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U Turn

  • 1997
  • R
  • 2h 5m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
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Jennifer Lopez and Sean Penn in U Turn (1997)
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A man heading to Vegas to pay off his gambling debt before the Russian mafia kills him is forced to stop in an Arizona town where everything that can go wrong does go wrong.A man heading to Vegas to pay off his gambling debt before the Russian mafia kills him is forced to stop in an Arizona town where everything that can go wrong does go wrong.A man heading to Vegas to pay off his gambling debt before the Russian mafia kills him is forced to stop in an Arizona town where everything that can go wrong does go wrong.

  • Director
    • Oliver Stone
  • Writer
    • John Ridley
  • Stars
    • Sean Penn
    • Jennifer Lopez
    • Nick Nolte
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    53K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,605
    1,281
    • Director
      • Oliver Stone
    • Writer
      • John Ridley
    • Stars
      • Sean Penn
      • Jennifer Lopez
      • Nick Nolte
    • 242User reviews
    • 96Critic reviews
    • 54Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

    Videos1

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    Trailer 0:31
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    David James Elliott and Nanci Chambers at an event for U Turn (1997)
    Jennifer Love Hewitt at an event for U Turn (1997)
    Jennifer Lopez and Ojani Noa at an event for U Turn (1997)
    Jennifer Lopez and Ojani Noa at an event for U Turn (1997)
    Jennifer Lopez and Ojani Noa at an event for U Turn (1997)
    Jennifer Lopez and Craig Yahata at an event for U Turn (1997)
    Jennifer Lopez at an event for U Turn (1997)
    Marilyn Manson and Jeordie White at an event for U Turn (1997)
    Marilyn Manson and Jeordie White at an event for U Turn (1997)
    Nick Nolte and Vicki Lewis at an event for U Turn (1997)
    Nick Nolte and Vicki Lewis at an event for U Turn (1997)
    Chris Penn at an event for U Turn (1997)

    Top cast

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    Sean Penn
    Sean Penn
    • Bobby Cooper
    Jennifer Lopez
    Jennifer Lopez
    • Grace McKenna
    Nick Nolte
    Nick Nolte
    • Jake McKenna
    Billy Bob Thornton
    Billy Bob Thornton
    • Darrell
    Abraham Benrubi
    Abraham Benrubi
    • Biker #1
    Richard Rutowski
    Richard Rutowski
    • Biker #2
    Jon Voight
    Jon Voight
    • Blind Man
    Powers Boothe
    Powers Boothe
    • Sheriff Potter
    Aida Linares
    • Jamilla
    Sean Stone
    Sean Stone
    • Boy in Grocery Store
    Ilia Volok
    Ilia Volok
    • Sergi
    • (as Ilia Volokh)
    Valeriy Nikolaev
    • Mr. Arkady
    • (as Valery Nikolaev)
    Brent Briscoe
    Brent Briscoe
    • Boyd
    Bo Hopkins
    Bo Hopkins
    • Ed
    Julie Hagerty
    Julie Hagerty
    • Flo
    • (as Julie Haggerty)
    Annie Tien
    • Short Order Cook
    • (as Annie Mei-Ling Tien)
    Joaquin Phoenix
    Joaquin Phoenix
    • Toby N. Tucker
    Claire Danes
    Claire Danes
    • Jenny
    • Director
      • Oliver Stone
    • Writer
      • John Ridley
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      When Jennifer Lopez's character (Grace McKenna) flashes back at the end of the film we see lots of photographs of her as a child. These photographs are actually photos from Jennifer Lopez's private collections of herself as a child.
    • Goofs
      Not only is there a visible line attached to the vulture's leg in one scene, this vulture and all vultures shown in the movie are of a species that does not exist in the United States.

      There are a lot of those vultures flying around for a bird that doesn't live there. California condors were re-introduced in the wild in 1996.
    • Quotes

      Toby N. Tucker: I don't think you know who I am. The name's Toby N. Tucker. People round here call me TNT. You know why?

      Bobby: Because they're not very imaginative?

      Toby N. Tucker: 'Cause I'm just like dynamite, boy, and when I go off, somebody gets hurt.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Kiss the Girls/The Matchmaker/U Turn/The Locusts/Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      It's A Good Day
      Written by Peggy Lee and Dave Barbour

      Performed by Peggy Lee

      Courtesy of Capitol Records under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets

    User reviews242

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    Featured review
    7/10
    Sordid tales in a little town of the southern USA.
    A marked gambler (Penn) on the run, comes to a little town in the middle of nowhere, south USA. A town filled with very unusual characters, sordid secrets and strange opportunities, that seem very appealing to this "Pat Poker" on the run, which desperately needs money to pay the idiotic, redneck town mechanic. Penn and Nolte are at the greatest level, and Lopez fills the requisites of her character. Beautiful piece of writing, with surprising plot twists which make way to a most brilliant ending, "Stone" style despair. A very misunderstood work by this brilliant, all-American director. Another piece of genuine America, with all her virtues and even more flaws, seen trough "stone" cold eyes...
    helpful•28
    10
    • adam-x
    • Dec 10, 2004

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 3, 1997 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Stray Dogs
    • Filming locations
      • Florence, Arizona, USA
    • Production companies
      • Phoenix Pictures
      • Illusion Entertainment Group
      • Clyde Is Hungry Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $19,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $6,682,098
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,730,440
      • Oct 5, 1997
    • Gross worldwide
      • $6,682,098
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 5 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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