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8MM (1999) -- A private investigator is hired to discover if a "snuff film" is authentic or not.
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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   44,783 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Andrew Kevin Walker (written by)
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Release Date:
26 February 1999 (USA) more
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Tagline:
You can't prepare for where the truth will take you. more
Plot:
A private investigator is hired to discover if a "snuff film" is authentic or not. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
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Beware Of Brutal Topic more (549 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
8 Millimeter (USA) (working title)
8mm - Acht Millimeter (Germany)
Eight Millimeter (USA) (working title)
Sexy World (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong perverse sexuality and violence, and for strong language.
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123 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
The Aphex Twin song, "Come to Daddy", is played twice in 8MM. The first time it is played as the theme song to a hardcore porn flick, and the second time it is actually played as the background music to 8MM, upon Nicolas Cage's entering of the "bad guy's" house. Also, the music video for "Come to Daddy" is being played on a small TV in Dino Velvet's office. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Eddie fires 17 shots from a 10-shot pistol without reloading. more
Quotes:
Dino Velvet: You trust me to take your money, but not your picture?
Tom Welles: Those are two different kinds of trust.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Manhunt (2003) (VG) more
Soundtrack:
Come To Daddy more

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What song plays in Machine's house?
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46 out of 55 people found the following comment useful.
Beware Of Brutal Topic, 3 May 2006
6/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

Wow, this is a tough subject but not as sordid a film as I figured it would be, although be warned the last 30 minutes are really rough in spots. Speaking of spots, this is a bloody movie in spots, too and very profane after the first 40 minutes. Yet, despite the unpleasant nature of the story (making a "snuff film" - filming the killing of people) it's a riveting one, well-acted and doesn't overdo the violence. The characters in here are some of the most despicable you could find - killer and porn kings.

Even our hero here, played by Nicholas Cage, starts off as a clean-cut fairly straight dude, and changes for the worst, too. Joaquin Phoenix has a good line in here, with the prophetic statement, "The devil doesn't change; he changes you."

James Gandolfini and Peter Stormare play characters about as bad you'll ever find in a movie. This film is not, as they say, for all tastes. It will turn off a lot of people but it is interesting and good revenge story, if you like that sort of thing and know what you're in for before watching this.

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