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| Oliver Stone's over-the-top satire on America's worshipful fascination with tabloid criminals stars Woody Harrelson as Mickey Knox and Juliette Lewis as girlfriend-wife Mallory Wilson. Commencing with the dual murder of Mallory's sexually abusive father (Rodney Dangerfield) and grossly negligent mother (Edie McClurg), the anomic couple take off on a three-week killing spree across the country, telling everyone who they are so that they get the credit for their crimes. The media are immediately enthralled with the couple, especially Wayne Gale (Robert Downey Jr.), the bloodthirsty host of a tabloid TV show who follows their every move. By the time they're finally arrested, they've become such huge media stars that the cops treat them more like celebrities than criminals. Even the maniacal limelight-hogging warden of the Batongaville State Prison, Dwight McClusky (Tommy Lee Jones), is in awe. Stone pulls out all the stops in the prison riot, as the unwitting Gale becomes an unwilling participant in his own... |
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Key Information
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| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Directors: |
Oliver Stone |
| Actors: |
Robert Downey Jr. · Rodney Dangerfield · Tom Sizemore · Tommy Lee Jones |
| Stars: |
Juliette Lewis · Woody Harrelson |
| UPC: |
012569640535, 031398639831, 031398640936, 031398729228, 085391163183, 085391322832, 085391372936, 085391853527, 085391853534, 883929056729 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 59min |
| Available Formats: |
DVD, DVD: Director's Cut, DVD: Oliver Stone Collection, VHS, VHS: Director's Cut, VHS: Letterboxed; Director's Cut, VHS: Oliver Stone Collection, VHS: Spanish Subtitled |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA), Unrated |
| Subgenre: |
Prison/Prisoners |
| Release Date: |
1994 |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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VHS Editions
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- VHS: Director's Cut
- 3hr 2min
- Trimark Home Video
- August 26, 1997
- Unrated
- 031398639831
- Sound Features: HiFi, Surround, Digital, Stereo
, - VHS: Director's Cut
- 3hr 2min
- Warner Home Video
- Unrated
- 085391372936
- Sound Features: HiFi, Surround, Digital, Stereo
, - VHS: Letterboxed; Director's Cut
- 3hr 2min
- Trimark Home Video
- August 26, 1997
- Unrated
- 031398640936
, - VHS: Oliver Stone Collection
- 3hr 2min
- Warner Home Video
- January 16, 2001
- R (MPAA)
- 085391853534
- Sound Features: Stereo
, - VHS: Spanish Subtitled
- 1hr 59min
- Warner Home Video
- February 14, 1995
- R (MPAA)
- 012569640535
- Sound Features: HiFi, Surround, Digital, Stereo
, - VHS
- 1hr 59min
- Warner Home Video
- February 14, 1995
- R (MPAA)
- 085391322832
- Sound Features: HiFi, Surround, Digital, Stereo
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
David Veloz |
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Professional Reviews
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(03/01/1995, p.44-5, Nick James): "...[Harrelson and Lewis are] superb at exaggerating the archetypes of cool psychopathology...", (04/01/2000, p.159, Owen Gleiberman): Ranked #1 in Entertainment Weekly's "10 Favorite Films of the '90s" -- "...Fevered genius....[A] hypnotic, revolutionary head trip...", (08/26/1994, p.51, Roger Ebert): "...NATURAL BORN KILLERS is like a slap in the face, waking us up to what's happening...", (08/26/1994, p.C1, Janet Maslin): "...Stone's vision is impassioned, alarming, visually inventive, characteristically overpowering...", (09/08/1994, p.83-7, Peter Travers): "...The movie is a technical marvel, stunningly photographed...", (11/01/1994, p.80-1, Harlan Kennedy): "...[A] brilliantly outrageous film..." |
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