Dir.: Jonathan Kaufer; Script: David Gilman D'après la pièce/Based on the play: �Ghost in the Machine� De/By: David Gilman; Phot.: Denis Maloney; Ed.: Robin Katz; Mus.: Ira Newborn; Cast: David Strathairn, Bonnie Bedelia, Saul Rubinek, Caroleen Feeney, Julie Harris; Prod. & Sales: J. Todd Harris, Davis Entertainment Classics, 2121 Avenue of the Stars, suite 2900, Los Angeles, CA 90067 (États-Unis), tél.: (310) 551-2266, fax: (310) 556-3760.

Wes and Nancy are married academics who are sliding quickly into childless middle age. Wes has just been told the girls school where he teaches comparative religion has turned down his request for tenure when he hears that Nancy's old boyfriend Matt is coming to stay with them for a few days. A pretentious musicologist, Matt is in town to deliver a lecture at Harvard and he's brought along his new young girlfriend Kim, a computer whiz who has found a passage from a medieval religious composition in what is supposed to be a contemporary, computer-generated piece of music. Matt is counting on this discovery to give his career a big boost. When Matt and Kim leave for the lecture, Wes discovers a fifty dollar bill missing from his wallet. Nancy searches Kim's luggage and finds a fifty hidden in her suitcase. The next day Kim ups the ante by announcing that a fifty has been stolen from her luggage. The tension between Kim and her hosts escalates even further when Kim turns down Matt's attempt to defuse the matter and accuses Wes of coming on to her sexually. That night, by chance or otherwise, Kim runs into Wes and comes on to him. At breakfast the next morning the usually peacekeeping Matt is furious, announcing that he heard it all. Kim's explanation that she was just masturbating doesn't placate him at all. And his day only gets worse when, meeting with the head of the music department, he learns that Kim's discovery is unsubstantiated. Someone will have to take the "fall"... "A smart, snappy, well-acted film adaptation of a flawed but engaging short play. While still bearing the earmarks of its legit source, the work takes on a life of its own thanks to the efforts of a first-rate cast and nuanced direction." -- Todd McCarthy (Variety)