I Want You (1998)

A young boy and his sister are drawn into one man's obsessive pursuit of his former lover.

Director:

Michael Winterbottom

Writer:

Eoin McNamee (screenplay)

Stars:

Rachel Weisz, Alessandro Nivola, Luka Petrusic

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rachel Weisz	...	Helen
Alessandro Nivola	...	Martin
Luka Petrusic	...	Honda
Labina Mitevska	...	Smokey
Paul Popplewell	...	Phonebox Man
Ben Daniels	...	Bob
Graham Crowden	...	Old Man
Geraldine O'Rawe	...	Sonja
Steve John Shepherd	...	Sam
Phyllida Law	...	Woman at Hairdresser #1
Mary MacLeod	...	Woman at Hairdresser #2
Kenny Doughty	...	Smokey's Friend
Des McAleer	...	Flowers Salesman
Julian Rivett	...	Billy
Julie Smith	...	Young Woman

Storyline

Helen is a young woman running a hairdressing salon; Bob is her boyfriend and local radio DJ; Honda is a mute kid who's secretly taping people's conversation and Smokey is Honda's sister who sings at local bar. New guy in town is the mysterious Martin, who shares some dark history with Helen and observes her from afar at first. Honda falls in love with Helen and starts taping her conversations with Bob, and that leads to reactivation of the Helen-Martin relationship.

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Plot Keywords:

england | dj | probation | mute | hairdresser | 

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Taglines:

And what Helen wants, Helen gets.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Music | Romance | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexuality, violence and language

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English Macedonian Serbo-Croatian

Release Date:

30 October 1998 (UK)

Also Known As:

I Want You

Filming Locations:

Pett Level, Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,242, 6 June 1999

Gross USA:

$1,672

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,672

Company Credits

Production Co:

Polygram Filmed Entertainment, Revolution Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Helen: Why didn't you tell me that you were out?
Martin: Thought I'd give you a little surprise, you know.

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Connections

Features Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)

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Soundtracks

Happy
Written by Fran Healy (as Francis Healy)
Performed by Travis
Published by Sony / ATV Music Publishing
Licensed by kind permission of Independiente Limited

User Reviews

Four characters in need of a good psychiatrist

This was an interesting film with some very quirky characters.

Honda (Luka Petrusic) is a tall, thin 14-year-old boy who usually went everywhere at kind of a gallop, and is a mute. He lives in a house on the beach with his sister named Smokey(Labina Mitevska)--he also has a little hideaway in an old boat that has washed up on the beach.

Honda has a rather strange hobby of listening constantly to other people's conversations and other activities, and recording them.

Honda can even record people in a car not too distant from where he is, and he even has mobile equipment.

One day Honda runs into a beautiful young woman named Helen(Rachel Weisz), quite literally. After making her acquaintance, Honda and her become friends.

A young man named Martin,(Alessandro Nivola)out of prison and on parole, with whom Helen was previously involved, is stalking her.

Smokey, a sultry nightclub singer, who has a very unusual hairstyle, upon meeting Martin, becomes very interested in him.

All four of these people have some psychological issues. Helen - has some obvious sexual problems Martin- is a stalker Smokey- is going to bed with every man she encounters. And Honda with his muteness,eavesdropping and obsession with Helen is also in need of Dr. Freud.

We discover as the film progresses, why Honda is mute and what transpired between Martin and Helen in the past.

How this all concludes was quite surprising and unexpected to me.

8 stars