Product Details

• Actors: Eric McCormack, Sherry Stringfield
• Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Sony
• DVD Release Date: September 14, 2010
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003ES5JVU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #73,570 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Who is Clark Rockefeller?" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Will & Grace star Eric McCormack won an Emmy® for his comic acting abilities, but Who Is Clark Rockefeller?, a made-for-TV film, shows that McCormack has significant dramatic talent as well. McCormack, along with fellow TV vet Sherry Stringfield (ER), keep this somewhat formulaic movie on track with their strong, compelling performances. Based on a true case, Who Is Clark Rockefeller? traces the life of Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, a German-born con artist who, incredibly, manages to take on dozens of personas in the United States in the last couple of decades of the 20th century, eluding capture and entangling hundreds in his web of lies. McCormack plays Gerhartsreiter, whose last great scam is masquerading as an heir to the Rockefeller fortune, "Clark Rockefeller." Using this false identity, he is able to gain access to Boston's high society and to wed a wealthy, intelligent woman, Sandra Boss (Stringfield), and father an adorable daughter. Only when the "Rockefellers'" marriage comes apart does Boss begin to understand who her pathological husband really is--and what desperate acts he is capable of. Who Is Clark Rockefeller? is reminiscent of Six Degrees of Separation but also recalls The Deliberate Stranger, the unsettling '80s TV movie about Ted Bundy that showed that Mark Harmon is an actor of depth, layers, and immense talent. Who Is Clark Rockefeller? is a great showcase for the talents of McCormack and Stringfield, who demonstrate why they are such gifted actors. Fans of true crime, romance, and mystery will not want to miss Who Is Clark Rockefeller?--even if they cannot quite pin down the answer. --A.T. Hurley

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WHO IS CLARK ROCKEFELLER - DVD Movie

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating Fake, July 12, 2010

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Who is Clark Rockefeller? He's a con man, well played by Eric Mccormack in this Lifetime made for TV movie, who discovers the doors that open in America for someone with the last name of Rockefeller. He woos and marries Sandra Boss (Sherry Stringfield) a woman who is brilliant in business and naïve socially. But most of the Boston social scene have been taken in by him. Its members are very tolerant of and even enchanted by the eccentricities of a man they think is a wealthy member of the Rockefeller clan.

After all, only a Rockefeller could have his dog attend his wedding, but not his family. He says he didn't want his famous relatives distracting from his bride on "her day." And of course he doesn't perform ordinary work. He spends his workday on the computer helping the economies of third world countries while his wife toils in the marketplace.

And when they have a daughter, the child adores him, probably because of his wonderful imagination and story telling abilities. But as the years go by, Sandra finds herself less enthralled by her husband, and asks for a divorce. That's when she learns that the man she married has absolutely nothing; that she has been the sole financial support of the marriage. Not only is her husband's persona a fake, but all his "valuable" property is fake as well, including his "original" oil paintings.

Nevertheless, she agrees to a settlement (he is the father of her child), but when he kidnaps their daughter while on a supervised visit, the police delve further into his past, and learn that this man is probably very dangerous, and is possibly a murderer.

This is a well-acted, engrossing movie, that takes place amid beautiful settings, and is based on a true story. Mystery lovers and romance lovers should both enjoy it.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars OH MY GOD!, November 30, 2010

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Eric McCormack, you rock! I loved you in "Will & Grace" and really thought you were a great comedic actor. But your performance in this movie was superb. If you are an Eric McCormack fan, this movie is tops!

1.0 out of 5 stars If you are interested in the story, choose the book!, January 15, 2012

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Cadeyes (Switzerland) - See all my reviews

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If you are wondering how close this film gets to the original story and how well the filmmakers did their research - well, they managed to even get the real name of the man wrong, adding a 't' in Gerhartsreiter and walking around calling him Gerhartstreiter all the time. They also could have made the wedding scene more realistic (as well as show how much creepier it must have been, not just by the fact that none of his family were there) if they had shown the Quaker ceremony which did not include an officiant. McCormack plays Clark as an effeminate poser while Stringfield tries to keep any kind of semblance of credibility by portraying a smart businesswoman who somehow is blinded by his charm. The best which could be said for the film is that it might just spark an interest to a story which is not only true but so much more interesting and gripping than portrayed here. If you would like to know how it was possible for a German immigrant without any credentials to fool dozens of people through decades of lies, read the book 'The man in the Rockefeller suit'. If you would like a mediocre rendering of the story to a film format with the allure of an impersonal kidnapping, go for this.