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6 November 1998 (USA) moreTagline:
Leave your exceptions at the door morePlot:
In 1984, British newspaper reporter Arthur Stuart is investigating the career of 1970s glam rock star Brian Slade... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins & 7 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(23 articles)
Christian Bale's Rollercoaster Career (From Cinematical. 4 July 2009, 7:02 AM, PDT)
Total Recall: Christian Bale's Best Movies
(From Rotten Tomatoes. 21 May 2009, 1:30 AM, PDT)
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Stardust Memories moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Ewan McGregor | ... | Curt Wild | |
| Jonathan Rhys Meyers | ... | Brian Slade | |
| Christian Bale | ... | Arthur Stuart | |
| Toni Collette | ... | Mandy Slade | |
| Eddie Izzard | ... | Jerry Devine | |
| Emily Woof | ... | Shannon | |
| Michael Feast | ... | Cecil | |
| Janet McTeer | ... | Female Narrator (voice) | |
| Mairead McKinley | ... | Wilde Housemaid (as Maraid McKinley) | |
| Luke Morgan Oliver | ... | Oscar Wilde, 8 | |
| Osheen Jones | ... | Jack Fairy, 7 | |
| Micko Westmoreland | ... | Jack Fairy | |
| Damian Suchet | ... | BBC Reporter | |
| Danny Nutt | ... | Kissing Sailor | |
| Wash Westmoreland | ... | Young Man |
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Rated R for strong sexual content, nudity, language and drug use.Parents Guide:
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124 minLanguage:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | UK:18 (original rating) | Argentina:18 | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Germany:12 | New Zealand:R16 | Peru:18 | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 (video rating) (1999) | USA:RFun Stuff
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Continuity: When Brian Slade is being introduced to Curt Wild by "Rodney from Elektra", his cigarette is hanging out of the side of his mouth. After a quick shot on Brian, Curt is shown with the cigarette hanging out of the center of his mouth. moreQuotes:
Mandy: Today, there'd be fighting in the streets. But in 1972, it was more like dancing. moreSoundtrack:
We Are the Boys moreFAQ
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I don't think I've ever seen a movie that has polarized people as much as this one, or at least very few. Some people have put down every single thing about it. As for me, when my roommate (who had already seen it) asked me what I'd thought of it I replied in all honesty, "I loved every single frame of it." She concurred, and we've both seen it again since. I plan to buy it as soon as I can find it for sale. It's heavy on metaphors, which seems to have annoyed a lot of people. As for it's structural resemblance to 'Citizen Kane', that was one of the points. Glam rock was in part about copying others for copying's sake, like Brian Slade copied from Curt Wild, and everyone copied from Jack Fairy. The performances are all great. Some may nitpick about how the characters were portrayed, but I think they were all apt. Ewan McGregor has gotten plenty of slobbering, ecstatic praise from me in the past, and this only encouraged the worship. Toni Collette, so mired in ugly duckling roles since 'Muriel's Wedding', is wonderful, as is Christian Bale's brittle, disillusioned reporter role. Jonathan Rhys-Meyers is, as Brian Slade, a glittering void, as cloaked in mystery at the end as he was at the beginning. Some of have criticized his role, but I think he did it just right, with a grand coldness. One believes that only such a creature could be the idol of an era that was, in the end, about glittering emotional voids and icy hipness. Why did he do what he did? We never know. That's one of the best parts. (I must embarrass myself here by noting, also, that Rhys-Meyers is so shockingly beautiful it's disgusting, like eating too much honey. Kinda makes you wanna puke on his shoes, doesn't it?) I suppose that not everyone can be expected to love this movie as much as I did, but I'm still a little surprised at some of the venom that's been spit at it. Then again, it is a truly enigmatic film, delicious for those who can appreciate a glorious feast of sight and sound, but just plain confusing and annoying for those who lack the imagination to appreciate it.