The Curve

The Curve is a 1998 thriller film starring Matthew Lillard, Keri Russell and Michael Vartan, which premiered at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival under its original title, Dead Man's Curve. It draws on the urban legend that a student will receive only A+ letter grades should their roommate commit suicide (pass by catastrophe). Plot After hearing of a school policy granting anyone whose roommate commits suicide an automatic 4.0 GPA, Harvard Business School aspirants Chris and Tim plot to kill their roommate Rand and make it look like a suicide. They're successful, but when the fallout breeds unforeseen consequences and two local detectives close in, guilt and mistrust fester, jeopardizing Chris's relationship with his girlfriend Emma and the roommates' futures. Cast Matthew Lillard as Tim Michael Vartan as Chris Keri Russell as Emma Randall Batinkoff as Rand Dana Delany as Dr. Ashley Tamara Craig Thomas as Natalie Bo Dietl as Detective Amato Anthony Griffith as Detective Shipper Kevin Ruf as Ernie Kris McGaha as Renee Production Filming took place in Baltimore, Maryland at Elk Neck State Park, Johns Hopkins University, and Towson University in August 1997.