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11 October 2005 (USA)
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A tale of murder in small-town Kansas. When Jimmy is lured away from his abusive family by a traveling sideshow carnival...
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Multilayered masterpiece
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Karen Black | ... | Sandra / Eleanor |
| Mike Patton | ... | Frank / David |
 | Susan Traylor | ... | Ed |
| Kathleen Wilhoite | ... | Jessica |
| Jak Kendall | ... | Jimmy |
| Brooke Balderson | ... | Pearl |
 | Paul Sizemore | ... | Officer Harry |
 | Jane Wiedlin | ... | Ursula |
| George McArthur | ... | The Bald Man (as George the Giant) |
| Cathy Berry | ... | Maxine, The Lobster Girl |
| Pleasant Gehman | ... | Estelle |
 | Selene Luna | ... | Harriet |
| Susie Legault | ... | Buffalola (as Susie Cravens Legault) |
| Jeff Montague | ... | The Announcer |
 | Sean R. Shuford | ... | The Other Man (as Sean Shuford) |
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Steve Balderson's Firecracker (Australia) (DVD title)
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Australia:240 min
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Both Edward Furlong and Paul Sizemore were attached to the project in the role of "Jimmy" before Jak Kendall won it.
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One of my new all-time favorite movies, though if had to choose only one film to bring on a desert island, I'd probably go for Moulin Rouge. The main appeal of Firecracker (and its main weakness, according to its detractors) is that the film can be viewed from many different points of view. As an almost traditional classic tragedy; as a straight detective story; as a character study of an imprisoned boy (though everyone in the cast is trapped by something); as a carefully paced thriller; or, as a surreal dream. All of those genres fit here. And they fit perfectly.
People have criticized Balderson's choice of firing Dennis Hopper in favor of Mike Patton as the lead, but I couldn't imagine anyone else playing the part(s): he's a genius, where he had the courage to play a self-destructive, negative character, with bitter realism.
Full of great, innovative ideas that I think will be copied over and over for years to come.
Karen Black and Mike Patton deserve Oscar nominations!