He later starred in American Psycho and played Batman in The Dark Knight and The Dark Night Rises. "But every character in the story has secrets."Ĭhristian made his name as a child star in the 1987 Steven Spielberg movie Empire Of The Sun. "Landor dismisses Poe initially, but comes to find him to be the centrepiece of his life," says Bale. As Landor makes enquiries, the academy’s senior staff are keen to keep matters quiet to preserve their reputation, and Landor has to turn to quirky, rebellious and talented poet Poe (Harry Melling), who is also a cadet there, for assistance with the case. Landor, who is called to West Point military academy in New York state after a young cadet is found dead with his heart gruesomely removed. There's a top cast for The Pale Blue Eye, with executive producer and British star Christian Bale leading the way as Augustus Landor, a veteran New York detective investigating the grisly deaths at West Point. (Image credit: SCOTT GARFIELD/NETFLIX) The Pale Blue Eye cast - Christian Bale on playing Augustus Landor The cadet’s name is none other than Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling).Ĭhristian Bale as Augustus Landor arriving to solve a mystery. As he questions the dead man’s acquaintances, he finds an eager assistant in a moody, intriguing young cadet who likes a drink or two, has written two volumes of poetry and has a mysterious past that often changes from telling to telling. Now a restless widower, Gus agrees to come out of retirement to take on the case. At a loss for answers and desperate to avoid any negative publicity, the Academy calls on the services of a local civilian, Augustus 'Gus' Landor (Christian Bale, is a former police detective from New York City who retired to the Hudson Highlands for health reasons. Someone has stolen into the room where the body was laid and removed the heart. It's an apparent suicide, but the next morning, something truly horrific happens. At West Point Academy in 1830, a young cadet’s body is discovered swinging from a rope just off the parade grounds. The Pale Blue Eye follows the same plot of the novel.
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