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| First-time director Gary Oldman offers a gritty, profane look inside the mean streets of South London, where drug addiction, poverty and abuse hold sway. Score by Eric Clapton. Winner of the Best Actress award for Kathy Burke at the Cannes Film Festival. |
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Key Information
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| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Directors: |
Gary Oldman |
| Actors: |
Charlie Creed-Miles · Edna Dore · Laila Morse · Ray Winstone |
| Stars: |
Kathy Burke |
| UPC: |
043396009851, 043396260436 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 8min |
| Available Formats: |
DVD, VHS: Closed Captioned |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Subgenre: |
British |
| Release Date: |
1997 |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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VHS Editions
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- VHS: Closed Captioned
- 2hr 8min
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- July 14, 1998
- R (MPAA)
- 043396260436
- Sound Features: HiFi, Surround, Stereo
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Gary Oldman |
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Professional Reviews
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(02/01/1998, p.22, Christine Spines): "...A moving portrait of love's ability to destroy and regenerate...", (02/06/1998, p.E14, Janet Maslin): "...[A] brutally truthful family portrait....[Oldman] presents his characters' pathology with bitter honesty and insight...", (02/19/1998, p.64, Peter Travers): "...NIL BY MOUTH is a shockingly intimate portrait of entrapment that may leave you wincing. It's Oldman's RAGING BULL...", (02/20/1998, p.C12, Kevin Thomas): "...Raw and vital....As an actor of intensity and versatility himself, Oldman not surprisingly molds his cast into a thoroughly convincing ensemble...", (03/06/1998, p.40, Roger Ebert): "...The film's portrait of street life in South London is unflinching and observant....There is humor in it, and tender insight...", (05/30/1997, p.50-1, Lisa Schwarzbaum): "...[Burke] is powerful....A creditable directing debut...", (07/17/1998, p.90, Caren Weiner Campbell): "...Compelling drama....[It] comes through loud and clear..." -- Rating: B+ |
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