Plot
Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about the events with his friend and colleague Nathan Zuckerman, who in the process discovers a dark secret Silk has hidden his whole life. All the while, Silk engages in an affair with Faunia Farley, a younger woman whose tormented past threatens to unravel the layers of deception Silk has constructed.
Cast
Anthony Hopkins
Coleman Silk
Nicole Kidman
Faunia Farley
Ed Harris
Lester Farley
Gary Sinise
Nathan Zuckerman
Wentworth Miller
Young Coleman Silk
Jacinda Barrett
Steena Paulsson
Harry Lennix
Mr. Silk
Clark Gregg
Nelson Primus
Anna Deavere Smith
Mrs. Silk
Lizan Mitchell
Ernestine
Kerry Washington
Ellie
Phyllis Newman
Iris Silk
Crew
Robert Benton
Director
Gary Lucchesi
Producer
Nicholas Meyer
Screenplay
Jean-Yves Escoffier
Director of Photography
Rachel Portman
Original Music Composer
Tom Rosenberg
Producer
Scott Steindorff
Producer
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