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Tape (2001)

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User Rating: 7.3/10 (6,563 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Richard Linklater
Writers:
Stephen Belber (play)
Stephen Belber (screenplay)
Release Date:
12 July 2002 (UK) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Some things can't be erased
Plot:
Three old high school friends pass the time in a Michigan motel room dissecting the painful memories of their high school years. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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Ethan Hawke: My Wife's The Boss (From WENN. 14 November 2001)
User Comments:
this movie left me cold more

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MPAA:
Rated R for language and drug content.
Runtime:
86 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Filming Locations:
New York City, New York, USA
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Trivia:
The set is not an actual motel room, as many viewers assumed, but carefully constructed (and designed by Stephen Beatrice) on a sound stage and including many remarkable details, such as the curtain being cut around the air conditioner, and stains on the wall that betray missing pictures. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: Early in the movie, Vince is drinking in front of the bathroom mirror, and a camera and cameraman are reflected in the mirror. more
Quotes:
Jon: Thanks, Vince.
Vince: [confused] What?
Jon: Thanks.
Vince: For what?
Jon: For all your *honesty*.
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Soundtrack:
I'm Sorry more

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23 out of 26 people found the following comment useful:-
this movie left me cold, 12 June 2002
8/10

This movie comes from a seasoned director who, in the same year, nonetheless, shot another movie which i would consider the best film of 2001. This one, also shot on digital cameras takes place in a dingy hotel room and contains a cast of, count 'em, 1,2, THREE people, who are never seen outside of the context of the dingy motel room. So, don't expect for the scene to change. This film, based on a play, strives on realism, hence no orchestral score, no unnecessary settings or extra characters, just three fantastic actors dealing with issues. One (Hawke) is a volunteer firefighter/ drug dealer who likes to, ahem, get excessively high off his own supply. Another is his high school buddy,a budding young director whose film is being screen in the Lansing, Michigan Film festival, whose apparent maturity and superiority over his drug-binging pal and confidente is deceptive. The final character, who arrives 2/3 of the way through the movie is a former high school crush/ associate district attorney with significantly surrogate emotional ties to both of the men.

The riveting conversations that evolve from somewhat sneeringly nostalgic to downright inhospitable fluidly move the film more actively than any number of action-packed popcorn flicks out there. In fact, you'll have no trouble getting over the fact that you're just watching 3 people talking in a room for 2 hours (I'll admit that that was a little intimidating at first). The film successfully lures us in with that inherent voyeurism that brought those first moviegoers into the transformed vaudeville theaters. As a passive observer, we become immersed in exactly that which should be none of our business, just like Hawke's character pulls himself into a situation that is none of his business. By the end, no clear resolution is reached and as compelling and intriguing as it all was, we feel guilty for looking through the peephole.

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