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Release Date:
16 November 1995 (USA) moreTagline:
Some lives cross, others collide.Plot:
Freddie Gale is a seedy jeweler who has sworn to kill the drunk driver who killed his little girl. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Sean Penn to be Honored at the Palm Springs International Film Festival (From Manny the Movie Guy. 26 December 2008, 9:21 AM, PST)
Sean Penn & Jack Nicholson Are Just Ordinary Guys
(From WENN. 25 January 2001)
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A powerful and compelling story, filmed well and with some great performances. more (54 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jack Nicholson | ... | Freddy Gale | |
| David Morse | ... | John Booth | |
| Anjelica Huston | ... | Mary | |
| Robin Wright Penn | ... | Jojo (as Robin Wright) | |
| Piper Laurie | ... | Helen Booth | |
| Richard Bradford | ... | Stuart Booth | |
| Priscilla Barnes | ... | Verna | |
| David Baerwald | ... | Peter | |
| Robbie Robertson | ... | Roger | |
| John Savage | ... | Bobby | |
| Kari Wuhrer | ... | Mia | |
| Jennifer Leigh Warren | ... | Jennifer | |
| Kellita Smith | ... | Tanya | |
| Richard C. Sarafian | ... | Sunny Ventura (as Richard Sarafian) | |
| Bobby Cooper | ... | Coop |
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Rated R for sexuality and strong language.Parents Guide:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Iceland:12 | Brazil:14 | Singapore:M18 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | South Korea:18 | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R | Argentina:13Fun Stuff
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The movie concludes with a dedication to "My friend, Charles Bukowski. I miss you, S.P." 'Sean Penn' was a close friend of the writer and poet. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Peter's hair position changes when he says the famous line, "Did you get butt-fuc**d in prison?" and after John replies "It only hurts the first time". moreSoundtrack:
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A powerful and compelling story, filmed well and with some great performances.
Sean Penn seems to have managed to level the actors here, with David Morse, Anjelica Huston and Jack Nicholson putting in great performances and none of them stealing the scenes from the other. I found this very surprising as I expected Nicholson to flood the screen, as he so often does with such little difficulty.
However, the emotion between Huston and Nicholson in the latter half of the film during the coffee shop scene is so powerful to watch. Huston is such a wonderful actress, and Nicholson shows some emotional depth that I haven't seen before, or rather, not felt with his performance before.
The story is written and planned extremely well, with tension rising slowly and almost imperceptibly, until the final day. I found myself caught from the opening scenes of the counselling session cut with the drunken, partying Nicholson, right through to the pivotal moments of the main characters lives.
It is a fantastic way to address this subject. To examine it from both sides, and keep each side with its own sympathies and understandings. Cleverly your sympathies and hatred are swapped throughout the story.
I hope there's more to come like this.