Conspiracy Theory is a 1997 film. A Justice Department attorney who has befriended a conspiracy-buff cab driver finds herself drawn into his paranoid world when one of his conspiracy theories seems to have come to life.
- Directed by Richard Donner . Screenplay by Brian Helgeland .
- Starring Mel Gibson , Julia Roberts, and Patrick Stewart .
Jerry Fletcher sees conspiracies everywhere.
One has turned out to be true.
Jerry Fletcher
- I'm only paranoid because they want me dead.
- They, they start when you're young, you know, in school. They Baden-Powell all the boys and-and they Betty Crocker all the girls!
- You're after a man with no nose, not me! Not me!
- Alice? I... I'm sorry you're dead.
Alice Sutton
Dr. Jonas
- This? It's gravy for the brain.
- In one hour, I want to know where she eats, where she sleeps, the name of her kindergarten teacher, everything.
Others
- "If the intelligence community is a family, we're the uncle no one talks about." - Agent Lowry
Dialogue
- Alice Sutton: Do you have any proof of this?
- Jerry Fletcher: No. Absolutely not. I mean, a good conspiracy is an unproveable one.
- [Lowry appears to be unconscious after being hit with a pistol; Jerry has his doubts.]
- Jerry: Hey... are you just pretending?
- (Lowry stays limp; Jerry chambers a round.)
- Lowry: (sitting up) All right, yes.
Cast
- Mel Gibson - Jerry Fletcher
- Julia Roberts - Alice Sutton
- Patrick Stewart - Dr. Jonas
- Cylk Cozart - Agent Lowry
