Raised in the deep south and ivy league educated, Eli Wurman(Al Pacino)is a resourceful and conniving publicist that has managed and manipulated public lives of the rich and famous. Caught up in Manhattan night life and the dependence on medications from his trusted physician Dr. Sandy Napier(Robert Klein), Eli begins losing his clients; but not his trust in mankind. It appears his powerful career is slipping when his last major client, movie actor Cary Launer(Ryan O'Neal), becomes quite the manipulator himself. He decides to fire Eli and try his hand at politics; knowing where the proverbial bodies are buried. As a favor to Cary, Eli escorts a young starlet(Tia Leoni)to her hotel only to think he is witness to her murder. If his drug addled memory is correct, he can bring down some of the most powerful and influential people in the nation. Does Eli know just enough...or so much he becomes a major threat to his own survival? Pacino really gets caught up in this role; but is it worthy of his reputation? Yea or nay, I enjoyed him to a certain degree. Also in the cast: Kim Basinger, Richard Schiff, Bill Nunn and Ivan Martin.
Review of People I Know
