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25th Hour

  • 2002
  • R
  • 2h 15m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
187K
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Edward Norton in 25th Hour (2002)
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Prison DramaPsychological DramaDrama

Cornered by the DEA, convicted New York drug dealer Montgomery Brogan reevaluates his life in the 24 remaining hours before facing a seven-year jail term.Cornered by the DEA, convicted New York drug dealer Montgomery Brogan reevaluates his life in the 24 remaining hours before facing a seven-year jail term.Cornered by the DEA, convicted New York drug dealer Montgomery Brogan reevaluates his life in the 24 remaining hours before facing a seven-year jail term.

  • Director
    • Spike Lee
  • Writer
    • David Benioff
  • Stars
    • Edward Norton
    • Barry Pepper
    • Philip Seymour Hoffman
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    187K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,993
    838
    • Director
      • Spike Lee
    • Writer
      • David Benioff
    • Stars
      • Edward Norton
      • Barry Pepper
      • Philip Seymour Hoffman
    • 501User reviews
    • 169Critic reviews
    • 69Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 17 nominations total

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    Edward Norton
    Edward Norton
    • Monty Brogan
    Barry Pepper
    Barry Pepper
    • Francis Xavier Slaughtery
    Philip Seymour Hoffman
    Philip Seymour Hoffman
    • Jacob Elinsky
    Rosario Dawson
    Rosario Dawson
    • Naturelle Riviera
    Anna Paquin
    Anna Paquin
    • Mary D'Annuzio
    Brian Cox
    Brian Cox
    • James Brogan
    Tony Siragusa
    Tony Siragusa
    • Kostya Novotny
    Levani
    Levani
    • Uncle Nikolai
    Misha Kuznetsov
    • Senka Valghobek
    Isiah Whitlock Jr.
    Isiah Whitlock Jr.
    • Agent Flood
    Michael Genet
    Michael Genet
    • Agent Cunningham
    Patrice O'Neal
    Patrice O'Neal
    • Khari
    Al Palagonia
    • Salvatore Dominick
    Aaron Stanford
    Aaron Stanford
    • Marcuse
    Marc H. Simon
    Marc H. Simon
    • Schultz
    Armando Riesco
    Armando Riesco
    • Phelan
    Brad Williams
    • Trader #1
    Bear
    • Trader #2
    • (as Bear Jackson)
    • Director
      • Spike Lee
    • Writer
      • David Benioff
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    • Trivia
      Edward Norton says he took every penny he made from Red Dragon (2002) to finance this film.
    • Goofs
      In the interrogation scene, the DEA agents inform Monty that he will sentenced under New York's draconian "Rockefeller Drug Laws." But given the arrest by a federal agency (DEA), prosecution by the U.S. Attorney, and sentence to a federal prison (Otisville), the case is clearly federal. New York law would not apply.
    • Quotes

      [Monty standing in the men's bathroom, talking to himself in a mirror with "FUCK YOU!" written on it]

      Monty Brogan: Yeah, fuck you, too. Fuck *me*? Fuck *you*, Fuck you and this whole city and everyone in it. Fuck the panhandlers, grubbing for money, and smiling at me behind my back. Fuck the squeegee men dirtying up the clean windshield of my car - get a fucking job! Fuck the Sikhs and the Pakistanis bombing down the avenues in decrepit cabs, curry steaming out their pores stinking up my day. Terrorists in fucking training. SLOW THE FUCK DOWN! Fuck the Chelsea boys with their waxed chests and pumped-up biceps. Going down on each other in my parks and on my piers, jingling their dicks on my Channel 35. Fuck the Korean grocers with their pyramids of overpriced fruit and their tulips and roses wrapped in plastic. Ten years in the country, still no speaky English? Fuck the Russians in Brighton Beach. Mobster thugs sitting in cafés, sipping tea in little glasses, sugar cubes between their teeth. Wheelin' and dealin' and schemin'. Go back where you fucking came from! Fuck the black-hatted Chassidim, strolling up and down 47th street in their dirty gabardine with their dandruff. Selling South African apartheid diamonds! Fuck the Wall Street brokers. Self-styled masters of the universe. Michael Douglas, Gordon Gekko wannabe mother fuckers, figuring out new ways to rob hard working people blind. Send those Enron assholes to jail for FUCKING LIFE! You think Bush and Cheney didn't know about that shit? Give me a fucking break! Tyco! Worldcom! Fuck the Puerto Ricans. Twenty to a car, swelling up the welfare rolls, worst fuckin' parade in the city. And don't even get me started on the Dom-in-i-cans, 'cause they make the Puerto Ricans look good. Fuck the Bensonhurst Italians with their pomaded hair, their nylon warm-up suits, their St. Anthony medallions, swinging their Jason Giambi Louisville Slugger baseball bats, trying to audition for "The Sopranos." Fuck the Upper East Side wives with their Hermès scarves and their fifty-dollar Balducci artichokes. Overfed faces getting pulled and lifted and stretched, all taut and shiny. You're not fooling anybody, sweetheart! Fuck the uptown brothers. They never pass the ball, they don't want to play defense, they take five steps on every lay-up to the hoop. And then they want to turn around and blame everything on the white man. Slavery ended one hundred and thirty seven years ago. Move the fuck on! Fuck the corrupt cops with their anus-violating plungers and their 41 shots, standing behind a blue wall of silence. You betray our trust! Fuck the priests who put their hands down some innocent child's pants. Fuck the church that protects them, delivering us into evil. And while you're at it, fuck J.C.! He got off easy! A day on the cross, a weekend in hell, and all the hallelujahs of the legioned angels for eternity! Try seven years in fuckin' Otisville, J.! Fuck Osama Bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and backward-ass cave-dwelling fundamentalist assholes everywhere. On the names of innocent thousands murdered, I pray you spend the rest of eternity with your seventy-two whores roasting in a jet-fuel fire in hell. You towel-headed camel jockeys can kiss my royal Irish ass! Fuck Jacob Elinsky. Whining malcontent. Fuck Francis Xavier Slaughtery my best friend, judging me while he stares at my girlfriend's ass. Fuck Naturelle Riviera, I gave her my trust and she stabbed me in the back, sold me up the river, fucking bitch. Fuck my father with his endless grief, standing behind that bar sipping on club sodas, selling whisky to firemen, and cheering the Bronx Bombers. Fuck this whole city and everyone in it. From the row-houses of Astoria to the penthouses on Park Avenue, from the projects in the Bronx to the lofts in Soho. From the tenements in Alphabet City to the brownstones in Park Slope to the split-levels in Staten Island. Let an earthquake crumble it, let the fires rage, let it burn to fucking ash and then let the waters rise and submerge this whole rat-infested place.

      [pause]

      Monty Brogan: No. No, fuck you, Montgomery Brogan. You had it all, and you threw it away, you *dumb* *fuck*!

    • Crazy credits
      Special Thanks ... Bruce "Da Boss" Springsteen
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: The Best Films of 2002 (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      Warm It Up Kane
      Written by Big Daddy Kane (as Antonio Hardy)

      Performed by Big Daddy Kane

      Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.

      By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

    User reviews501

    Featured review
    9/10

    Masterpiece of human emotion

    'I tattooed 'survive' on my hand the night before I went away to prison. And I did. We do what we have to do to survive.'

    I don't think I can remember a film that has put me more on an emotive level with the main character as this film has. Edward Norton plays Monty Brogan – he's not the nicest of people by anyone's standards – and certainly no one you should feel sorry for. But having said that, I have never felt so sorry for the bad guy as I did watching this film. We watch the anguish of Monty during his last 24 hours on the 'outside' before he must go to prison for seven years, knowing completely what is in store for him on the 'inside'.

    Set in post 9/11 New York City, we are constantly reminded of humanity and the need to bond together and to make the most of the little time we have; as do Monty's friends, including Jacob Elinsky (Hoffman), a confused and self-tortured school teacher who has strong feelings for one of the students in his class, Mary (Paquin – of X-Men and The Piano fame). Although not about to die, Monty's world is about to turn severely bad, and there's nothing he can do about it. Norton's performance made me feel nervous and quite scared on his behalf, almost to the point of feeling nauseous. It made me want to forgive him, forget about his crimes and let him go (he seemed sorry for what he did – he was no longer a drug dealer – he was trying to make an effort). His performance worked. He had successfully transformed the criminal figure into your best mate and buddy, perhaps even yourself, and you genuinely feel sorry for him.

    Director Spike Lee's films usually deal with African-American themes, so it came as a surprise to me to find that this film was something very different – proving that Lee's talent extends across multiple genres and styles.

    I highly recommend 25th Hour, not just for the brilliant story, but for the emphatic feelings the film imparts on the viewer.
    • tastyworm
    • Nov 7, 2004
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 10, 2003 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The 25th Hour
    • Filming locations
      • Austin, Texas, USA
    • Production companies
      • Touchstone Pictures
      • 25th Hour Productions
      • 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $13,084,595
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $108,865
      • Dec 22, 2002
    • Gross worldwide
      • $23,936,003
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 15 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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