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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Stephen Frears |
| Stars: |
Annette Bening |
| Actors: |
Sandy Baron |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended · Organized Crime · Family Interaction · Scams And Cons · Film Noir · Crime · Love Triangles · Essential Cinema |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
VHS: Spanish Subtitled |
| UPC: |
026359054532 |
| Release Date: |
1990 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 54min |
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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 54min Release Company: Warner Home Video (June 30, 1998) UPC: 026359054525 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS: Spanish Subtitled, 1hr 54min Release Company: Warner Home Video (June 05, 1991) UPC: 026359054631 |
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Professional Reviews
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(04/01/2007, p.85, Geoffrey Macnab): "Frears and cinematographer Oliver Stapleton make late 1980s America look as dark and moody as any city in an old film noir." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
THE GRIFTERS is an intense character study of a group of people caught up in a world where nobody can be trusted. Stephen Frears presents this cool and brutal adaptation of Jim Thompson's stylish noir novel, which centers on the complex lives of three con artists. Shady Roy Dillon (John Cusack), a low-level Los Angeles con man and petty thief, and Roy's sexy, amoral girlfriend Myra (Annette Bening), a con artist who is down on her luck and willing to do whatever it takes to get back on top of her game; are the focal point of the action. Rounding out the trio is Roy's mother, Lilly (Angelica Huston), a veteran con artist who shares little with Roy other than a bizarre oedipal attraction. The seedy underbelly of LA life is played out in evocative tableaux, as Myra and Lilly compete for Roy's attention until they ultimately drive him away. |
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