Directed by:
James FoleyScreenplay:
Christopher CroweCinematography:
Thomas KlossComposer:
Carter BurwellCast:
Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, William Petersen, Amy Brenneman, Alyssa Milano, Tracy Fraim, Andrew Airlie, Jed Rees, L. Harvey Gold, Gary Riley (more)VOD (1)
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Mark Wahlberg stars in one of his first features as a hoodlum drug dealer from the wrong side of the trackswho falls in love with Nicole Walker, an upper-middle-class high school girl (Reese Witherspoon). In this psycho-drama (with the emphasis on psycho), Nicole happily loses her virginity to her first love, but, when she begins to doubt the relationship, his tenderness turns to violence, as he stalks and terrorizes her and her friends and family. The girl's father never trusted him in the first place, but his reservations about his daughter's first serious boyfriend are interpreted as Oedipal paranoia, until the boy and his drug-dealing, date-raping buddies besiege the overly fortified house in a twisted attempt to win back Nicole's love. The Seattle setting juxtaposes a grunge rock underworld with an over-privileged suburban household, and includes a very sexual ride on a roller-coaster. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Mark Wahlberg
USA
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Reese Witherspoon
USA
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William Petersen
USA
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Amy Brenneman
USA
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Alyssa Milano
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Tracy Fraim
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Andrew Airlie
UK
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Jed Rees
Canada
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Gary Riley
USA
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Christopher Gray
Canada
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