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Director: Oliver Stone
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From Time Out Film Guide
Mickey (Harrelson) and Mallory (Lewis) are white-trash low-lifes who get their kicks from killin' just about anybody who gets in their way. Their antics are covered by scumbag talk-show host Wayne Gale (Downey) whose reports turn the pair into folk heroes. Meanwhile, detective Jack Scagnetti (Sizemore) is determined to put them behind bars. Trailing hype and tabloid hysteria in its wake, Stone's film is at once a phenomenon and unremarkable. True, it's technically extraordinary; with the director resorting to a frantic collage of film and video, b/w and colour, back- and front-projection, fast and slow motion to develop his thesis that crime and violence are fanned by sensationalist media attention. At least that's what he seems to be saying. Basically, the story is just a tarted up variation of the Badlands/Wild at Heart scenario, with ultra-broad swipes at media and authority figures tossed in for good measure. The actors are given no space to build up characters, and the film's main 'virtue' is that it's nowhere near as explicit as the tabloids suggested. Turgid.Author: GA
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- reece tudor said...
- Posted on Jan 16 2008 21:14 i got the film at chrimas because i love films by quentin tarantino the script writter i think oliver stone did good at directing it but tarantino should take all the creidit it is one of the best films i have seen. and at the moment i am becoming a film writter and i am only 15 years old thanks too tarantino
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Cast & crew
Director: Oliver Stone
Producer: Jane Hamsher, Don Murphy, Clayton Townsend
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr, Tommy Lee Jones, O-Lan Jones, Tom Sizemore, Rodney Dangerfield, Yared Harris, Russell Means full cast
Duration: 119 mins
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