The story is narrated in the first person by Porter Wren, a columnist / crime reporter for a New York City newspaper. He is a popular journalist and his stories are widely read. Wren knows how to listen to people and there are people who just need to talk, especially to him. He attends an after work party hosted by the publishing magnate Hobbs where, for the first time, he meets Caroline Crowley.
Mrs Crowley was recently widowed by the mysterious death of her husband, Simon Crowley. Crowley was a brilliant movie director who would often just disappear at night to videotape stuff. Crowley’s body was discovered in the rubble of a demolished building. No one could figure out how the body got there.
Caroline invites Porter to her apartment where she shows him confidential police reports related to the death of her husband. She wants Porter to investigate the death and as an incentive seduces him even though he is married and has children. Caroline’s husband Simon kept footage of many things that he had shot over the years, some with hidden camera.
Hobbs learns that Porter is having an affair with Caroline, and summons him to his office to give his employ a new assignment. Hobbs is soon making threats to Porter’s family to convince him to find a memory card Hobbs is sure that Mrs Crowley is using to blackmail him. At the same time Caroline also says she is also looking for the same memory card but she could not find it in a case in which Simon used to keep his cards.
She then asks Wren’s help to find the card. She said Simon asked her to have sex with a stranger after she lost a game with him. It is the card which has those moments captured. Wren is disappointed to know that Caroline’s relationship with him is just to find the card. Soon after, thugs employed by Hobbs have cornered Porter in front of his home, search him for the video and rough him up badly to motivate him to try harder to find the missing video.
Manhattan Night is a 2016 American crime film written and directed by Brian DeCubellis. It is based on the 1996 novel Manhattan Nocturne by Colin Harrison. The film stars Adrien Brody, Yvonne Strahovski, Jennifer Beals, Campbell Scott, Linda Lavin and Steven Berkoff. The film was released on May 20, 2016, by Lionsgate Premiere.
Manhattan Night
Directed by: Brian DeCubellis
Starring: Yvonne Strahovski, Adrien Brody, Jennifer Beals, Campbell Scott, Linda Lavin, Amelie McKendry, Allegra Cohen
Screenplay by: Brian DeCubellis
Production Design by: Lisa Myers
Cinematography by: David Tumblety
Film Editing by: Andy Keir
Costume Design by: Havi Elkaim, Justine Seymour
Set Decoration by: Abigail Benavides, Bridget Rafferty
Music by: Joel Douek
MPAA Rating: R for sexual content, nudity, violence and language.
Studio: Lionsgate Films
Release Date: May 20, 2016
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