''The Invitation'' is a thriller and

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released on January 1, 2003. It is

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and runs approximately 1 hour and 25 minutes. The movie was written and directed by Pat Bermel and stars

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, Stellina Rusich,

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, David Livingstone, Douglas O'Keeffe,

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, and Lideo Baldeon.

Plot summary

Famous author Roland Levy holds a dinner party for his six closest friends on a private island, where he deliberately poisons them by lacing their food with it. To receive the antidote, they must reveal their darkest secrets or take them to the grave.

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