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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Steve Buscemi |
| Stars: |
Willem Dafoe |
| Actors: |
Mickey Rourke |
| Genre: |
Dramas · Television |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD |
| UPC: |
043396059290 |
| Release Date: |
2000 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 34min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 1hr 34min
Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (January 09, 2001)
UPC: 043396059290 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 34min
Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (January 09, 2001)
UPC: 043396059276 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Eddie Bunker |
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Professional Reviews
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(05/02/2003, p.53, Owen Gleiberman): "...Buscemi displays a pinpoint humanity, reminiscent of Jonathan Demme, that lays bare the inner turmoil of everyone on screen..." |
| More Information |
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For his second film as a director, actor Steve Buscemi (TREES LOUNGE) brings ex-convict Edward Bunker's poignant jail drama to the screen. Trapped with a long-term prison sentence in a Pennsylvania state penitentiary, 21-year-old Ron Decker (Edward Furlong) feels like a terrified fish-out-of-water. His cellmate, Jan the Actress (an impressively unrecognizable Mickey Rourke), is a cross-dresser who won't stop talking. Enter Earl Copen (Willem Dafoe), an aging convict who has been in prison so long that he runs the show. Earl takes Ron under his wing, and a strange and intense relationship develops between them. However, the relationship offers Ron the protection he needs and gives Earl the feeling that he is a father figure. After Ron's appeal is denied, ensuring his place in the penitentiary for five more years, Earl thinks up a dangerous plan of escape that will either set them free or cost them their lives in the process. Buscemi's drama successfully balances the brutality of prison life with the touch... |
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