THE USUAL SUSPECTS | Official Trailer | Robert Downey Jr., Tom Hardy, Paul Dano
[0:00]
Black screen.
The metallic scrape of a cell door opening.
[0:01]
Five pairs of shoes walk down a police-station corridor.
Robert Downey Jr. as Dean Keaton.
Tom Hardy as Michael McManus.
Lakeith Stanfield as Todd Hockney.
Michael Peña as Fred Fenster.
Paul Dano as Roger “Verbal” Kint.
[0:04]
One by one, they enter the lineup room.
A voice speaks from behind the mirrored glass.
“All right, you know the drill. When your name is called, step forward and repeat the phrase you’ve been given. Understand?”
[0:07]
The five men take their places.
A harsh white light is turned on above them.
[0:08]
Cut to black.
MIDAS PRODUCTIONS
[0:09]
A violin begins playing.
Fast, sharp, and uneasy.
[0:10]
Police cars race through New York traffic.
Fenster is dragged from his apartment in handcuffs.
VERBAL (V.O.)
“And that was how it started.”
[0:12]
McManus is shoved against a car.
Hockney is pulled from the back of his truck.
Verbal limps through the station between two detectives.
[0:14]
Keaton steps from an expensive restaurant with his hands raised as armed officers surround him. His eyes remain fixed on Scarlett Johansson’s Edie Finneran as she watches from the doorway.
VERBAL (V.O.)
“All five of us brought in on a trumped-up charge.”
[0:18]
Back in the lineup room, a detective calls out.
“Roger Kint. Step forward.”
Verbal shuffles ahead.
[0:20]
Cut to the holding cell.
Keaton sits against the bars while the others watch him.
KEATON
“This whole thing is a shakedown.”
MCMANUS
“What makes you say that?”
[0:24]
Keaton looks around at them.
KEATON
“There’s no way they line up five felons like us by accident. No way.”
[0:27]
The music quickens
Keaton embraces Edie outside the police station.
McManus checks the magazine of a handgun.
Hockney slams the doors of a van.
Fenster lights a cigarette beneath a bridge.
Verbal watches the others from across the road.
[0:31]
Red letters appear against black.
A DANIEL ADLER FILM
[0:32]
The violin cuts deeper.
A burning ship dominates the screen.
Bodies lie scattered across a pier as firefighters and police move through smoke.
[0:35]
John David Washington’s Special Agent Jack Baer watches the wreckage while coroners cover another body.
KUJAN (V.O.)
“Twenty-seven men died on that pier.”
[0:37]
Alfred Molina’s Dave Kujan walks through the destroyed harbor, studying the bloodstained ground.
KUJAN (V.O.)
“And ninety-one million dollars’ worth of dope disappeared.”
[0:40]
Rapid close-ups of the five suspects.
Keaton lowers his sunglasses.
McManus turns with a pistol in each hand.
Hockney loads ammunition into the back of a truck.
Fenster runs through an alley.
Verbal sits alone beneath a hanging light.
[0:44]
Cut to Kujan’s office.
Kujan sits across from Verbal.
A tape recorder turns between them.
KUJAN
“But I know what happened.”
[0:47]
The five suspects dig beneath the sand on an empty beach.
KUJAN (V.O.)
“There was no dope on that boat.”
[0:51]
Cut to the ruined pier.
Baer approaches Kujan through the smoke.
BAER
“Did he mention Keyser Söze?”
Kujan turns.
KUJAN
“Who?”
[0:54]
A shadowy man walks alone along the burning pier.
His face remains hidden.
BAER (V.O.)
“I think he was behind the bloodbath at the harbor.”
[0:57]
The violin intensifies.
Keaton slams both hands onto a table.
KEATON
“There is no Keyser Söze.”
[0:59]
McManus lies on a rooftop, looking through the scope of a sniper rifle.
MCMANUS (V.O.)
“Anyone who goes in there isn’t coming out alive.”
[1:03]
Hockney stands beside a van filled with weapons.
HOCKNEY
“You boys ready?”
[1:04]
Keaton chambers a round.
McManus checks his rifle.
Fenster pulls on a mask.
Hockney closes the van doors.
Verbal watches them from a distance.
[1:08]
The music stops.
Silence.
Close-up on Verbal’s face.
VERBAL (V.O.)
“And just like that…”
[1:10]
A shadow crosses the pier.
VERBAL (V.O.)
“He was gone.”
[1:12]
The violin crashes back in.
A cigarette falls from a man’s hand.
It rolls across the ground toward a trail of gasoline.
[1:14]
An explosion tears through the harbor.
A car flips through the air.
McManus fires from a rooftop.
Hockney drives through a police barricade.
[1:17]
Keaton and Edie argue inside her apartment.
EDIE
“You promised me you were finished.”
KEATON
“I am.”
[1:20]
A door opens.
Mads Mikkelsen’s Kobayashi enters wearing a perfectly tailored suit.
He places a black folder on the table before the five men.
KOBAYASHI
“The offer is simple. One day. One job.”
[1:24]
A split screen shows Kobayashi calmly explaining the plan while the five suspects prepare.
Keaton studies blueprints.
McManus selects weapons.
Hockney rigs explosives.
Fenster checks forged documents.
Verbal watches Kobayashi with growing fear.
KOBAYASHI (V.O.)
“One day’s work.”
[1:29]
The suspects enter a warehouse with guns raised.
KOBAYASHI (V.O.)
“Extremely dangerous work.”
[1:32]
A police car burns in the street.
McManus fires down a corridor.
Fenster runs across a rooftop.
[1:37]
Kujan leans across the desk toward Verbal.
KUJAN
“There were no drugs on that boat.”
[1:39]
The music builds toward chaos.
Keaton shoots a man inside an elevator.
McManus tackles someone through a glass wall.
Hockney crashes his van through a warehouse door.
Fenster turns and fires into the darkness.
Kobayashi calmly drinks tea while armed men surround him.
[1:44]
VERBAL (V.O.)
“How do you shoot the devil in the back?”
Keaton fires repeatedly at a figure moving through the smoke.
The figure disappears.
VERBAL (V.O.)
“What if you miss?”
[1:48]
Silence.
FIVE CRIMINALS
[1:50]
The title appears in bold red and black as all five suspects are shown together.
ROBERT DOWNEY JR.
TOM HARDY
LAKEITH STANFIELD
MICHAEL PEÑA
PAUL DANO
[1:54]
ONE IMPOSSIBLE JOB
The five men stand together beneath the lights of the harbor.
[1:57]
A gun is pressed against Kobayashi’s forehead.
He does not flinch.
KOBAYASHI
“Mr. Söze is very real.”
[2:01]
A rapid montage of gunfire, explosions, police vehicles, and the suspects fighting through the harbor.
[2:06]
A shadowy man walks away from an explosion without looking back.
Cut to black.
The violin ends on one sharp note.
[2:13]
DANIEL ADLER’S
THE USUAL SUSPECTS
[2:15]
OCTOBER 2018
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u/Cinasetch
The First Trailer for Daniel Adler’s The Usual Suspects
Trailer: THE USUAL SUSPECTS | Official Trailer | Robert Downey Jr., Tom Hardy, Paul Dano, Scarlett Johansson
Daniel Adler’s second directorial feature stars Robert Downey Jr., Tom Hardy, Paul Dano, Lakeith Stanfield, Michael Peña, Scarlett Johansson, Alfred Molina, John David Washington, and Mads Mikkelsen.
A con man is interrogated by the police after surviving a deadly shootout aboard a ship. When questioned about what happened, he tells the story of five criminals brought together for a mysterious job orchestrated by a feared criminal mastermind named Keyser Söze.
The film is written and directed by Daniel Adler and produced by Midas Productions.
Release date: October 2018
[Link to Trailer]
Comments
u/pink_despotism
So Robert Downey Jr. can play roles other than Tony Stark.
u/bottle_of_tables
What a cast, man.
RDJ, Tom Hardy, Paul Dano, Lakeith Stanfield, Michael Peña, Scarlett Johansson, Mads Mikkelsen, Alfred Molina, and is that Denzel’s son?
This looks really good.
u/LoftilyWaggish
Honestly, I didn’t think Adler’s directing career would go anywhere, but he proved me wrong with The Witch.
This looks like he’s raising his game again. The atmosphere and performances both look fantastic.
u/homelyapostle_83
Robert Downey Jr. Scarlett Johansson. Tom Hardy. Michael Peña. Paul Dano. Alfred Molina. Mads Mikkelsen.
Okay, I’m sold.
Also, RDJ might genuinely be going for an Oscar with this one.
u/FeralProjectionist
This looks fun.
u/MarvelousAccountant
RDJ needed this. He’s fantastic as Tony Stark, but people have started forgetting that he was one of the best dramatic actors alive before the superhero movies.
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“Yes, Bob, I can tell you’re excited,” I said, holding the phone away from my ear as Robert Downey Jr. continued talking.
“I can’t wait for the premiere,” he said. “I knew the moment I saw the film last week that people were going to love it. This is a once-in-a-decade movie, Danny.”
I smiled.
Robert and the rest of the cast had seen the film the previous week when I screened a penultimate cut for them. There were still some sound adjustments, a few visual corrections, and several minor edits left, but the movie itself was essentially finished.
They had all been impressed.
Fuck, even I was impressed with myself.
It was still The Usual Suspects, but it was not a simple recreation of the film from my old world. I had rebuilt it around this cast, changing scenes, adjusting motivations, and reshaping the dialogue to play to their strengths. Robert’s performance had more restless energy and charm. Paul made Verbal seem so small and harmless that it became almost uncomfortable to watch. The rest of the supporting cast felt sharper, with each character given enough presence for the audience to remember them.
Somehow, all those changes had worked.
The trailer had been released the day before and had immediately taken off. People were intrigued rather than confused. The mystery was drawing attention, the cast was being praised, and younger audiences who only knew Robert as Iron Man were suddenly discovering that he could do far more than wear a metal suit and make sarcastic comments.
The response had forced me to expand the release plan.
Originally, I had expected a respectable theatrical run followed by a strong awards campaign. Now, with interest building this quickly, we could push for a much wider opening.
There was real money here.
“All right,” Robert said. “I’ll see you in Venice, my dear friend. Kisses, kisses. Love you.”
I laughed.
“Love you too, Bob. I’ll see you in two weeks.”
The call ended.
I slipped the phone into my pocket and walked into the living room of Mom’s house.
The room looked as though several suitcases had exploded.
Clothes covered one couch. Shoes had been lined up along the wall in no sensible order. Open bags rested across the floor, surrounded by travel documents and clothes. Just a lot of clothes.
Alice sat in the center of the chaos, staring at an iPad and playing a game.
“Alice,” Mom said, “clean up the things you left on the floor.”
Alice made a vague noise without looking up.
Mom stopped folding a blouse.
“Alice.”
The volume and tone finally got through to her.
Alice looked up.
“What?”
“I told you to clean this mess.”
“But I’m having my iPad time.”
“Now.”
Alice sighed with the deep suffering of a child subjected to unimaginable cruelty. She set the iPad aside and began gathering her belongings.
“This is so unfair,” she muttered.
I laughed as I stepped around an open suitcase.
“So, Mom, should I expect any other surprise relatives before the wedding?”
She looked up from the clothes in her hands.
“What does that mean?”
“I don’t know. Maybe another cousin in Germany or India. Perhaps you have an uncle in Brazil you forgot to mention.”
“I did not forget to mention Sofia.”
Sofia Adler, or Sofia Adler-Wright as she was now known, was Mom’s cousin, which made her some variety of cousin to me as well. They had grown up together and been extremely close until Sofia’s family moved to the United Kingdom when she was twelve. They stayed in contact for some time, but that ended after Mom left home. Whatever had happened between Mom and her family, she did not tell me, and I did not push her. I was still convinced it had something to do with my father, Mom becoming pregnant with me, or both.
After her estranged mother, my grandmother, died and she saw the rest of her family again, Mom began trying to find Sofia. Eventually, she succeeded.
They had been in contact ever since.
Mom had even met her during the trip she, Alice, and Nathan had taken to the United Kingdom.
Somehow, I had missed all of this.
It was not as though I had neglected my relationship with Mom, Alice, or Nathan.
So how had I missed an entire cousin?
Even Margot knew about Sofia.
“I thought the cousins in England were a joke,” I said.
Mom smiled at me.
“A joke?”
“When I was little, it was just you and me. Whenever I asked whether we had any other family like the other kids, you always said we had relatives in England. I thought you were just making a joke.”
“So, does Sofia know about me?” I asked.
Mom looked at me as though the question were ridiculous.
“Of course she knows about you.”
“She has two children as well,” she added.
“That’s nice.”
“The eldest is a big fan of yours.”
I raised an eyebrow.
“Really?”
Mom smiled.
“Sofia never told either of them that you were their cousin. She thought it would be a nice surprise.”
That was going to be an interesting introduction.
I was travelling with Mom because I already had business in the UK involving Games Workshop. She wanted to spend a week with her cousin, and this gave her the perfect opportunity to finally introduce us and invite Sofia’s family to the wedding.
Only three other people from Mom’s side of the family had been invited. They were the children of some of her cousins, all of whom I had become friendly with after meeting them. I was especially close to the one who worked as a Broadway actor.
“ALICE,” Mom called again.
I looked across the room.
My sister had quietly reclaimed her iPad and was sitting among the same clothes she had been told to put away.
Alice froze when she realized we were both staring at her.
“I’ll help her,” I said as I walked over.