Who Is Clark Rockefeller
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Director Mikael Salomon Music director Jeff Toyne Duration Country United States | 6/10 IMDb Genre Biography, Crime, Drama Costume design Christopher Hargadon Writer Edithe Swensen Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date March 13, 2010 (2010-03-13) Cast Philip Akin (Det. Lewis Cook), Ted Atherton (Det. John Ryan), Marcia Bennett (Aunt Marjorie), Carleigh Beverly (Meredith), Krista Bridges (Agent Susan Pascale)Similar movies Regina Taylor appears in Who Is Clark Rockefeller? and Strange Justice Tagline Con Man. Husband. Kidnapper. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lifetime trailer for who is clark rockefeller 2010
German con artist Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter (Eric McCormack) poses as a member of the Rockefeller family.
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- Lifetime trailer for who is clark rockefeller 2010
- Plot summary
- Cast
- Similar Movies
- Critical reviews
- References
Who Is Clark Rockefeller? is a 2010 American police procedural television film directed by Mikael Salomon and written and co-produced by Edithe Swensen. It stars Eric McCormack as Christian Gerhartsreiter/Clark Rockefeller and Sherry Stringfield as Sandra Boss. The film is based on the life of Christian Gerhartsreiter, a German con artist who for years impersonated many people, at one point claiming to be part of the Rockefeller family going by the faux name "Clark Rockefeller", and kidnapping his daughter. Filming took place in Toronto in October 2009 and was released on March 13, 2010 on the Lifetime network to mixed reviews.
Called "the longest running con in FBI history," Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, the man that people knew as "Clark Rockefeller" had brilliantly impersonated numerous people, ranging from a talk show host to a Pentagon Advisor before ultimately claiming to be an heir to the famous Rockefeller family. Confident from the success of his prior scams, Clark quickly became well known and highly respected among Boston's elite and used his purported high society status to charm his way into the life of Sandra Boss, a millionaire with a Harvard MBA and a partner at the prestigious management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company.
Plot summary
Called "the longest running con in FBI history," Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, the man that people knew as "Clark Rockefeller" (McCormack) had brilliantly impersonated numerous people, ranging from a talk show host to a Pentagon Advisor before ultimately claiming to be an heir to the famous Rockefeller family. Confident from the success of his prior scams, Clark quickly became well known and highly respected among Bostons elite and used his purported high society status to charm his way into the life of Sandra Boss (Stringfield), a millionaire with a Harvard MBA and a partner at the prestigious management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company. Following a whirlwind courtship, the two married and had a daughter, Reigh (Emily Alyn Lind, Eastwick) before their rocky 12-year union ended in divorce, leading Clark to abduct his beloved daughter after losing custody to Sandra. With the help of FBI agent Megan Norton (Taylor), Sandras search for her daughter exposed Clarks lifelong con game for the world to see and ultimately raised questions about the real man and the deception he is capable of.
Cast
Similar Movies
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Critical reviews
The film was met with mixed reviews. Brian Lowry of Variety said, "Who Is Clark Rockefeller? plays a bit like The Great Imposter, only with a woman caught up in the Shes young, beautiful — and she married a con man! scenario in the best Lifetime tradition. Sherry Stringfield stars as the hapless gal, whose character would be more sympathetic if she hadnt agreed to call her daughter Snooks." He went on to praise McCormacks performance by saying, "But the real kitsch factor resides in Eric McCormacks performance as the suave charmer, which adds an element of high camp to the proceedings. Mike Hale of The New York Times said in his review that, "As a mystery and a police procedural, Who Is Clark Rockefeller? attains glossy mediocrity, but every few minutes Mr. McCormack shows up and says something like, You were tedious about money when I married you, and you’re still tedious, and it feels like Will & Grace all over again." He went on to praise Stringfields performance by saying, "[she] gives a dignified, believable performance as Sandra Boss."
References
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