Entropy (1999/I)

Director:

Phil Joanou

Writer (WGA):

Phil Joanou (written by)

Release Date:

27 November 1999 (Japan)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

The hardest thing to do in life is direct your own

Plot:

Stephen Dorff narrates this tale about how his life goes astray as his character attempts to strike...

Plot Keywords:

U2 | Model | Film Studio | Slow Motion Scene | Flashback

Cast

Stephen Dorff	...	Jake Walsh
Judith Godrèche	...	Stella (as Judith Godreche)
Kelly Macdonald	...	Pia
Lauren Holly	...	Claire
Jon Tenney	...	Kevin
Frank Vincent	...	Sal
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Andy
Hector Elizondo	...	The Chairman
Bray Poor	...	Wyatt
Kathryn Erbe	...	Evan (as Katheryn Herbe)
Shannon Fiedler	...	Isabelle
Zach Tyler	...	Lukas (as Zachary Tyler)
Jim Gaffigan	...	Bucky
Dominic Hawksley	...	Pierre
Drena De Niro	...	Waitress

Also Known As:

Entrophy (Australia) (TV title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and sexuality.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:L | UK:15 | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | France:U | Germany:12 | USA:R | Spain:13

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, South Africa

Company:

Baldwin/Cohen Productions

Trivia:

The character of Evan's Husband (Jake's brother-in-law screenwriter) is based on the writer/director's actual brother in law, screenwriter Scott Frank.

Quotes:

Jake: There are three truths in life: you are born, you will die, and things change. OK, maybe one more: everyone has their stella, and when they do, no one else can even compare.

Soundtrack:

Lemon

A Near Miss

This movie should have been better. It was an interesting story, well-acted, but cluttered with distractions, the most annoying of which was the main character's continuing narration, which never added to or advanced the story. The primary weakness was the writing, manifested by poorly-developed characters whose relationships were never credible and whose behavior was seldom coherent. I wondered finally if the initial edit produced such an uneven and difficult-to-understand movie that the director hastily shot all the narration scenes and cut them in to try to pull the whole mess together. But once into the movie, I couldn't quit it, mainly because of Judith Godreche, who I couldn't see enough of and whose performance was the most interesting of all.