Pusher (1996)

A drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord.

Director:

Nicolas Winding Refn

Writers:

Jens Dahl, Nicolas Winding Refn

Stars:

Kim Bodnia, Zlatko Buric, Laura Drasbæk

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kim Bodnia	...	Frank
Zlatko Buric	...	Milo
Laura Drasbæk	...	Vic
Slavko Labovic	...	Radovan
Mads Mikkelsen	...	Tonny
Peter Andersson	...	Hasse
Vanja Bajicic	...	Branko
Lisbeth Rasmussen	...	Rita
Levino Jensen	...	Mike
Thomas Bo Larsen	...	Junkie
Lars Bom	...	Uro'er
Michael Hasselflug	...	Uro'er
Nicolas Winding Refn	...	Brian (as Jang Go Star)
Jesper Lohmann	...	Mikkel
Steen Fridberg	...	Lasse

Storyline

Frank is a drug pusher on the roll until he makes a huge deal with dope that he hasn't paid for and he gets busted by the police. He manages to dump the dope in a nearby lake but he owes his supplier a lot of money (not a nice guy to owe money to). Now we follow Frank in his quest to raise money in the underworld of Copenhagen.

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Plot Keywords:

drugs | pusher | drug pusher | denmark | drug addict | 

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Taglines:

You don't have a chance. Seize it!

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Genres:

Crime | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish Swedish Serbo-Croatian

Release Date:

30 August 1996 (Denmark)

Also Known As:

Diler

Filming Locations:

Copenhagen, Denmark

Box Office

Budget:

DKK 6,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$1,656 (USA) (7 May 1999)

Gross:

$4,440 (USA) (14 May 1999)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Balboa Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Frank (Kim Bodnia) is in every scene of the movie, except the second-to-last scene.

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Goofs

When Frank enters the room and sits down next to sleeping Vic, he grabs her left leg and shakes it, but in the following shot, he drops her right leg.

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Quotes

Frank: [pulls a gun] I need your money and your drugs.
Mike: Oh, man. Now you've lost it.

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Crazy Credits

Til min onkel Peter Refn

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Connections

Referenced in At the Movies: Episode #8.37 (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Summer's Got the Colour"
by The Prisoner Feat. Aud Wilken + Lars H.U.G.

User Reviews

A really great Danish movie

I can surely say it is an amazing movie, we're following Frank (Kim Bodnia) and his life in the Copenhagen night life. Frank is selling drugs, and under a big deal, it all goes down the drain. Then he hurries down to a nearby sea followed by the cops, and throws all the illegal stuff out, so the police can't arrest him. But he borrowed all the money to buy the drugs, and Milo (Zlatko Buric) wants it back.

Then we follow frank around while he tries to raise the money needed to pay of Milo. This is a very violent movie, but nevertheless it's worth seeing, and seeing again.

I will recommend it to everyone who likes action movies, it purely breathtaking. A sure 10 out of 10.