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Identity is a 2003 movie, directed by James Mangold and written by Michael Cooney. The film stars John Cusack, Ray Liotta and Amanda Peet.

The film tells two stories. Ten strangers, after a series of accidents, find themselves stranded at the same motel during a rainstorm, where they start suffering increasingly horrible deaths. Meanwhile, at an emergency midnight meeting, a doctor attempts to convince a judge that a serial killer about to go to his death is, in fact, insane and cannot be held accountable for his actions. The convergence of these two stories marks an astounding plot twist.

The film itself didn't perform very well upon its release, but was reasonably well received in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. The film was nominated for a Teen Choice Award in 2003.

Trivia

Several endings were filmed, in order to shroud the real conclusion in secrecy.
The poem "As I was going up the stair / I met a man who wasn't there. / He wasn't there again today / I wish, I wish he'd go away", which a character claims to have once written, is actually a poem by Hughes Mearns.
There was some location shooting in Lancaster and other places in Los Angeles County, but the majority of the movie was shot on an enormous sound stage at Sony Studios in Culver City. Since much of the film takes place during a rainstorm, several gallons of water were used to recreate it. Director James Mangold credits this production element with making several of the actors come down with colds.
The book featured within the film, during a car scene was "Being and Nothingness" by Jean-Paul Sartre.
A life-size dummy created to depict a murdered character with a baseball bat lodged in his throat was given to one of the studio executives who asked to keep it as a souvenir. It was stored in his office closet, until a cleaning woman opened the closet and was frightened out of her wits. The dummy was removed from the offices immediately after that incident.

Characters

John Cusack
as Ed Dakota, a limosine driver for actress Caroline Suzanne. Ed turns out to be an experienced police officer on extended medical leave due to the pressures of the job; his sense of duty and police instincts re-emerge during the crisis at the motel.

Ray Liotta
as Rhodes, a police detective transporting a convicted serial killer

Amanda Peet
as Paris, a hooker who is on her way home, hoping to leave her life behind

John Hawkes (né Perkins) as Larry Washington, a compulsive gambler who wandered into a motel and, finding the manager dead, decided on a whim to become the de facto manager when travelers unexpectedly showed up and asked him for a room

Alfred Molina
as Dr. Malick, a pscyhiatrist working for Malcolm Rivers's defense

Clea DuVall
as Ginny, a newlywed

John C. McGinley
as George York

William Lee Scott
as Lou, Ginny's unloving husband

Jake Busey
as Robert Maine, a convicted serial killer being transported across Nevada

Pruitt Taylor Vince
as Malcolm Rivers, a convicted serial killer who suffers from disassociative multiple personality disorder

Rebecca De Mornay
as Caroline Suzanne, a highly selfish actress who still behaves like a prima donna despite evidence that her career is in serious decline

Carmen Argenziano
as Defense Lawyer

Marshall Bell
as District Attorney

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