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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Roger Avary (written by)
Release Date:
September 1994 (USA)
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Plot:
Zed has only just arrived in the beautiful Paris and already he's up to no good. Having just slept with a call girl...
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Awards:
2 wins
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1 nomination
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(12 articles)
Is Roger Avary Tweeting from Jail?
(From newsinfilm. 1 November 2009, 1:48 PM, PST)
Screenwriter Avary Sentenced
(From CinemaSpy. 1 October 2009, 1:16 AM, PDT)
(From newsinfilm. 1 November 2009, 1:48 PM, PST)
Screenwriter Avary Sentenced
(From CinemaSpy. 1 October 2009, 1:16 AM, PDT)
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Underrated caper flick. Not a great movie, sure, but still a very good one.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Eric Stoltz | ... | Zed | |
| Julie Delpy | ... | Zoe | |
| Jean-Hugues Anglade | ... | Eric | |
| Tai Thai | ... | François | |
| Bruce Ramsay | ... | Ricardo | |
| Kario Salem | ... | Jean | |
| Salvator Xuereb | ... | Claude | |
| Gary Kemp | ... | Oliver | |
| Martin Raymond | ... | Cab Driver | |
| Eric Pascal Chaltiel | ... | Bellboy | |
| Cecilia Peck | ... | Martina | |
| Gladys Holland | ... | Sub Lobby Teller | |
| Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi | ... | Assistant Bank Manager (as Gian Carlo Scandiuzzi) | |
| Gérard Bonn | ... | Assistant Bank Manager (as Gerard Bonn) | |
| Bernard Baski | ... | Policeman |
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Also Known As:
Killing Zoe (France)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence and language, plentiful drug use and a sex scene. (edited for re-rating)
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Runtime:
96 min | France:99 min (director's cut)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 |
Denmark:15 |
Australia:R |
Canada:R |
Finland:K-18 |
France:-16 |
Germany:18 |
Hong Kong:III |
Israel:18 |
Italy:VM14 |
Netherlands:16 |
Norway:18 (video premiere) |
South Korea:18 |
Spain:18 |
UK:18 |
USA:NC-17 (original rating) |
USA:R
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The idea behind making the film actually came about when Roger Avary was scouting locations for Quentin Tarantino on Reservoir Dogs (1992). Avary found a great bank set in Los Angeles and informed Tarantino, who said that although the location was no good for Dogs, it would be good for a film set in a bank. One of Avary's scripts, Killing Zoe (1993), was almost entirely set in a bank, and with that as the motivation, the making of the film began.
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Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: As they enter the jazz club on the night before the heist, a Dixieland band is heard and seen playing, but the drummer is obviously not touching the drums with the drum sticks.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Charlie Rose Show: Quentin Tarantino" (1994)
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Soundtrack:
La Chansonnette
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'Killing Zoe' is a movie that has grown on me over the years. When I first watched it I didn't think all that much of it, but each time I've seen it since I've liked it a little more, and I'm at the point now where I like it a lot. I don't think it's a GREAT movie, but it's a very good one, and extremely underrated. Roger Avary's connection with Quentin Tarantino has turned out to be more of a hindrance than a help to him. 'Killing Zoe' was frequently dismissed as just another Tarantino clone, which to me is unfair, because a) Avery actually wrote some of 'Reservoir Dogs', 'Pulp Fiction' and 'True Romance' (usually uncredited), and b) though the subject matter of 'Killing Zoe' is similar to say 'Reservoir Dogs', the approach is very different. And let's face it the heist-gone-wrong flick has a long history (the influence of 1950s crime classics 'Rififi', 'Bob Le Flambeur' and/or 'The Killing' on all subsequent variations of it cannot be underestimated), and Tarantino was building on an already established tradition. As well as that the hostage aspect of 'Killing Zoe' brings to mind 'Dog Day Afternoon' more than anything by QT. Anyway, I think this is an interesting movie. The violence is pretty blatant, but apart from that it is a subtle, character driven movie. Eric Stoltz ('Pulp Fiction') and Julie Delpy ('Before Sunrise') are both very good, especially in their first scene together, but the real stand out performance is by Jean-Hughes Anglade ('Betty Blue') who is outstanding. Anglade really makes the movie for me. 'Killing Zoe's reputation seems to be growing as the years go by, and now that the mid-90s Tarantino hype has died down it's about time it was judged on its own merits.