The Bone Collector
| The Bone Collector | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Phillip Noyce |
| Written by | Jeffrey Deaver |
| Produced by | Dan Jinks |
| Starring | Denzel Washington Angelina Jolie |
| Cinematography | Dean Semler |
| Edited by | William Hoy |
| Music by | Craig Armstrong |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures Columbia Pictures |
Release dates | November 5, 1999 |
Running time | 118 min. |
| Country |  |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $73 million |
| Box office | Domestic $66,488,090 Foreign $84,975,000 Worldwide $151,493,655 |
The Bone Collector is a 1999 drama-mystery-thriller film starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie.
The movie was based on a crime novel written by Jeffery Deaver, concerning the quadriplegic detective Lincoln Rhyme. It was the first book of the Lincoln Rhyme series.The Coffin Dancer was the next book in the series.
Plot
Spoilers ahead...
A quadriplegic ex-forensics expert, Lincoln Rhyme (Denzel Washington) and a rookie patrol cop, Amelia Donaghy (Angelina Jolie), team up to solve a string of murders all related in one method: A single shard of bone is removed from each of the victims. The killer poses as a taxi driver, and abducts and kills those who get in his taxi. The first two victims are a married couple named Alan and Lindsay Rubin, who get a taxi home but then find themselves kidnapped by the killer. Later, Amelia finds Alan's body buried underground. His wife Lindsay is taken into a steam tunnel, with old handcuffs on her and duct tape across her mouth. She gets handcuffed to a pipe. Rhyme and others try to find out where she is, but they arrive too late. She is scalded from steam and has a bit of flesh removed from her arm. The killer then abducts an NYU student. He is taken to a slaughterhouse where he is tied to a pole and gets gutted with a knife and left for dead, and then eaten by rats. Amelia is able to collect the evidence there. Later, a grandfather and granddaughter are abducted and are tied to a pier. The girl is rescued, but her grandfather dies. Amelia is then able to figure out that the bone collector is after Rhyme.
The bone collector arrives at Rhyme's house, and after killing Rhyme's Nurse Thelma and Captain Cheney (Michael Rooker) it is revealed that he is the medical technician Richard who cares for Rhyme's medical equipment. Richard is an ex-forensic cop who wants revenge because in the past, Rhyme's testimony helped convict the killer of planting false evidence at crime scenes. The result is that the killer was brutalized in prison and his life ruined. But Rhyme is saved when Richard is shot by Amelia as he attempts to stab Rhyme. The film ends at a Christmas celebration, with Rhyme's sister and niece coming to visit him along with Amelia, Paulie and his family, Eddie and his mother, and Lincoln's new Nurse.
Cast
- Denzel Washington - Lincoln Rhyme
- Angelina Jolie - Off. Amelia Donaghy
- Queen Latifah - Thelma
- Michael Rooker - Capt. Howard Cheney
- Mike McGlone - Det. Kenny Solomon
- Luis Guzmán - Det. Eddie Ortiz
- Leland Orser - Richard Thompson
- John Benjamin Hickey - Dr. Barry Lehman
- Bobby Cannavale - Steve
- Ed O'Neill - Det. Paulie Sellitto
