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The Bone Collector (1999)

A quadriplegic ex-homicide detective and his female partner try to track down a serial killer who is terrorizing New York City.

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Detective Kenny Solomon (as Mike McGlone)
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Storyline

Quadripeligic ex-cop Lincoln Rhyme was looking forward to his assisted suicide when he got the news: some sicko was abducting people in a taxi and leaving them to die in particularly sadistic ways. With time counting down between each abduction and possible death, Rhyme recruits rather-unwilling Amelia Donaghy, haunted by her cop father's suicide and thinking she's next, into working the crime scenes to track down the killer. Written by Jeff Cross <[email protected]>

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Rated R for strong violent content including grisly images, and for language | See all certifications »

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6 January 2000 (Israel)  »

Also Known As:

El coleccionista de huesos  »

Box Office

Budget:

$73,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$16,712,020 (USA) (5 November 1999)

Gross:

$66,488,090 (USA) (3 March 2000)
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Trivia

When Amelia jumps into the river to rescue the old man and his grand daughter, she was actually jumping into a heated pool. A vegetable dye was added to give the water its appearance. See more »

Goofs

Amelia spends several minutes in the waters of New York Harbor, then heads for the subway station in perfectly dry clothes. See more »

Quotes

Rhyme: [Amelia caresses a sleeping Rhyme's hand] There are laws against molesting the handicapped, you know.
[he awakens]
Amelia: Yeah?
[laughs]
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Connections

Referenced in Juno (2007) See more »

Soundtracks

The Touch (Le Toucher)
Written by George Acogny, Mitsou, Kamil Rustam
Performed by Mitsou
Mitsou appears courtesy of Generation Records
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Dark, suspenseful thriller worth seeing
7 July 2001 | by (Washington State, USA) – See all my reviews

Denzel Washington plays a former cop who is injured in the line of duty and becomes a crime scene investigator and expert witness in the service of law firms. Angelina Jolie plays a cop who is struggling to find a place within a male-dominated police culture, and shows a talent for crime scene investigation, which Denzel's character immediately recognizes and appreciates, since he is bedridden and physically unable to go to most crime scenes. She is reluctant to get involved, but does wind up grudgingly serving as his eyes and ears as they try to follow clues left by a serial killer who gives clues about his next victims and taunts them and the police.

While Denzel's character is almost too brilliant to be believable, if you can overlook that you should thoroughly enjoy this movie. Denzel and Angelina, together with cops of varying competence, try to follow the clues given to them by the serial killer, who gives them clues before the killing actually occurs.

Most people who enjoy a dark, suspenseful movie (such as Silence of the Lambs) should thoroughly enjoy this movie.


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