He takes up a job of forging Rembrandt for $500,000. He travels to France to study Rembrandt, where he meets the beautiful Rembrandt expert Prof. Marieke van den Broeck (Jacob) and soon they got involved in a romantic affair. Harry paints his "Rembrandt", then returns to London with his painting, only to be stunned to see Marieke there, hired by his clients to validate the painting. Things get more complicated when he tries to sell the painting, someone was killed, and Harry is framed for the murder. He flees, forcing Marieke to go with him, but is eventually arrested. He tries to prove his innocence and show that the painting is fake, but nobody believes him. At last he gets away, receives money from the painting's auction, and is joined by Marieke.
1998 in film
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crime thriller starring Jason Patric
Jason Patric
Jason Patric is an American film, television and stage actor. He may be best-known for his roles in the films The Lost Boys, Sleepers, Your Friends & Neighbors, Narc, The Losers and Speed 2: Cruise Control. His father was actor/playwright Jason Miller...
and Irene Jacob
Irène Jacob
Irène Marie Jacob is a French-born Swiss actress considered one of the preeminent French actresses of her generation. Jacob gained international recognition and acclaim through her work with Polish film director Krzysztof Kieślowski, who cast her in the lead role of The Double Life of Véronique...
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Plot
The talented New York artist Harry Donovan (Patric) is an expert in forgingArt forgery
Art forgery is the creation of works of art which are falsely attributed to other, usually more famous, artists. Art forgery can be extremely lucrative, but modern dating and analysis techniques have made the identification of forged artwork much simpler....
famous artists' paintings, trying to become a legitimate artist in his own right. He takes up a job of forging Rembrandt for $500,000. He travels to France to study Rembrandt, where he meets the beautiful Rembrandt expert Prof. Marieke van den Broeck (Jacob) and soon they got involved in a romantic affair. Harry paints his "Rembrandt", then returns to London with his painting, only to be stunned to see Marieke there, hired by his clients to validate the painting. Things get more complicated when he tries to sell the painting, someone was killed, and Harry is framed for the murder. He flees, forcing Marieke to go with him, but is eventually arrested. He tries to prove his innocence and show that the painting is fake, but nobody believes him. At last he gets away, receives money from the painting's auction, and is joined by Marieke.
Cast
- Jason Patric ... Harry Donovan
- Irene Jacob ... Marieke van den Broeck
- Thomas Lockyer ... Alastair Davies
- Ian RichardsonIan RichardsonIan William Richardson CBE was a Scottish actor best known for his portrayal of the Machiavellian Tory politician Francis Urquhart in the BBC's House of Cards trilogy. He was also a leading Shakespearean stage actor....
... Turley (the prosecutor) - Rod SteigerRod SteigerRodney Stephen "Rod" Steiger was an Academy Award-winning American actor known for his performances in such films as On the Waterfront, The Big Knife, Oklahoma!, The Harder They Fall, Across the Bridge, The Pawnbroker, Doctor Zhivago, In the Heat of the Night, and Waterloo as well as the...
... Milton Donovan