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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Andrew Kevin Walker (written by)
Release Date:
26 February 1999 (USA) more
Tagline:
You can't prepare for where the truth will take you. more
Plot:
A private investigator is hired to discover if a "snuff film" is authentic or not. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
Cage's Comic Earner
(From WENN. 15 October 2002)
User Comments:
Joel Schumacher's eerie masterpiece more (548 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Nicolas Cage | ... | Tom Welles | |
| Joaquin Phoenix | ... | Max California | |
| James Gandolfini | ... | Eddie Poole | |
| Peter Stormare | ... | Dino Velvet | |
| Anthony Heald | ... | Daniel Longdale | |
| Chris Bauer | ... | George Higgins / Machine | |
| Catherine Keener | ... | Amy Welles | |
| Myra Carter | ... | Mrs. Christian | |
| Amy Morton | ... | Janet Mathews | |
| Jenny Powell | ... | Mary Ann Mathews | |
| Anne Gee Byrd | ... | Senator Michaelson | |
| Jack Betts | ... | Butler | |
| Luis Oropeza | ... | Archive Director | |
| Rachel Singer | ... | Neighbor | |
| Don Creech | ... | Mr. Anderson |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
8 Millimeter (USA) (working title)
8mm - Acht Millimeter (Germany)
Eight Millimeter (USA) (working title)
Sexy World (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong perverse sexuality and violence, and for strong language.
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Runtime:
123 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (British Columbia) | Canada:R (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | USA:R (certificate #36153) | Singapore:PG (original rating) (heavily cut) | Singapore:R21 (re-rating) | Philippines:R-18 | Brazil:18 | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Belgium:KNT | Chile:18 | Czech Republic:15 | Finland:K-15 (re-rating) | France:-16 | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Italy:VM18 | Japan:PG-12 | Mexico:C | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 | Peru:18 | Portugal:M/18 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:18 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:18 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | Iceland:16 | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-18 (original rating) | Canada:18+ (Quebec)
Filming Locations:
Clevelander Hotel - 1020 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, Florida, USA more
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Trivia:
David Fincher was the first choice to direct this film. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Tom Welles is giving cash and a plane ticket to Max California in the bar, Max mistakenly calls Tom "Mike". more
Quotes:
[after Tom Welles has asked for his "assistance"]
Max California:
I don't know exactly what you're looking for, but just for the record - I'm straight.
Tom Welles:
Congratulations.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (1999-03-06)" (1999) more
Soundtrack:
Come To Daddy more
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What song plays in Machine's house?What have critics said?
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It has always been a puzzle to me why the public opinion was always against Joel Schumacher. I never understood even why THEY decided that Schumacher's BATMANS were so horrifically worse than Burton's & probably I will never understand the reasons of 8mm's undervaluation. This film took me in it's stranglehold from the very first frame & kept me pressed tight to the back of my seat until the end; the tension was so high that it made my heart beat faster. This dark, exciting & terrifying journey to the vaults of the deepest underground of the movie industry. For me personally it was an exploration of a totally new world, I had no idea even what SNUFF FILM meant until I saw 8mm. I was shocked to learn that somewhere out there some people are filming scenes of actual murder & torture of real people & that these 'films' even have loyal following & that there even are some cult snuff film directors. Thus the story is dark, no signs of light here & this maybe is even disturbing in some sense, but it's never boring, it's never pale, it's never flawed. In contrary it's exciting & thrilling. I think that Andrew Kevin Walker's screenplay of 8mm is one of the best scripts ever written. This is a perfect screenplay. Story developing is like a roller-coaster with no descents, like a one way up; each next event in the film stands on a higher level of dramatic effect saturation than the previous one. This makes viewers' nerves strain tighter & by the end they are ready to break. & this brilliant screenplay is brilliantly translated into frames, into the film. Everything from direction, through production design, cinematography, editing to lighting in this film is matched perfectly to create a dark atmosphere & keep the DC voltage high, to make the viewer experience the same shock, confusion & horror as the main character, to make the viewer care for real.
For me 8mm is a celebration, it's a marvel, the magic (though dark) world which will absorb you into itself, which will make you forget everything other & let you travel through the unforgettable cinematic adventure.