Thursday (1998)

The movie opens in a Los Angeles convenience store one late Monday night, where a smalltime drug dealer named Nick (Aaron Eckhart) is trying to decide what coffee brand to buy. His ex-lover... See full summary »

Director:

Skip Woods

Writer:

Skip Woods

Stars:

Thomas Jane, Aaron Eckhart, Paulina Porizkova

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Thomas Jane	...	Casey
Aaron Eckhart	...	Nick
Paulina Porizkova	...	Dallas
James Le Gros	...	Billy Hill
Paula Marshall	...	Christine
Michael Jeter	...	Dr. Jarvis
Glenn Plummer	...	Ice
Mickey Rourke	...	Kasarov
Luck Hari	...	Cashier
Bari K. Willerford	...	Cop
Richard Wong	...	Mr. Wong
Shawn Michael Howard	...	Jimmy
Gary Dourdan	...	Ballpean
Brian Hooks	...	Jary
Jeff Sanders	...	Ballpean's Bodyguard

Storyline

The movie opens in a Los Angeles convenience store one late Monday night, where a smalltime drug dealer named Nick (Aaron Eckhart) is trying to decide what coffee brand to buy. His ex-lover Dallas (Paulina Porizkova) and fellow hitman Billy Hill (James LeGros) are getting impatient and tell him to hurry up. Conflicts between Nick and the cashier (Luck Hari) ensue, resulting in Dallas shooting the cashier dead. Though the three attempt to cover up the crime, they are forced to also shoot a police officer (Bari K. Willerford) when he discovers blood on the ground.

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Plot Keywords:

male rape | man raped by woman | drug dealer | non statutory female on male rape | convenience store | 

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Taglines:

They say the past always catches up with you. This could be the day.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence, sexuality, language and drug use

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 September 1998 (UK)

Also Known As:

Bloody Thursday

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,971, 15 November 1998, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$3,121

Company Credits

Production Co:

Polygram Filmed Entertainment, Propaganda Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min (theatrical) 87 min (director's cut)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color Black and White (one scene)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The late Roger Ebert hated this movie so much, that he almost literally denounced it on his show "Siskel & Ebert" in an episode about movies featured during the Toronto Film Festival in the Fall 1998. He found the movie "disturbing" and his major complaint was racial stereo types and the gratuitous violence that was featured in the film. The film barely came out theatrically and literally went straight to video and cable almost instantly appearing in 1999.

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Goofs

When Casey discovers the hidden money, it is first shown as a single pack of a stack of $100 bills. As he pulls it from the trunk, it has changed to three stacks in the package.

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Quotes

Casey: [trying to convince himself] There is nothing in that case but a pack of legal documents. Maybe a box of condoms. That's it.
[suddenly grabs a screwdriver]

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Alternate Versions

There is an NC-17 version available on video that contains more gore/violence and sexual content.

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Connections

References Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

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Soundtracks

Wickedness Increase
Written by Joost Langeveld and James Pinckney
Performed by Unitone HiFi
Courtesy of Unitone HiFi Control

User Reviews

OK, not THAT original,but very good none the less!

OK,so this film is NOT very well known,and wasn't very well publicised.I discovered this fairly brutal gangster gone good movie by complete accident on one of Skys millions of movie channels late on some boring evening,but I'm glad i did!The opening sequence to this film is fantastically comical in a very dark way.This in fact sets what i think is the general tone for the movie.I think a lot of critics and movie fans that have actually seen this film have been a bit unfair to just write it off as a lower budget gangster movie in the Reservoir Dogs vein.OK,so there are undeniable similarities between Thursday and some other crime genre films that it has been compared to,but in all fairness,i think this film takes a much more darkly comic look at this type of film,and the end result is a engrossing,well made,funny,if not totally original film.Tom Jane is good in this,and deserves the recognition he will now hopefully get thanks to the The Punisher.His performance as the bad guy gone good is realistic,funny and just cold enough to make you believe Casey really was a bad ass before he reformed.Thats another thing that makes this film stand out for me,the characters.In Nicks gang you get the strangest trio of criminals ever assembled,a smooth,charismatic but very cold leader(Nick),a trigger happy blood loving sexually predatory bitch of a woman(Dallas)and a psychotic hill billy with brains with a penchant for torture(Billy Hill).Throw in the most bizarre police detective ever seen on screen,beautifully over played by Mickey Rourke,and you've got a recipe for...well for Thursday really.Its at times darkly comic,sometimes brutal,sometimes unoriginal,but always engrossing and worth watching.8/10