Jason Patric stars as ace art forger Harry Donovan, eager to get out of the counterfeiting business and become a legitimate painter, but willing to take on one last, monumental job: creating a fake Rembrandt that will fool absolutely everyone. The promised money is good but the clients are creeps: gun-toting art dealers who ultimately set up Harry for a murder, forcing him to go on the run across Europe with an art expert (Irene Jacob) in tow. The film has a major obstacle in Donovan himself, an arrogant and unlikable jerk played with unappealing self-absorption by Patric. Worrying about this guy's fate is not an inviting prospect, but there are compensations in Jacob's smart performance and Rod Steiger's emotionally raw presence as Harry's mentor father. Director John Badham takes particular delight in penetrating the arcane world of forgery and in detailing Harry's working methods, from intense research to color selections to choices of tools and aging processes. Badham keeps us constantly curious and fascinated by this unholy marriage of expertise and deceit, and at least nominally interested in Harry's efforts to free himself of the criminal squandering of his talents. The crisp DVD image does justice to Badham's careful palette of colors, light, and European exotica, and special features include interviews with Jacob, Steiger, and Badham, plus trailers and a panel discussion involving Badham, writer Jordan Katz, and composer John Ottman. The DVD also includes English and Spanish audio tracks, and English, French, and Spanish subtitles. --Tom Keogh
(7 votes)
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Director John Badham's passionate thriller stars Jason Patric as Henry Donovan, a talented and cynical New York painter who is caught between the high ideals of his artist father (Rod Steiger) and his passion for art forgery. Tempted by an outrageous fee to paint a never-before-seen Rembrandt, he travels to Europe to attempt the impossible task of copying the famous Dutch master. There he meets a lovely French professor (Irčne Jacob) who specializes in the works and history of Rembrandt. Motivated by the art and passions of Europe, Donovan paints his fake in secret and delivers a stunning copy to the art dealers who have hired him, realizing too late, that they intend on selling the newly discovered "Rembrandt" at an auction and framing him for murder. Their discovery rocks the art world, creating an international scandal when Donovan confesses to painting the fake himself, trying to prove his innocence. Ironically, his work is too skilled, and no one will believe the frustrated painter, leading him on a high-stakes chase through Europe as he attempts to steal back the painting that rightfully belongs to him. A stunning combination of artistic passion, romance, and international scandal, INCOGNITO delivers complex and thrilling plot twists against the beautiful backdrop of the European countryside.
(4 votes)
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The Rembrandt is bogus, passed off by talented art forger Harry Donovan as the work of the master. Museum experts can't tell it's a phony, nor can the clamoring collectors who are willing to pay a bundle for it. Harry hoped to share a hefty piece of that bundle. Instead, he's on the run across Europe, set up for a murder he did not commit.
Jason Patric plays Harry, a skilled but struggling artist whose willingness to take on one last, shady deal frames him tighter than any portrait. John Badham directs this intrigue-filled tale from a filmmaking palette whose copies include New York, Amsterdam, coastal Spain, London and the English countryside. Co-starring Irene Jacob and veterans Rod Steiger and Ian Richardson, Incognito fills its canvas with suspense, pursuit and the shadowy workings of international art forgery. Accept no substitutes.
(3 votes)
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