Copycat is an American psychological thriller, starring Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter. The film was directed by Jon Amiel, with a score composed by Christopher Young. After giving a guest lecture on criminal psychology at a local university, Dr. Helen Hudson , a respected field expert on serial killers, is cornered in a lavatory by one of her previous subjects, Daryll Lee Cullum , who kills a police officer and brutally attacks her. Helen becomes severely agoraphobic as a result, sealing herself inside an expensive hi-tech apartment, conducting her entire life from behind a computer... screen and assisted by a friend, Andy . When a new series of murders spread fear and panic across her home city of San Francisco, detective M.J. Monahan and her partner Reuben Goetz solicit Helen's expertise. Initially reluctant, Helen soon finds herself drawn into the warped perpetrator's game of wits.
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| Release date: | October 13, 1995 |
| Directed by: | Jon Amiel |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 123 Minutes |
| Producer: | Arnon Milchan, Mark Tarlov |
| Editor: | Jim Clark |
| Cinematography: | László Kovács |
| Screenplay by: | David Madsen, Ann Biderman |
| Estimated budget: | $20,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller |