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Release Date:
28 September 2001 (Finland)
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Tagline:
It's 4 a.m... do you know where your kids are?
Plot:
Based on a true story. Naive teenagers plot to murder one of their own, who has been too much of a bully to them. full summary | add synopsis
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3 wins
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1 nomination
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(14 articles)
[Giveaway] - New giveaway, "It's Alive" DVDs to win !
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'Wanted' Screenwriter Gets His Game On - Who's Next?
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(From OhMyGore. 24 August 2009, 9:42 AM, PDT)
'Wanted' Screenwriter Gets His Game On - Who's Next?
(From Cinematical. 17 August 2009, 7:02 AM, PDT)
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So stark in it's from-a-true-story fashion it borders on personal ground
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Brad Renfro | ... | Marty Puccio | |
| Bijou Phillips | ... | Ali Willis | |
| Rachel Miner | ... | Lisa Connelly | |
| Nick Stahl | ... | Bobby Kent | |
| Michael Pitt | ... | Donny Semenec | |
| Leo Fitzpatrick | ... | The Hitman | |
| Kelli Garner | ... | Heather Swallers | |
| Daniel Franzese | ... | Cousin Derek | |
| Nathalie Paulding | ... | Claudia | |
| Jessica Sutta | ... | Blonde | |
| Ed Amatrudo | ... | Mr. Kent (as Edward Amatrudo) | |
| Steve Raulerson | ... | Mr. Willis (as Steven Raulerson) | |
| Judy Clayton | ... | Mrs. Willis (as Judith Clayton) | |
| Alan Lilly | ... | Mr. Puccio | |
| Irene B. Colletti | ... | Mrs. Puccio |
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Also Known As:
Bully (France)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, sexual content, drug use and language - all involving teens.
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Runtime:
113 min | USA:109 min (R-rated version) | USA:113 min (unrated version)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Mexico:C |
USA:NC-17 (original rating) |
Argentina:18 |
Australia:R |
Canada:R |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-18 |
France:-16 |
Germany:16 |
Japan:R-18 |
New Zealand:R18 |
Norway:18 |
Portugal:M/18 |
Sweden:15 |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:18 |
USA:R (rated video release) |
USA:Unrated (theatrical release/unrated video release)
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The movie was shot in 23 days
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Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Ali's Ford Mustang in the movie was never offered with a 5.0 V8 engine in that model. The 5.0 V8 engine was offered in the Ford Mustang model from when the movie's *original* events took place.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Marty: [on the phone with a customer] I want you to suck my big dick.
Mrs. Puccio: [from downstairs] Marty honey, dinner!
Marty: [into the phone] I want you to lick my balls.
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Marty: [on the phone with a customer] I want you to suck my big dick.
Mrs. Puccio: [from downstairs] Marty honey, dinner!
Marty: [into the phone] I want you to lick my balls.
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Movie Connections:
References The Godfather (1972)
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Soundtrack:
Cetch da Monkey
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There's something about the kids in Larry Clark's films, such as this, Bully, and his 1995 classic Kids (which took place in New York and had the feel of an un-interviewed documentary), where the characters are brought so vividly to life, and their contemplations and actions in their dead-end lives, that I get reminded of the people I was around back in my grade school days (I've been out of the public school system for six months now). I remember the lay-abouts, the complainers, the overly medicated, and of course I remember the bullies, laying on abuse that sometimes they weren't even aware they were inflicting.
Nick Stahl plays Billy, bully among a circle of teenage friends in Hollywood, Florida, and his best friend from childhood is Marty, played with striking intensity by Brad Renfro, has been daily receiving torment, if not with punches and slaps, then more on the mental side. Soon, his girlfriend makes a suggestion "he should be killed", and very soon after that the circle of friends agree, and then it continues, along with a so-called hit man, a good small part for Fitzpatrick who was noteworthy in Kids.
There will be some out there who may not be able to stomach the elements - it's unrated, not a bad move, and there are as many moments of sex as in a Cinemax soft porn and as many moments of smoking dope as in a Method Man/Redman production - but that's all part of Clark's overall effect, and he pulls it off like a true craftsman and not as a overly exploitation film-maker. This circle of friends are a sad, hollow representation of the kinds of societies the youth of the nation inhabit, and the key is that it's correct, at least in such a banal suburbia. Grade: A