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6.5/10   1,053 votes
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Director:
Todd Haynes
Writers:
Jean Genet (novels)
Todd Haynes (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
16 August 1991 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi more
Plot:
Three intercut stories about outsiders, sex and violence. In "Hero," Richie, at age 7, kills his father and flies away... more | add synopsis
Awards:
4 wins & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Interview: John Krokidas on "Kill Your Darlings" and star Chris Evans
 (From AfterElton.com. 22 April 2009, 7:02 PM, PDT)

SXSW 2009: "How Did We Get Away With That?"
 (From IFC. 19 March 2009, 8:03 AM, PDT)

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Strange but fascinating more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Edith Meeks ... Felicia Beacon
Millie White ... Millie Sklar
Buck Smith ... Gregory Lazar
Anne Giotta ... Evelyn McAlpert
Lydia Lafleur ... Sylvia Manning
Ian Nemser ... Sean White

Rob LaBelle ... Jay Wete
Evan Dunsky ... Dr. MacArthur
Marina Lutz ... Hazel Lamprecht
Barry Cassidy ... Officer Rilt
Richard Anthony ... Edward Comacho
Angela M. Schreiber ... Florence Giddens
Justin Silverstein ... Jake
Chris Singh ... Chris
Edward Allen ... Fred Beacon
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Additional Details

Runtime:
85 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Macaulay Culkin was at one time a possibility for the part of young Broom. more
Movie Connections:
References Un chant d'amour (1950) more

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1 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Strange but fascinating, 5 October 2000
7/10
Author: Wayne Malin (wwaayynnee51@hotmail.com) from United States

Odd, disturbing film tells three tales--"Hero" is shot in documentary style and deals with a 7 year old who shoots his father and flies away--"Horror" deals with a scientist who, by mistake, drinks a "hormone" liquid which slowly turns him into a monster and infects other people--"Homo" is about a gay prisoner and his strong attraction to another prisoner. All the acting is good, all the sequences are shot in completely different styles using different film stocks and the movie is engrossing. But, it's not exactly a pleasant film. It's sickening at times (the scientist's transformation; a real sick "game" a bunch of boys enact on another) making it a real chore to watch. Still, Todd Haynes is one hell of a director. I never saw his next film "Safe" but I did see "Velvet Goldmine" which was very good also. This one is worth seeing, but you have to have a strong stomach and not be bothered by STRONG homoerotic imagery. The NC-17 rating is well-earned.

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