Equinox (1993 film)

Equinox
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Directed by	Alan Rudolph
Produced by	David Blocker
Written by	Alan Rudolph
Starring	Matthew Modine Lara Flynn Boyle Fred Ward
Cinematography	Elliot Davis
Edited by	Michael Ruscio
Production company	RainCity Productions
Distributed by	IRS Media
Release dates	June 11, 1993 (1993-06-11) (U.S.)
Running time	110 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Equinox is a 1993 film written and directed by Alan Rudolph. It stars Matthew Modine in dual roles, along with Lara Flynn Boyle, Marisa Tomei, Lori Singer and Fred Ward. The film was shot in Minnesota and Utah and is set in the fictional urban city of Empire. It was nominated for four Independent Spirit Awards.

Plot

Henry Petosa and Freddy Ace are identical twins living in the fictional city of Empire with no knowledge of each other, separated at birth and given up for adoption.

Henry is a shy garage mechanic. He lives in a slum and loves Beverly Franks, his best friend's sister. He also baby-sits for his neighbor Rosie, a prostitute.

Freddy is a driver for Mr. Paris, a gangster. He is slick and self-confident, married to a materialistic woman named Sharon.

One day, a young woman named Sonya Kirk who works in a morgue accidentally comes across a letter indicating that the twins are actually the offspring of European nobility and owed a large sum of inheritance money. Sonya decides to play amateur detective and track them down.

It all leads to a confrontation between the surprised twins in a restaurant, a shootout and a final scene high above the Grand Canyon.

Principal cast

Actor	Role
Matthew Modine	Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace
Lara Flynn Boyle	Beverly Franks
Fred Ward	Mr. Paris
Marisa Tomei	Rosie Rivers
Tate Donovan	Richie Nunn
Carlos Sanz	Harold
Lori Singer	Sharon Ace
M. Emmet Walsh	Pete Petosa
Kevin J. O'Connor	Russell Franks
Jasen Kane	Freddy Ace - as a child
Jereme Kane	Henry Petosa - as a child
Tyra Ferrell	Sonya Kirk

Critical reception

The New York Times movie reviewer Stephen Holden had praise for the actors, saying Moline "does a fine job of differentiating between the two without resorting to caricature. He is especially good at showing how the repressed qualities of each twin peek through their surfaces. As Henry's sweetheart, Ms. Boyle exudes the right mixture of warm-blooded ardor and strait-laced defensiveness."

External links

• Equinox at IMDb
• Equinox at AllMovie