Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Lerner, Margaret Colin, Dabney Coleman. A famous and successful black playwright moves to a luxury neighborhood in New England, but is mistaken for a common crook by racist local police. After the cops cause a scene at the playwright’s residence, the police chief conspires with an actual criminal to fake a hostage situation. Directed by E. Max Frye. 1993/color/96 min/PG/widescreen.