Overview:
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.| Status: | Released (1999-02-26) |
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| Awards: | 2 wins & 2 nominations |
| BoxOffice: | $36,663,315 |
| Screen: | Andrew Kevin Walker |
| Productions: | Global Medien KG, Hofflund/Polone, Columbia Pictures |
| Production Countries: | Germany, United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 2963: Nicolas Cage - Tom Welles
- 73421: Joaquin Phoenix - Max California
- 4691: James Gandolfini - Eddie Poole
- 53: Peter Stormare - Dino Velvet
- 16293: Anthony Heald - Daniel Longdale
- 4445: Chris Bauer - George Higgins
- 2229: Catherine Keener - Amy Welles
Crews
- 5572: Joel Schumacher - Director - Directing
- 54160: Gershon Ginsburg - Art Direction - Art
- 37926: Judy Hofflund - Producer - Production
- 5583: Mark Stevens - Editor - Editing
- 5359: Mychael Danna - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 5572: Joel Schumacher - Producer - Production
- 12051: Gary Wissner - Production Design - Art
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Reviews
Wuchak
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Into the perverse underworld of smut, S&M and snuff films RELEASED IN 1999 and directed by Joel Schumacher, "8MM" chronicles events when a private investigator (Nicolas Cage) is hired by an aged wealthy woman whose husband recently passed away. A snuff film was found in his safe a ....
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8MM probably only got greenlit due to the success of Se7en. Like Se7en, 8MM explores the existence of people who are simply pure evil while the main character wants to know why they are like this. 8MM doesn't provide many answers but it also isn't thematically complex. It follows a s ....
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Another one of Nicholas Cage's crazy movies. Like all the rest of his movies, this one was good too.
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Joel Schumacher does it again. Look into how this film was made, what went into it, the intended directors, the intended stars, the intended budget. It started as a low budget "Dark and Gritty" film that was going to be "hand held" and star Russel Crowe and be directed by David F ....
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