Well, the title should tell us a lot without spoiling? There is a murder, and "rehearsal" suggests something happening first and then a result. Yep, we get all of that, and a whole lot more.
A playwright Alex Dennison (Preston) is putting on a new play. His new fiancé is a star, and is hoping for good reviews from the critics, but... alas, dies! It looks like suicide, but Alex is not sure, and has a particular suspect in mind.
A year later, he gets five people to come to a theatre to "rehearse" his new play. They read through the script of a few short scenes, each one of which seems to incriminate one of the people there, (The promoter, producer, director, a stand-in for the dead star, and her boyfriend (Goldblum).
Of course, he also has to have the main suspect there in order to get him/her to confess! And a cop to arrest in the very last scene.The use of the stage lights to heighten the atmosphere is clever and effective.
It's all very realistic, the scenes are believable partly because although they are just reading the script, the video shows what was happening the previous year (according to Preston). They all have motive and opportunity, so ... which one is it?
The tension builds, some of them are so upset they want OUT, now. So Alex "persuades" them to stay, of course. More drama ensues until the very end.
The acting is superb throughout and most of the story is easy to follow. This ought to be a classic of the mystery/crime genre. And so easy to produce? No outside scenes, cheap-as to make?
A playwright Alex Dennison (Preston) is putting on a new play. His new fiancé is a star, and is hoping for good reviews from the critics, but... alas, dies! It looks like suicide, but Alex is not sure, and has a particular suspect in mind.
A year later, he gets five people to come to a theatre to "rehearse" his new play. They read through the script of a few short scenes, each one of which seems to incriminate one of the people there, (The promoter, producer, director, a stand-in for the dead star, and her boyfriend (Goldblum).
Of course, he also has to have the main suspect there in order to get him/her to confess! And a cop to arrest in the very last scene.The use of the stage lights to heighten the atmosphere is clever and effective.
It's all very realistic, the scenes are believable partly because although they are just reading the script, the video shows what was happening the previous year (according to Preston). They all have motive and opportunity, so ... which one is it?
The tension builds, some of them are so upset they want OUT, now. So Alex "persuades" them to stay, of course. More drama ensues until the very end.
The acting is superb throughout and most of the story is easy to follow. This ought to be a classic of the mystery/crime genre. And so easy to produce? No outside scenes, cheap-as to make?