The Benefactor
A philanthropist meddles in the lives of newly-married couples in an attempt to relive his past.
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"The Benefactor is let down by not being sure what type of film it wants to be. Is it a tour de force by Richard Gere, a multi millionaire whose life is falling apart as he is wrapped by guilt as his actions caused the death of his friends in an automobile accident and then consumed by painkiller addiction or a man who seeks to meddle with the offspring of the people who died in the accident. A kind of a sinister Kriss Kringle who has designs on either the now grown up daughter or her surgeon husband. Gere as Franny Watts is convincing as the well to do but disabled rich guy lost in addictio..."
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Filmed entirely in Pennsylvania with many scenes in Philadelphia.
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A philanthropist meddles in the lives of newly-married couples in an attempt to relive his past.