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Zero Effect is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jake Kasdan released in USA on 30 january 1998 with Bill Pullman
Zero Effect (1998)
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Add to a movie listZero Effect is a 1998 mystery film written and directed by Jake Kasdan (son of writer-director Lawrence Kasdan). It stars Bill Pullman as "the world's most private detective", Daryl Zero, and Ben Stiller as his assistant Steve Arlo. The plot of the film is loosely based on the Arthur Conan Doyle short story "A Scandal in Bohemia".
The film was shot in Portland, Oregon. It was scored by The Greyboy Allstars. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
Synopsis
Daryl Zero is the world's greatest detective, but is also a socially maladroit misanthrope. Among his quirks is that he never meets or has direct contact with his clients, instead conducting business through his assistant, Steve Arlo. Throughout the movie, Zero provides narration as he reads lines from his proposed autobiography.Actors
Bill Pullman
(Daryl Zero)
Ben Stiller
(Steve Arlo)
Ryan O'Neal
(Gregory Stark)
Kim Dickens
(Gloria Sullivan)
Angela Featherstone
(Jess)
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