The story of a petty thief who meets an innocent young woman and brings her into his world of crime while she teaches him the lessons of enjoying life and being loved.
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Cast
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| Adrien Brody | ... | Jack Grace | |
| Charlotte Ayanna | ... | Claire Harrison | |
| Jon Seda | ... | Charlie | |
| August Diehl | ... | Jeff | |
| Pam Grier | ... | Det. Linda Fox | |
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Liza Jessie Peterson | ... | Pam |
| Elizabeth Regen | ... | Sue | |
| Katherine Moennig | ... | Debbie | |
| Joey Kern | ... | Fitzgerald | |
| Jonathan Hadary | ... | Boris | |
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Michael G. Chin | ... | Asian Businessman #1 |
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Ben Wang | ... | Asian Businessman #2 |
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Huan Wang | ... | Asian Businessman #3 |
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Ned Stresen-Reuter | ... | Brian |
| Michaela Conlin | ... | Cara, Jack's Lover | |
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The story of a petty thief who meets an innocent young woman and brings her into his world of crime while she teaches him the lessons of enjoying life and being loved.
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female nudity | cigarette smoking | based on novel | independent film | thief |Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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27 March 2003 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$10,721, 8 June 2003, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$43,571, 13 July 2003Company Credits
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Vif Babelsberger Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. Dritte KG, P'Artisan Filmproduktion GmbH, TiMe Film- und TV-Produktions GmbH See more »
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Jack: Oh No?
[Pulls an ashtray out of his pocket and sets it on the table]
Jack: Now I can.
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Performed by Me and the Other Guy
Written by Didi Gutman and Rahj
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Claire: You can't smoke in here.Jack: Oh No?
[Pulls an ashtray out of his pocket and sets it on the table]
Jack: Now I can.
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Current prints available have two on-screen copyright statements: 2001 listing the 2 copyright owners and "2003 final cut." The initial showings at various film festivals in 2001 and 2002 were obviously different than the final 2003 theatrical released version. See more »Soundtracks
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Adrien Brody, will you marry me?
Proposals aside, once again, Brody proves why he deserved his Oscar (and that kiss from Halle Berry). He gives a beautiful, touching performance here as a charming, rakish, snakeskin-jacket-wearing con artist who falls in love with a girl from the right side of the tracks. Jack Grace is no ordinary sleazeball, though. He keeps a secret storage unit seperate from the apartment he shares with his partner-in-crime Charlie (Jon Seda), where he keeps first editions of classic novels (he has a penchant for Melville) and works on his own novel. In other words, he's exactly the kind of bad boy that would attract intellectual Claire (Charlotte Ayanna), a beautiful, unstable biology major at Columbia. Claire tells him she likes movies best that make her cry, and he does his best to oblige her, ultimately sending her on a self-destructive bender that makes him look like a good boy.
Brody carries this film, and the lovely Charlotte Ayanna is unfortunately not given nearly as much to work with. She spends most of her time alternating between trying to change him (we all know how well that works), and having hysterics, and then finally goes on to attempt to prove that she can exist in his world and take the kinds of risks that he gets off on. The romance between the two is not well-developed at the beginning, either, so though we see plenty in him that makes us believe she loves him, we don't see what has gone on between them. Brody, however, makes up the slack in the script with every shot of his wonderfully expressive eyes. He is the walking, talking answer to the question, "Why do good girls like bad boys?"
Unfortunately, this film only had a limited engagement at the Starz Film Center, and as far as I know, does not have any wider distribution. This is a shame, particularly after Brody's Oscar win this year, and I hope that this will change and that more people will get to see this movie and see one of the most talented actors of his generation in action.