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Craig Smith (written by)
Release Date:
27 December 1996 (USA) more
Plot:
When former cop and current security expert Jim Holland has a one night stand with Amanda after getting in her way roller-blading... more | full synopsis
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Left A Good First Impression more (12 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Joe Mantegna | ... | Jim Holland |
 | Kelly Lynch | ... | Amanda |
 | Naomi Watts | ... | Molly |
 | J.T. Walsh | ... | Cake |
 | Xander Berkeley | ... | Tosh |
 | Jon Favreau | ... | Terry |
 | Channon Roe | ... | Lewis |
 | Christian J. Meoli | ... | Prancer (as Christian Meoli) |
 | Antoni Corone | ... | Vixen |
 | Jimmy Ortega | ... | Comet (as Jim Ortega) |
 | Michael Nicolosi | ... | Blitzen |
 | Sonny Carl Davis | ... | Jimmy |
| Don Blakely | ... | Marty |
 | Brian J. Williams | ... | Mott |
| Brent J. Williams | ... | Old Man |
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Rated R for violence, language, some drug content and brief sexuality.
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99 min
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Australia:M | Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | UK:18 | USA:R
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The stun gun that Cake (played by J.T Walsh) asks for and receives from Jim Holland (played by Joe Mantegna) has the fictional brand name "Hickenlooper" printed on the box. George Hickenlooper is the director of the film. more
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I saw this movie back in '99 before I knew who Naomi Watts was, but after seeing it, I made sure to take note of her name in the credits.
One thing that I found interesting in this film was their un-cliched use of smoking. In most films, a person only smokes if there is some dramatic reason to due so (eg. To look seductive/sexy, or to show they are bad or "naughty"), but in this film the two sisters just... smoked, plain and simple, and they did so in a manner that made them come across as believable, everyday people. I think there was even a line in there somewhere where Joe's character asks about Naomi's smoking and she replies that her and her sister started when they were kids. A very real scenario, again adding to the characters' believability.
I don't smoke myself so I'm not an advocate of the habit, but everything that can be said about this film already has been said in prior comments and so this was simply something different that came to my attention.