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Jerry Fletcher (Mel Gibson), an obsessive-compulsive New York City taxi driver who lectures his passengers on various conspiracy theories, visits his friend Alice Sutton (Julia Roberts), who works for the U.S. Attorney, at the Justice Department. She is trying to solve her father's murder.
Aug 8, 1997 · The Gibson character in "Conspiracy Theory'' is a wonderful creation, a guy named Jerry Fletcher who has listened to way too much talk radio. Secrets spin from his fertile imagination and into the incredulous ears of his passengers: The right-wing militias, which say they'll defend us from a UN invasion, are UN troops.
Next came "Conspiracy Theory," released at the peak of the militia movement, in which Gibson plays a bumbling but likeable conspiracy nut not unlike many in the movement. Finally, there was "The Patriot," with Gibson drawn into the American Revolution when his son is murdered by the British.
New York City cabbie Jerry Fletcher (Mel Gibson) is an expert on paranoid conspiracy theories. He is also infatuated with government lawyer Alice Sutton (Julia Roberts), who permits his...
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Aug 8, 1997 · Director. Brian Helgeland. Writer. A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.
QUICK TAKE: Suspense/Thriller: A lawyer befriends a paranoid cab driver and learns that his wild conspiracy stories may actually be true. PLOT: Jerry Fletcher (MEL GIBSON) is a New York City cabdriver. He's also a raging paranoid with wild ideas about government controlled earthquakes, Oliver Stone, and the Vietnam war.
Aug 8, 1997 · Summary Mel Gibson is a New York cabbie whose fascination with "conspiracies" in everyday life enmeshes him and a Justice Department attorney (Roberts) in a dangerous situation when one of his paranoid theories may indeed be true. (Warner Bros.) Action. Drama. Mystery. Thriller. Written By: Brian Helgeland. Conspiracy Theory.
