She continued to visit him in prison, but only about once a year. In interviews and documentaries, Kuklinski says he killed Robert Prongay, whom he says had been a mentor to him. [1] Medical examiners listed Deppner's cause of death as "undetermined", although they noted pinkish spots on his skin, a possible sign of cyanide poisoning. He was my idol, and he has influenced a lot of my films. [5] Describing the murder, Kuklinski said that he parked his van on the side of a narrow road, forcing other drivers to slow down to pass. He calls the police and pleads his innocence, but is nonetheless taken into custody. Qiu awakens to find the woman dead in his bed. ... Big Gun pt 2" James Ormerod: Vincent Tilsley: A stray dog had wandered into the front yard. He claimed to have murdered anywhere from 100 to 200 men, often in gruesome fashion. [32][37] After arrest, Kuklinski told reporters ″This is unwarranted, unnecessary. [30] The discovery that Kuklinski had frozen Masgay's body is what led authorities to nickname him "Iceman". Kuklinski discussed how he preferred poison saying "Why be messy? The arresting officer, Detective Yuji Asano, suddenly knocks out another officer and tells Qiu to run. In addition, Manhunt features many notable guest appearances, such as by Paul Darrow, John Savident, George Sewell, Julian Glover, Nerys Hughes, Tony Beckley, and Richard Hurndall. Woo decided to develop an adaptation to commemorate the film's star Ken Takakura, who had become a cultural icon in China after the film was the first to be released in China following the Cultural Revolution. [40][21] Kuklinski was to be ineligible for parole until he was 111 years old. [52] In February 2003 Kuklinski was formally charged with Calabro's murder and received another sentence of 30 years. Sakai shoots Rain, and wounds Qiu but is cornered by Qiu and Yamura, begrieved by his son's death, Sakai commits suicide. State prosecutors explained that he would then spend the rest of his life in prison even if he were to have successful appeals to his previous convictions. [14], Kuklinski had three siblings. [1] Several of his known murder victims were men he had met through trafficking pornography and drugs. He added that it was best to dump the body to avoid trouble with the police. Kuklinski says DeMeo taught him how murder for hire could be a way to make money. [1], ATF Special Agent Dominick Polifrone went undercover for 18 months to apprehend Kuklinski. Sakaguchi tries to kill the other prisoners, but has a moment of clarity and commits suicide. [50] Her brothers were regarded as "key suspects" but the crime remained unsolved. [66] Merrick also remembered a number of road rage incidents involving her father. "[7] In 2020, Dominick Polifrone said "I don’t believe he killed 200 people. [30] Detectives also realised that Masgay was wearing the same clothes his wife and son had said he was wearing the day he disappeared. [31][3][32] The ATF were involved due to Kuklinski's selling firearms. [3] Kuklinski would later accept a plea deal, where he admitted to shooting him five times and explained that "It was due to business". Kuklinski regarded his mother as a "cancer" who destroyed everything she touched. He ran a burglary ring and distributed pirated pornography.Kuklinski killed several people he lured with offers of a business deal so that he could rob them of their cash. [36] He was arrested at a roadblock two hours later. She raised her son in the Roman Catholic Church, where he became an altar boy. Very few big companies ARE ethical in the way they treat staff and suppliers, so quitting one for another is a little pointless. Yamura pursues Qiu and saves him and Mayumi after their car wrecks before handcuffing himself to Qiu, insisting on taking him in. "[8] Bruno said he investigated Kuklinski's alleged involvement in Hoffa's disappearance, but concluded that "[his] story didn't check out". [41] His wife Carmella had drowned in mysterious circumstances three years earlier and members of her family believed that Calabro himself was responsible for her death. [28] Kuklinski made another mistake when he told an associate that he had killed Deppner.[29]. I’ll go as high as 15, maybe. [21], Manhunt has grossed a worldwide total of $18.3 million,[6] against a production budget of $50 million. [6] Stanley abandoned the family while Richard was still a child, but returned periodically, usually drunk, and his returns were often followed by more beatings for Richard. "[12], The production team includes Japanese art director Yohei Taneda and cinematographer Takuro Ishizaka. Kuklinski discovered there was a lucrative market for tapes of pornographic movies too; copying and distributing pornography became a regular source of income for him. In his account, Kuklinski was part of a four-man hit team who picked up Hoffa in Detroit. Manhunt for Sean Lannon: Armed, dangerous suspect in 5 killings last seen in N.J., cops say. We’re about to see some serious friction between them – and Jason Morgan … Barbara said the divorce was for "money reasons". About to be relocated to the United States by his management, Qiu attends a party where Tenjin President Yoshihiro Sakai appoints his son, Hiroshi, as the new head of research-and-development. [45] Ultimately no charges were pressed against him for the Prongay murder. According to Richard Kuklinski, Stanley Kuklinski was a violent alcoholic who beat his children regularly and sometimes beat his wife. Hoffman hoped to make a big profit by purchasing, at a low cost, large quantities of stolen Tagamet, a popular drug used to treat peptic ulcers, which he could then resell through his pharmacy. "[12], In the mid-1960s, Kuklinski began working at a Manhattan film lab. [68] The Kuklinskis divorced in 1993, when Richard was in prison. [Hong Kong actor] Chow Yun-Fat's image in A Better Tomorrow was inspired by Takakura's image and style. [70] The film was directed by Ariel Vromen and also stars Winona Ryder, Ray Liotta, Stephen Dorff, and Chris Evans. An in-depth look at how an FBI profiler helped track down the terrorist Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber. [12] However, he later claimed that he actually killed Hoffa. Following his intuition, Yamura and Rika travel to the construction site. Cops are … Deppner was the third associate of Kuklinski's to have been found dead. [3] Malliband was reportedly carrying $27,000 at the time. Afterwards Kuklinski urged Patterson to just forget about the incident. Sakai recognizes Qiu among the subjects and order he be subjected to the treatment, designed to turn a person into a near-superhuman, brainwashed soldier. Sakai secretly hires a pair of assassins, Rain and Dawn, to kill Qiu, and sends one of his lowers to the arranged meeting spot. Qiu loses pursuing police by fleeing to a subway station under-construction. "[43] Authorities also doubt that he stored a body for two years in a Mister Softee truck.[5]. [19] He also headed a group which specialized in carrying out burglaries. [9], Manhunt's producers include Gordon Chan and Chan Hing-kai while the film is being backed by the Hong Kong production company Media Asia on a budget ranging between 30 and 40 million. He told her that she belonged to him, and that if she tried to leave he would kill her entire family; when Barbara began screaming at him in anger, he throttled her into unconsciousness. Kuklinksi's lawyer argued that Kuklinski had no history of violence who only projected a tough image, including his statements to agent Polifrone. Richard Leonard Kuklinski (/ k ʊ ˈ k l ɪ n s k i /; April 11, 1935 – March 5, 2006) was an American criminal and murderer.Kuklinski was engaged in criminal activities for most of his adult life. "[67] "Good Richie" was a hard-working provider and an affectionate father and loving husband, who enjoyed time with his family. Several television producers also spoke to Kuklinski about his criminal career, upbringing, and personal life. [45] He described DeMeo as a mentor of his, whom he had met after he fell behind on a loan he had taken out to distribute pornography. The film premiered at the 74th Venice International Film Festival and released in China on 24 November 2017. Sakaguchi helps Qiu sneak onto a truck carrying Tenjin test subjects, but once at the laboratory he is separated from the others and subjected to an excruciating treatment that causes him to become an involuntarily violent, nigh-invulnerable killer. [8][7][5] He was the subject of three HBO documentaries aired in 1992, 2001 and 2003;[5] several biographies, and a 2012 feature film starring Michael Shannon and Winona Ryder.[9]. Where they find Qiu disguised as an employee. These talks culminated in three televised documentaries known as The Iceman Tapes, which were aired on HBO in 1992, 2001, and 2003. [42] In the last installment, The Iceman and the Psychiatrist, Kuklinski was interviewed by renowned forensic psychiatrist Dr. Park Dietz in 2002. The story focuses on FBI Agent and Criminal Profiler Jim [10][9] Manhunt marked the end of Woo's previous production company Lion Rock Films following the box-office disappointment of The Crossing which led to Woo and Terence Chang disbanding Lion Rock Productions. [7] He also alleged that he worked as a hitman for the Mafia,[5] and that he was a participant in several famous Mafia killings, including the murders of mob bosses Paul Castellano and Carmine Galante, mob soldier Roy Demeo, and Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa. [10], Production started on Manhunt in June 2016 in Osaka. [5] Most of these additional murders have not been corroborated. [2], By the early 1980s, Kuklinski's burglary gang was coming under more scrutiny from law enforcement. This group consisted of Gary Smith, Barbara Deppner, Daniel Deppner, Percy House, and Richard Kuklinski himself. [53][52] Gravano denied any involvement in Calabro's death and rejected a plea deal, under which he would have received no additional jail time if he confessed to the crime and implicated all his accomplices. [21], The drum was located near the Chemitex chemical plant in Jersey City. Calabro was rumored to have mob connections and had been investigated for selling confidential information to the Gambino family. Blackmailed over his drug addiction, Detective Asano reveals himself to be working for Sakai and demands he be compensated for his part in framing Qiu to divert attention from the real murderer, Hiroshi. These claims are considered dubious by law enforcement and mob experts. Mayumi tells Yamura that she was with Qiu at the time of the murder, proving his innocence. [27] Investigators later deduced that he was murdered in Patterson's apartment after finding a bloodstain on the carpet. He had met Kuklinski who promised to sell him tapes. [35] Kuklinski was also recorded boasting that he had once killed a man by putting cyanide on his hamburger, and of his plans to kill "a couple of rats" (Barbara Deppner and Percy House). [6] Anna was a zealous Catholic and believed that stern discipline should be accompanied by a strict religious upbringing, the same way she was raised. Qiu manages to escape apprehension and seeks shelter in a nearby shanty town, where he's befriended by the Mandarin-literate local Sakaguchi. [10] Woo stated that Manhunt would go back to his older style of filmmaking, referring to his film The Killer specifically. He opined that Kuklinski made the confession in order to "add extra value to his brand"[62] and so he omitted the story from his biography of Kuklinski. Sakai tells a mysterious woman to seduce Qiu into remaining in Japan. [42], Kuklinski's family and Dumont, New Jersey neighbors were never aware of his activities, and instead believed he was a successful businessman. It was released worldwide on Netflix on 4 May 2018.[7]. He lay in a snowbank behind his van until Calabro came by at 2 a.m., then stepped out and shot him in the head with a sawed-off shotgun, decapitating Calabro. "[25] The Hollywood Reporter referred to the film as a "string of sophisticated and thrilling set pieces." On September 25, 1983, the body of Louis Masgay was found near a town park off Clausland Mountain Road in Orangetown, New York, with a bullet hole in the back of his head. It was sold, along with hundreds of other compacted cars, as scrap metal. The stupidly-titled Manhunt: Deadly Games is a crisp, absorbing recounting of the search for the bomber who killed two people and injured 150 others at the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta. Merrick later recalled that he once killed her dog right in front of her to punish her for coming home late. It was shipped off to Japan to be used in making new cars. [19], The film was initially set for release in China on 16 February 2018. [5] In 1988, he was sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of killing two members of his burglary gang and two other associates. [20], 映画「マンハント」オリジナル・サウンドトラック was released by Nippon Columbia on February 21, 2018. [33] In recordings, Kuklinski discussed having killed a man by putting poison in his hamburger, and of a man whose dead body was kept in a freezer for two and a half years to confuse the time of death. Later, fearing an accomplice might become an informant, the drum was dug up, placed in the trunk of a car, and compacted to a cube. [20][14][10] The China Internet Information Center described that waiting this long for a release is "unusual for a Chinese film". He believed that Kuklinski could supply the drug and badgered him to make a deal. [69], In October 2005, after nearly 18 years in prison, Kuklinski was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease (an inflammation of the blood vessels). "[2] Variety described Manhunt as "underwhelming and undercooked" and that the audience who come to Woo for the action scenes would be satisfied while "those of us for whom the director's best work, like the brilliant Hard Boiled or the transcendently ludicrous Face/Off, is marked out not just by superior gun-fu but by the disarming sincerity with which he always sold the silliness, Manhunt is a disappointment. Baden confirmed that Kuklinski died of cardiac arrest and had been suffering with heart disease and phlebitis. [20] According to forensic pathologist Michael Baden, Smith's death would probably have been attributed to something non-homicidal in nature (like drug overdose for instance) had Kuklinski relied solely on the cyanide. Weeks later, Qiu meets Yamura at a train station, where they shake hands and exchange names in Japanese and Mandarin, respectively. [4] However, author Jerry Capeci who has written extensively about DeMeo and the mafia, doubts that Kuklinski killed DeMeo. [38] In March 1988, a jury found Kuklinski guilty of murdering Smith and Deppner, but found that the deaths were not proven to be by Kuklinski's own conduct, meaning he would not face the death penalty. Robert Fisher’s black Labrador Retriever, Ruger, bolted out of the family's front door. [3] Kuklinski lived with his wife and children in the New Jersey suburb of Dumont. Check back often for new releases and additions. In 2003, he received an additional 30-year sentence after confessing to the murder of a mob-connected police officer. A week before his death, the hospital called Barbara to ask if she wished to rescind the instruction, but she declined. [49][48], In his 2001 HBO interview, Kuklinski confessed to killing Peter Calabro, an NYPD detective who had been ambushed and shot dead by an unknown gunman on March 14, 1980. Manhunt (simplified Chinese: 追捕; traditional Chinese; 追捕; pinyin; Zhuībǔ) is a 2017 action thriller film co-written and directed by John Woo, produced by Gordon Chan, and starring Zhang Hanyu, Masaharu Fukuyama, Qi Wei, Ha Ji-won, and Jun Kunimura. He explains to Qiu that Sakai and Hiroshi have been secretly developing projects for military contractors. Yamura arrives and offers Sakai the decoding equation in exchange for Qiu. He did not name the culprit, but said it was not himself. [5] At the request of Kuklinski's family, noted forensic pathologist Michael Baden reviewed his autopsy report. Qiu briefly meets a half-Chinese woman, Mayumi, but loses track of her. Yamura bids Qin farewell as he boards the train with Mayumi, before walking off with Rika. The two are suddenly ambushed by Rain and Dawn on motorcycles, by Yamura arrives and fends them off while they flee. Kuklinski was angered when he learned that Smith had left the motel to visit his daughter and also feared that Smith, who had recently spoken of giving up crime and going straight, might become an informant against him. The film was shot on-location in Osaka and Kansai, Japan, and features a mixed Chinese, Japanese, and Korean cast, with dialogue in Mandarin, Japanese, and English. With Gethin Anthony, Arliss Howard, Kelly Jenrette, Cameron Britton. [14], Manhunt was scheduled to have its world premiere at the 74th Venice International Film Festival. [3] Kuklinski would later say he shot Masgay in the back of the head after accepting a plea deal with prosecutors. and "Manhunt is a John Woo movie like he used to make ‘em, before his US period including Face/Off and Mission: Impossible 2, and recent Asian historical diptychs Red Cliff and The Crossing. [23] Hoffman was last seen on his way to meet Kuklinski with $22,000 to buy prescription drugs from Kuklinski. Over the next four days, a number of patrons rented the room, and although they thought the smell in the room was odd, most of them did not think to look under the bed. He recalled an incident during his pre-teen years when his mother attempted to kill Stanley with a kitchen knife. [12] Kuklinski later rejected Catholicism. [1], In 1982, Kuklinski met Paul Hoffman, a 51-year-old pharmacist who occasionally frequented "the store" in Paterson, New Jersey, a storefront with a large backroom where a wide variety of stolen items could be bought and sold. [62] Bruno noted that in 1986 Anthony Indelicato was convicted of Galante's murder and Kuklinski was not mentioned during the trial. A quiet afternoon erupted in a dogfight. [14] The film was released in China on 24 November 2017. [44] In 2006, Paul Smith, a member of the task force which arrested Kuklinski and later a supervisor of the organized crime division of the New Jersey Attorney General's office, said "I checked every one of the murders that Kuklinski said he committed, and not one was true.". He was set to go on trial for blowing up the front door of his ex-wife's house. Aiming at Qiu with a sniper rifle, Rain is unable to carry through with the hit because Qiu had earlier shown her kindness, shooting and killing the lawyer instead. Veteran detective Satoshi Yamura is called in with his rookie partner Rika to track down Qiu, much to Asano's chagrin. [4], In interviews, Kuklinski claimed to have been a mafia hitman and to have killed 100 or 200 people. [3] A gun was found in the car, and she was charged with possession of an illegal firearm, as she had been in the car where it was found. Marshals posting their highest-ever reward for … "[8] Woo expanded on this later stating that there was great pressure in enjoying the creative process when "being controlled by the numbers during the entire process" or deciding "decide how to shoot a scene because of the budget, not inspiration. [16][4] Both Woo and actress Ha Ji-won were scheduled to attended the festival in Venice. MERCED COUNTY, California. He received a beating and later became business partners. Kuklinski was then sentenced to an additional two life sentences to be served consecutively. [44], When he became a Government witness in 1990, Sammy Gravano admitted to planning the murder of Castellano and Bilotti, but said the shooters were all members of John Gotti's crew and were chosen by Gotti; he did not mention Kuklinski. [8] During this search, he was contacted by Peter Lam, the head of Media Asia, who asked if he would like to do remake of the Japanese film Manhunt. [8], Manhunt was projected to finished filming in October 2016 and then later reported to be finished filming by the end of November. Stream new movie releases and classic favorites on HBO.com or on your device with an HBO app. Barbara remembered that when Merrick became seriously ill soon after she was born, Richard stayed up night after night to care for her. [45] Prongay was murdered in 1984 and he had been shot multiple times in the head and found in his Mister Softee ice cream truck. He ran a burglary ring and distributed pirated pornography. Having said that, I’m looking at chucking it all together and volunteering at a local food bank. [22] This was the first murder to be directly linked to Kuklinski, as Malliband's brother told police that he had been on his way to meet Kuklinski the day he disappeared. "[31], Kuklinski's claims that he dumped bodies in caves in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and fed a victim to flesh-eating rats in the caves. I wanted to make a movie dedicated to Ken Takakura. Takuro Ishizaka’s lighting gives even the silly final scenes a visually exciting veneer. Although that could happen down the road, a crisis will hit during May sweeps that pulls Dante and Sam apart. [56], Kuklinski also alleged that he was a Mafia contract killer who worked for all of the Five Families of New York City, as well as the DeCavalcante family of New Jersey. Most people cant afford to do that though, so I recognise I’m lucky. [5], On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 67% based on 27 reviews, and an average rating of 6.2/10. [58] For the latter hit, Kuklinski said he was personally recruited by John Gotti ally Sammy Gravano, who instructed him to kill Castellano's driver and bodyguard, Thomas Bilotti. Dietz stated he believed Kuklinski suffered from antisocial personality disorder and paranoid personality disorder. "[26] The review also commented on the story referring to it as "logic-free" and concluded that the film "isn’t going to go down in history as [Woo's] best film"[26] Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film four stars out of five, stating that praised the films action sequences as a highlight while stating that the story is a "little absurd" but that the film "offers something that is never in sufficiently plentiful supply: fun. [1] Eventually, five unsolved homicides, namely the deaths of Hoffman, Smith, Deppner, Masgay and Malliband, were linked to Kuklinski because he had been the last known person to see each of them alive. [5][43] He alleges he used multiple ways to kill people, including a crossbow, icepicks, a bomb attached to remote controlled toy, firearms, grenades, as well as cyanide solution spray which he considered to be his favorite. His family stated that they were unaware of his crimes. and that "Production values are lavish and some of the metallic sets designed by Yohei Taneda have the complexity of an Escher puzzle. [12] He was the second of four children. [31] Starting in 1985, Kane and Polifrone worked with Phil Solimene, a close long-time friend of Kuklinski, to get Polifrone close to Kuklinski. [27] At some point between February and May 1983, Deppner was killed by Kuklinski. While Richard was working for a trucking company he met Barbara Pedrici, who was a secretary at the same firm. [28] The medical examiner found that Deppner's stomach was full of undigested food, meaning he had died shortly after (or during) a meal. Local cave enthusiast Richard Kranzel also queried the idea of flesh-eating rats, saying "The only rats I have encountered in caves are 'cave rats,' and they are reclusive and shy creatures, and definitely not fierce as Kuklinski claims. Masgay had disappeared over two years earlier, on July 1, 1981, the day he was due to meet Kuklinski at a New Jersey diner to purchase a large quantity of blank videocassette recorder tapes, for which Masgay had hidden $95,000 in his van. Buccino added: "We didn't believe a lot of things he said. I don’t believe he killed 100 people. Kuklinski and Barbara married in 1961 and had two daughters, Merrick[42] and Christin, and a son, Dwayne. [2][21] As part of the deal, the gun charge against his wife and an unrelated marijuana possession charge against his son were also dropped. Charlie Everitt, 45, escaped from the John Latorraca Correctional Center on Monday night, according to the Merced County Sheriff’s Office. [20][1], On January 30, 1980, Kuklinski killed George Malliband. [6], When Deppner's ex-wife, Barbara, failed to return with a car to remove the body, they placed it in between the mattress and box spring. However, the ligature mark around Smith's neck proved to investigators that he was murdered. [11], Woo stated that he had "got tired of making big-budget movies. Rain, realizing that Sakai is ultimately responsible for Dawn's death, releases Mayumi and gives her a gun. [54][55] The charges against Gravano were dropped after Kuklinski's death in 2006. The Rockland County medical examiner found ice crystals inside the body on a warm September day. Kuklinski also confessed to having killed Hoffman, but prosecutors decided to not pursue sentencing citing that more time would not have any impact on Kuklinski's prison sentence. His older brother Florian (1933–1941) died at the age of seven from injuries inflicted by his father during a violent beating. Kuklinski urged them to lie low and rented them a room at the York Motel in North Bergen, New Jersey. [9] Kuklinski's wife received a share of the profits from the Bruno book. He tested Polifrone's (purported) cyanide on a stray dog, using a hamburger as bait, and saw it was not poison. films added", "映画「マンハント」オリジナル・サウンドトラック | 商品情報 | 日本コロムビアオフィシャルサイト", "Manhunt review – John Woo rolls back the years with big pharma bullet-barrage", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manhunt_(2017_film)&oldid=1020653310, Pages with non-numeric formatnum arguments, Album articles lacking alt text for covers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 30 April 2021, at 08:59. Law enforcement theorized that Deppner must have already been incapacitated, such as by poison, as he had no defensive wounds and healthy adult men are rarely killed by strangulation. [8][44], Deputy Chief Bob Buccino, who worked on the Kuklinski case, said "They took a body from Detroit, where they have one of the biggest lakes in the world, and drove it all the way back to New Jersey? [18][1][19] Manhunt had its first press screening in Toronto on 7 September 2017 and was scheduled for a public screening 14 September 2017. Rain dies in Qiu's arms, and Rika arrives with police backup. He said that he was one of the hitmen who assassinated Bonanno family boss Carmine Galante in July 1979,[44] and Gambino family boss Paul Castellano in December 1985. Kuklinski, who was the second son, had a younger sister, Roberta (1942–2010), and a younger brother, Joseph (1944–2003), who in 1970 was convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl and murdering her by throwing her off the top of a five-story building (along with her pet dog). Mayumi gives Rika a secret equation necessary for decoding the formula to properly reproduce the drug, a powerful stimulant, before she is captured by Rain. Kuklinski claimed to have killed Gambino Crime family member Roy DeMeo in an interview for the 1993 book "The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer" by Anthony Bruno. [3][32] Kuklinski was held on a $2 million bail bond and made to surrender his passport. However, in 2013 the Philadelphia Inquirer noted that the caves have had a lot of visitors since Kuklinski's time, and no human remains have been found. Come on." [24], Prosecutors charged Kuklinski with five murder counts and six weapons violations, as well as attempted murder, robbery, and attempted robbery. Qiu apologizes, insisting that the information he was given in regards to the case came directly from the authorities. General Hospital (GH) spoilers tease that Sam McCall (Kelly Monaco) and Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna) have been growing closer, so fans have been wondering if this friendship might turn into more. [3] His body was stored in a freezer and was found 15 months later. They knew him as a loving father and husband who provided for his family, but one who also had a violent temper and was physically abusive to his wife. [15] Stanley abandoned the family shortly after he murdered his first son. [15] The film was shown out of competition. Although he had asked doctors to make sure they revived him if he developed cardiopulmonary arrest (or risk of heart attack), his then-former wife Barbara had signed a "do not resuscitate" order. He responded by silently jabbing her from behind with a hunting knife so sharp she did not even feel the blade go in. The defense theory was that Deppner was responsible for the murder of Smith and that there had been no cause of death determined for Deppner. [10] In addition, Chinese actress Qi Wei and Korean actress Ha Ji-won were cast in key roles in the film. Suspicious, Kuklinski decided not to go through with the planned murder and went home instead. This was considered moot, as he was already serving multiple life sentences and ineligible for parole until he was over the age of 100. 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