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* LegFocus: The first thing Rick notices about Mallory is her legs, and she tends to wear short skirts throughout the film.
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* ShesGotLegs: The first thing Rick notices about Mallory is her legs, and she tends to wear short skirts throughout the film.
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* {{Meganekko}}: Lois, Rick's BeleagueredAssistant at his law firm, always wears glasses.
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After a party in his honor, he gives a ride to Mallory Doss (Creator/EmbethDavidtz), a leggy waitress who helped cater the party, when her car is stolen. Once they get home, she reveals that the car was stolen by her father, Dixon Doss (Robert Duvall), an elderly eccentric who's been stalking her. Rick's efforts to calm Mallory down turn into a sexual relationship, and he also takes her on as a client in her legal struggles against her father. As it happens, Rick's PrivateDetective friend Clyde Pell (Creator/RobertDowneyJr) knows Mallory from a previous stint investigating Dixon. With the reluctant help of Mallory's ex-husband Pete Randle (Creator/TomBerenger), a judge orders Dixon to be committed to a mental hospital, but he soon escapes. When someone starts following Rick and sends him mail threatening both him and his children, he enlists the help of Clyde, Mallory and his assistant Lois (Creator/DarylHannah). But cruel twists in the story await him.
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After a party in his honor, he gives a ride to Mallory Doss (Creator/EmbethDavidtz), a leggy waitress who helped cater the party, when her car is stolen. Once they get home, she reveals that the car was stolen by her father, Dixon Doss (Robert Duvall), (Creator/RobertDuvall), an elderly eccentric who's been stalking her. Rick's efforts to calm Mallory down turn into a sexual relationship, and he also takes her on as a client in her legal struggles against her father. As it happens, Rick's PrivateDetective friend Clyde Pell (Creator/RobertDowneyJr) knows Mallory from a previous stint investigating Dixon. With the reluctant help of Mallory's ex-husband Pete Randle (Creator/TomBerenger), a judge orders Dixon to be committed to a mental hospital, but he soon escapes. When someone starts following Rick and sends him mail threatening both him and his children, he enlists the help of Clyde, Mallory and his assistant Lois (Creator/DarylHannah). But cruel twists in the story await him.
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''The Gingerbread Man'' began as a screenplay that Grisham starting writing just before he achieved his breakthrough as a novelist. It ultimately fell into Branagh's hands. After Altman was brought on to direct, the story underwent a major rewrite, which didn't please Grisham. Finished in 1997, it sat on the TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment for over a year, after a failed bout of ExecutiveMeddling, before it was given a limited release and became a BoxOfficeBomb.
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''The Gingerbread Man'' began as a screenplay that Grisham starting started writing just before he achieved his breakthrough as a novelist. It ultimately fell into Branagh's hands. After Altman was brought on to direct, the story underwent a major rewrite, which didn't please Grisham. Finished in 1997, it sat on the TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment for over a year, after a failed bout of ExecutiveMeddling, before it was given a limited release and became a BoxOfficeBomb.
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* AlanSmithee: Creator/RobertAltman (along with writer Clyde Hayes) heavily rewrote Creator/JohnGrisham's screenplay, and the final screenwriting credit went to the collective pseudonym Al Hayes. Altman also was going to have his name taken off the credits if the studio went ahead and released the ReCut they did against his will (but they ultimately didn't).
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''The Gingerbread Man'' began as an unpublished a screenplay that Grisham story that starting writing just before he achieved his breakthrough as a novelist. It ultimately fell into Branagh's hands. After Altman was brought on to direct, the story underwent a major rewrite, which didn't please Grisham. Finished in 1997, it sat on the TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment for over a year, after a failed bout of ExecutiveMeddling, before it was given a limited release and became a BoxOfficeBomb.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Since Rick just won a case for an accused CopKiller in Florida, the Savannah police aren't too eager to help him.
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Rick Macgruder (Creator/KennethBranagh) is a lawyer based in Savannah, Georgia. His success in the courtroom is balanced by his messy personal life. He's divorced, and his relationship with his ex-wife Leeanne (Creator/FamkeJanssen), with whom he has joint custody of their children, is still tense. He's also a bit of an [[TheAlcoholic Alcoholic]], and very much a [[TheCasanova womanizer]].
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Rick Macgruder Magruder (Creator/KennethBranagh) is a lawyer based in Savannah, Georgia. His success in the courtroom is balanced by his messy personal life. He's divorced, and his relationship with his ex-wife Leeanne (Creator/FamkeJanssen), with whom he has joint custody of their children, is still tense. He's also a bit of an [[TheAlcoholic Alcoholic]], and very much a [[TheCasanova womanizer]].
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''The Gingerbread Man'' began as a standalone screenplay by Grisham, an unpublished Grisham story that ultimately fell into Branagh's hands. After Altman was brought on to direct, the story underwent a major rewrite, which didn't please Grisham. Finished in 1997, it sat on the TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment for over a year, after a failed bout of ExecutiveMeddling, before it was given a limited release and became a BoxOfficeBomb.
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* TitleDrop: Mallory tells Rick about how her father who used to tell her the [[Literature/TheGingerbreadMan classic story]] when she was young, which could be seen as a bit of {{Foreshadowing}}.
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* TitleDrop: Mallory tells Rick about how her father who used to tell her the [[Literature/TheGingerbreadMan classic story]] when she was young, which could be seen as a bit of {{Foreshadowing}}.
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''The Gingerbread Man'' is a 1997 [[FilmNoir Neo-Noir]] legal {{Thriller}}, directed by Creator/RobertAltman, based on a story by Creator/JohnGrisham.
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''The Gingerbread Man'' is a 1997 [[FilmNoir Neo-Noir]] legal {{Thriller}}, directed by Creator/RobertAltman, based on a story by Creator/JohnGrisham.
Rick Macgruder (Creator/KennethBranagh) is a lawyer based in Savannah, Georgia. His success in the courtroom is balanced by his messy personal life. He's divorced, and his relationship with his ex-wife Leeanne (Creator/FamkeJanssen), with whom he has joint custody of their children, is still tense. He's also a bit of an [[TheAlcoholic Alcoholic]], and very much a [[TheCasanova womanizer]].
After a party in his honor, he gives a ride to Mallory Doss (Creator/EmbethDavidtz), a leggy waitress who helped cater the party, when her car is stolen. Once they get home, she reveals that the car was stolen by her father, Dixon Doss (Robert Duvall), an elderly eccentric who's been stalking her. Rick's efforts to calm Mallory down turn into a sexual relationship, and he also takes her on as a client in her legal struggles against her father. As it happens, Rick's PrivateDetective friend Clyde Pell (Creator/RobertDowneyJr) knows Mallory from a previous stint investigating Dixon. With the reluctant help of Mallory's ex-husband Pete Randle (Creator/TomBerenger), a judge orders Dixon to be committed to a mental hospital, but he soon escapes. When someone starts following Rick and sends him mail threatening both him and his children, he enlists the help of Clyde, Mallory and his assistant Lois (Creator/DarylHannah). But cruel twists in the story await him.
''The Gingerbread Man'' began as a standalone screenplay by Grisham, that ultimately fell into Branagh's hands. After Altman was brought on to direct, the story underwent a major rewrite, which didn't please Grisham. It sat on the TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment for over a year, after a failed bout of ExecutiveMeddling, before it was given a limited release and became a BoxOfficeBomb.
!! This film contains examples of:
* AlanSmithee: Creator/RobertAltman (along with writer Clyde Hayes) heavily rewrote Creator/JohnGrisham's screenplay, and the final screenwriting credit went to the collective pseudonym Al Hayes.
* AmicableExes: While not exactly friendly, Pete and Mallory get along well enough for Pete to testify on her behalf at the hearing to get Dixon committed. [[spoiler: Turns out they were never divorced at all, and were plotting together to get rid of Dixon]].
* AmoralAttorney: Rick sees himself as honorable, but he has a reputation as a "snake-oil salesman" (which confuses his kids when they hear him called that on TV, since they thought he was a lawyer).
* AntiHero: Rick is very sleazy and self-centered, and makes things worse for himself by picking up the IdiotBall at bad times.
* BatmanGambit: Rick naturally goes haywire when his kids get abducted, and goes after Dixon, who he's convinced was behind the kidnapping. [[spoiler:It was actually orchestrated by Mallory and Pete, who successfully trick Rick into murdering Dixon]].
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Mallory]], who lies about [[spoiler:her father stalking and threatening her, when she's really planning to murder him for his valuable land]].
* TheCasanova: The main reason why Rick is divorced is that he apparently can't resist going after women.
* DefectiveDetective: Clyde does a good job, but has a tendency to party too much, and invite himself over to visit at inconvenient times.
* FemmeFatale: Mallory, who manipulates Rick by taking on a ShrinkingViolet persona, supposedly brought on by the threats she receives from her father.
* FilmNoir: Apparently Altman's big change to Grisham's story was turn it from one of his standard legal-themed [[{{Thriller}} Thrillers]] into one of these.
* HasAType: Rick clearly likes brunettes, as his ex-wife Leeanne, his current paramour Mallory, and the women who work for him all have dark hair.
* HillbillyHorrors: Dixon Doss is a bizarre, unkempt, menacing rural Georgia-type, who lives with a bunch of other creepy dudes at a backwoods compound.
* KickTheDog: Mallory's cat is murdered.
* MysteriousWoman: Mallory. Rick makes the mistake of getting involved with her before he even learns much about her.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: As Branagh portrays him, Rick is meant to evoke UsefulNotes/BillClinton, as a charismatic Southerner whose womanizing gets him in trouble.
* NudityEqualsHonesty: Mallory takes off her clothes when Rick first brings her home, which he interprets as being caused by her distress over her father. In fact, she's trying to seduce him, and she succeeds.
* ShesGotLegs: The first thing Rick notices about Mallory is her legs, and she tends to wear short skirts throughout the film.
* SouthernGothic: It's set in Savannah, so naturally it's soaked in this feel. Creator/RobertAltman specifically cited ''Film/TheNightOfTheHunter'' as an inspiration for its visual style.
* AStormIsComing: A hurricane called Geraldo is threatening the Georgia coast throughout the story, and finally strikes in the climax.
* TitleDrop: Mallory tells Rick about how her father who used to tell her the [[Literature/TheGingerbreadMan classic story]] when she was young, which could be seen as a bit of {{Foreshadowing}}.
* WeatherReportOpening: Starts with stories about the hurricane on the radio, and TV weather forecasts continue throughout.
''The Gingerbread Man'' is a 1997 [[FilmNoir Neo-Noir]] legal {{Thriller}}, directed by Creator/RobertAltman, based on a story by Creator/JohnGrisham.
Rick Macgruder (Creator/KennethBranagh) is a lawyer based in Savannah, Georgia. His success in the courtroom is balanced by his messy personal life. He's divorced, and his relationship with his ex-wife Leeanne (Creator/FamkeJanssen), with whom he has joint custody of their children, is still tense. He's also a bit of an [[TheAlcoholic Alcoholic]], and very much a [[TheCasanova womanizer]].
After a party in his honor, he gives a ride to Mallory Doss (Creator/EmbethDavidtz), a leggy waitress who helped cater the party, when her car is stolen. Once they get home, she reveals that the car was stolen by her father, Dixon Doss (Robert Duvall), an elderly eccentric who's been stalking her. Rick's efforts to calm Mallory down turn into a sexual relationship, and he also takes her on as a client in her legal struggles against her father. As it happens, Rick's PrivateDetective friend Clyde Pell (Creator/RobertDowneyJr) knows Mallory from a previous stint investigating Dixon. With the reluctant help of Mallory's ex-husband Pete Randle (Creator/TomBerenger), a judge orders Dixon to be committed to a mental hospital, but he soon escapes. When someone starts following Rick and sends him mail threatening both him and his children, he enlists the help of Clyde, Mallory and his assistant Lois (Creator/DarylHannah). But cruel twists in the story await him.
''The Gingerbread Man'' began as a standalone screenplay by Grisham, that ultimately fell into Branagh's hands. After Altman was brought on to direct, the story underwent a major rewrite, which didn't please Grisham. It sat on the TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment for over a year, after a failed bout of ExecutiveMeddling, before it was given a limited release and became a BoxOfficeBomb.
!! This film contains examples of:
* AlanSmithee: Creator/RobertAltman (along with writer Clyde Hayes) heavily rewrote Creator/JohnGrisham's screenplay, and the final screenwriting credit went to the collective pseudonym Al Hayes.
* AmicableExes: While not exactly friendly, Pete and Mallory get along well enough for Pete to testify on her behalf at the hearing to get Dixon committed. [[spoiler: Turns out they were never divorced at all, and were plotting together to get rid of Dixon]].
* AmoralAttorney: Rick sees himself as honorable, but he has a reputation as a "snake-oil salesman" (which confuses his kids when they hear him called that on TV, since they thought he was a lawyer).
* AntiHero: Rick is very sleazy and self-centered, and makes things worse for himself by picking up the IdiotBall at bad times.
* BatmanGambit: Rick naturally goes haywire when his kids get abducted, and goes after Dixon, who he's convinced was behind the kidnapping. [[spoiler:It was actually orchestrated by Mallory and Pete, who successfully trick Rick into murdering Dixon]].
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Mallory]], who lies about [[spoiler:her father stalking and threatening her, when she's really planning to murder him for his valuable land]].
* TheCasanova: The main reason why Rick is divorced is that he apparently can't resist going after women.
* DefectiveDetective: Clyde does a good job, but has a tendency to party too much, and invite himself over to visit at inconvenient times.
* FemmeFatale: Mallory, who manipulates Rick by taking on a ShrinkingViolet persona, supposedly brought on by the threats she receives from her father.
* FilmNoir: Apparently Altman's big change to Grisham's story was turn it from one of his standard legal-themed [[{{Thriller}} Thrillers]] into one of these.
* HasAType: Rick clearly likes brunettes, as his ex-wife Leeanne, his current paramour Mallory, and the women who work for him all have dark hair.
* HillbillyHorrors: Dixon Doss is a bizarre, unkempt, menacing rural Georgia-type, who lives with a bunch of other creepy dudes at a backwoods compound.
* KickTheDog: Mallory's cat is murdered.
* MysteriousWoman: Mallory. Rick makes the mistake of getting involved with her before he even learns much about her.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: As Branagh portrays him, Rick is meant to evoke UsefulNotes/BillClinton, as a charismatic Southerner whose womanizing gets him in trouble.
* NudityEqualsHonesty: Mallory takes off her clothes when Rick first brings her home, which he interprets as being caused by her distress over her father. In fact, she's trying to seduce him, and she succeeds.
* ShesGotLegs: The first thing Rick notices about Mallory is her legs, and she tends to wear short skirts throughout the film.
* SouthernGothic: It's set in Savannah, so naturally it's soaked in this feel. Creator/RobertAltman specifically cited ''Film/TheNightOfTheHunter'' as an inspiration for its visual style.
* AStormIsComing: A hurricane called Geraldo is threatening the Georgia coast throughout the story, and finally strikes in the climax.
* TitleDrop: Mallory tells Rick about how her father who used to tell her the [[Literature/TheGingerbreadMan classic story]] when she was young, which could be seen as a bit of {{Foreshadowing}}.
* WeatherReportOpening: Starts with stories about the hurricane on the radio, and TV weather forecasts continue throughout.
