Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus!
Sixty-year-old multi-billionaire Robert Miller (Richard Gere) manages a hedge fund with his daughter Brooke (Brit Marling) and is about to sell it for a handsome profit. He is having an affair with a…
Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus!
Sixty-year-old multi-billionaire Robert Miller (Richard Gere) manages a hedge fund with his daughter Brooke (Brit Marling) and is about to sell it for a handsome profit. He is having an affair with a much younger woman, gallery owner Julie Cote, whom he has also helped financially. However, unknown to his daughter and most of his other employees, he has cooked his company's books in order to cover an investment loss and avoid being arrested for fraud. Miller has taken a loan from an investment banker of $ 412 million to hide the investment loss & so that his firm can pass audit conducted by the prospective buyer. The potential buyer, James Mayfield, is stalling the process, and Miller's lender wants to call in the loan, but Miller says he needs the money to stay in his account until the audit for the sale is complete. They schedule a meeting at a restaurant during which contracts are to be signed, and it's the same night as Julie's gallery show, which Miller has promised to attend. Julie continually texts and calls Miller throughout the meeting, which drags on as they wait for Mayfield to arrive. When Mayfield doesn't show up, Miller leaves in disgust, but not before Brooke informs him that she has found some financial discrepancies in old ledgers. Miller finally goes to Julie's opening, but angry on his late arrival she tells him to leave. He comes back and they fight, but he convinces her to go with him on a trip upstate. While driving with his mistress Julie Cote (Laetitia Casta), he begins to doze off and crashes, in which Julie is killed. An injured Miller almost calls 9-1-1, then realizes he must cover up his involvement. He flees the scene as the car bursts into flames. Miller wants to prevent the public, his wife Ellen (Susan Sarandon), and the prospective buyer James Mayfield (Graydon Carter) from discovering the truth. Miller calls Jimmy Grant (Nate Parker) the son of his late chauffeur, the same night. Jimmy is a twenty-three-year-old from Harlem with a criminal record whom he helped get off the street in the past and who feels loyal to Miller for paying his father's medical bills. After Jimmy drives him home, Miller removes security camera DVDs that show his late arrival, burns his bloody clothing, then goes to bed bruised at 4:30 am, arousing wife Ellen's suspicion. The next day, Miller discusses his "hypothetical" situation with his lawyer, who advises the hypothetical person to turn himself in, as the lies required to keep the story a secret will pile up. The lawyer also mentions that Ellen has visited an estate lawyer. The next day, he is questioned by police detective Bryer (Tim Roth). Bryer is keen on arresting a billionaire for manslaughter and begins to put the pieces together. Miller tells Bryer that he was home at night by 10 PM with his wife. Bryer attempts to speak to Ellen, but she refuses & asks Bryer to make an appointment. Bryer finds that Miller had leased an apartment to Julie via his firm's holding company. He suspects Miller to be driver of Julie's car that night. Brooke discovers the financial irregularities, realizes that she could be implicated and confronts her father. Miller explains that he invested in a copper mine in Russia with a promise to triple in 6 months. He also hedged the income forward to ensure that no risks were kept in-house over the $ 100 MM investment. However, Miller failed to account for the change in the political environment, which made it impossible to export the copper. So even though the venture was wildly profitable, Miller still had to keep paying out of his own pocket to cover the hedges he made. Eventually the hole became too big & he had to borrow money from a investment banker & decided to sell the firm, so that the investors get their money back. Bryer traces the call made from a public payphone near the scene of the accident to Jimmy. He brings Jimmy in. Bryer finds that Jimmy's dad worked for Miller for 20 years. He is sure that Miller made the call & Jimmy helped Miller drive away that night. But since Jimmy refuses to cooperate, Bryer decides to implicate Jimmy instead. Jimmy is arrested and placed before a grand jury but still refuses to admit to helping Miller. Miller once again contemplates turning himself in. Even though Jimmy is about to go to prison, Miller tells Jimmy that investors are depending on him and that waiting for the sale to close before coming forward would serve the greater good. Eventually the sale is closed. Miller finds that Mayfield had stalled the deal by asking Miller's auditors to delay the report, which was a prerequisite to the deal. Miller confronts Mayfield at a restaurant & talks tough. He exudes confidence that Miller's operation is a cash machine, which Mayfield needs & if Mayfield abandons the deal, his stock price goes down. Mayfield & Miller negotiate a deal of $ 525 million. Miller finds a way to avoid being charged. He proves that Detective Bryer fabricated evidence. Bryer had used a photo of Jimmy using a Toll booth the very night he got the phone call. While Jimmy maintains to Miller that he followed Miller's instructions & only took the highway. So, Miller gets his lawyer to drive through the tollgate & ten checks the Department of Motor Vehicle tapes to get the photo. Miller then compares the 2 photos & finds that resolution of the license plates is remarkably different in the 2, suggesting that Jimmy's photo was a fake. The case against Jimmy is dismissed and the detective is ordered not to go near him. Miller's wife, thinking the police investigation is still on-going, tries to blackmail him with a separation agreement that entitles Ellen to all of Miller's wealth. Ellen confronts Miller and offers him a deal: if he signs a separation agreement that gives all voting rights and money to her non-profit foundation and their daughter, she will lie and say she was with him the night of the accident; if he refuses, she will tell the truth and he will go to prison. When Robert Miller refuses to sign, his wife says that she will tell the police that he got into bed at 4:30 am, bruised and bloody. Meanwhile, Mayfield discusses a secondary audit that has been performed on Miller's company. The report does show a problem, but Mayfield chooses to ignore it, as the sale has already been made, and further scrutiny would be counter-productive to the image of his own corporation. In the final scene, Miller addresses a banquet honoring him for his successful business either because of his wife or in spite of her. Tension among them is evident but nobody seems to notice.
Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus!
Action,Horror,Thriller
Film Details
Sixty-year-old multi-billionaire Robert Miller (Richard Gere) manages a hedge fund with his daughter Brooke (Brit Marling) and is about to sell it for a handsome profit. He is having an affair with a much younger woman, gallery owner Julie Cote, whom he has also helped financially. However, unknown to his daughter and most of his other employees, he has cooked his company's books in order to cover an investment loss and avoid being arrested for fraud.
Miller has taken a loan from an investment banker of $ 412 million to hide the investment loss & so that his firm can pass audit conducted by the prospective buyer. The potential buyer, James Mayfield, is stalling the process, and Miller's lender wants to call in the loan, but Miller says he needs the money to stay in his account until the audit for the sale is complete. They schedule a meeting at a restaurant during which contracts are to be signed, and it's the same night as Julie's gallery show, which Miller has promised to attend.
Julie continually texts and calls Miller throughout the meeting, which drags on as they wait for Mayfield to arrive. When Mayfield doesn't show up, Miller leaves in disgust, but not before Brooke informs him that she has found some financial discrepancies in old ledgers. Miller finally goes to Julie's opening, but angry on his late arrival she tells him to leave.
He comes back and they fight, but he convinces her to go with him on a trip upstate. While driving with his mistress Julie Cote (Laetitia Casta), he begins to doze off and crashes, in which Julie is killed. An injured Miller almost calls 9-1-1, then realizes he must cover up his involvement.
He flees the scene as the car bursts into flames. Miller wants to prevent the public, his wife Ellen (Susan Sarandon), and the prospective buyer James Mayfield (Graydon Carter) from discovering the truth. Miller calls Jimmy Grant (Nate Parker) the son of his late chauffeur, the same night.
Jimmy is a twenty-three-year-old from Harlem with a criminal record whom he helped get off the street in the past and who feels loyal to Miller for paying his father's medical bills. After Jimmy drives him home, Miller removes security camera DVDs that show his late arrival, burns his bloody clothing, then goes to bed bruised at 4:30 am, arousing wife Ellen's suspicion. The next day, Miller discusses his "hypothetical" situation with his lawyer, who advises the hypothetical person to turn himself in, as the lies required to keep the story a secret will pile up.
The lawyer also mentions that Ellen has visited an estate lawyer. The next day, he is questioned by police detective Bryer (Tim Roth). Bryer is keen on arresting a billionaire for manslaughter and begins to put the pieces together.
Miller tells Bryer that he was home at night by 10 PM with his wife. Bryer attempts to speak to Ellen, but she refuses & asks Bryer to make an appointment. Bryer finds that Miller had leased an apartment to Julie via his firm's holding company.
He suspects Miller to be driver of Julie's car that night. Brooke discovers the financial irregularities, realizes that she could be implicated and confronts her father. Miller explains that he invested in a copper mine in Russia with a promise to triple in 6 months.
He also hedged the income forward to ensure that no risks were kept in-house over the $ 100 MM investment. However, Miller failed to account for the change in the political environment, which made it impossible to export the copper. So even though the venture was wildly profitable, Miller still had to keep paying out of his own pocket to cover the hedges he made.
Eventually the hole became too big & he had to borrow money from a investment banker & decided to sell the firm, so that the investors get their money back. Bryer traces the call made from a public payphone near the scene of the accident to Jimmy. He brings Jimmy in.
Bryer finds that Jimmy's dad worked for Miller for 20 years. He is sure that Miller made the call & Jimmy helped Miller drive away that night. But since Jimmy refuses to cooperate, Bryer decides to implicate Jimmy instead.
Jimmy is arrested and placed before a grand jury but still refuses to admit to helping Miller. Miller once again contemplates turning himself in. Even though Jimmy is about to go to prison, Miller tells Jimmy that investors are depending on him and that waiting for the sale to close before coming forward would serve the greater good.
Eventually the sale is closed. Miller finds that Mayfield had stalled the deal by asking Miller's auditors to delay the report, which was a prerequisite to the deal. Miller confronts Mayfield at a restaurant & talks tough.
He exudes confidence that Miller's operation is a cash machine, which Mayfield needs & if Mayfield abandons the deal, his stock price goes down. Mayfield & Miller negotiate a deal of $ 525 million. Miller finds a way to avoid being charged.
He proves that Detective Bryer fabricated evidence. Bryer had used a photo of Jimmy using a Toll booth the very night he got the phone call. While Jimmy maintains to Miller that he followed Miller's instructions & only took the highway.
So, Miller gets his lawyer to drive through the tollgate & ten checks the Department of Motor Vehicle tapes to get the photo. Miller then compares the 2 photos & finds that resolution of the license plates is remarkably different in the 2, suggesting that Jimmy's photo was a fake. The case against Jimmy is dismissed and the detective is ordered not to go near him.
Miller's wife, thinking the police investigation is still on-going, tries to blackmail him with a separation agreement that entitles Ellen to all of Miller's wealth. Ellen confronts Miller and offers him a deal: if he signs a separation agreement that gives all voting rights and money to her non-profit foundation and their daughter, she will lie and say she was with him the night of the accident; if he refuses, she will tell the truth and he will go to prison. When Robert Miller refuses to sign, his wife says that she will tell the police that he got into bed at 4:30 am, bruised and bloody.
Meanwhile, Mayfield discusses a secondary audit that has been performed on Miller's company. The report does show a problem, but Mayfield chooses to ignore it, as the sale has already been made, and further scrutiny would be counter-productive to the image of his own corporation. In the final scene, Miller addresses a banquet honoring him for his successful business either because of his wife or in spite of her.
Tension among them is evident but nobody seems to notice..