Copycat

1995 film directed by Jon Amiel

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6.5

An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.

Released: 1995-10-27124 minDir: Jon AmielThriller, Crime, MysteryBudget: $20.0MBox office: $32.0M

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Cast

Sigourney Weaver as Helen Hudson
Holly Hunter as M.J. Monahan
Dermot Mulroney as Ruben Goetz
William McNamara as Peter Foley
Harry Connick Jr. as Daryll Lee Cullum
J.E. Freeman as Lt. Quinn

Themes

police brutality

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Article

Copycat is a 1995 American psychological thriller horror film directed by Jon Amiel and starring Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, and Dermot Mulroney. The score was composed by Christopher Young. The film follows a criminal psychologist and a homicide detective who must work together to find a serial killer who is committing copycat crimes modeled after notorious murderers.

Principal photography began on October 3, 1994, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The film was theatrically released by Warner Bros. Pictures on October 27, 1995. It was a moderate box office success and received positive reviews for the performances of its leads, writing, and direction. It proved very successful in the video rental market, becoming the 11th most-rented film in the United States for 1996.