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Nicolas Cage | ... | ||
Sam Rockwell | ... | ||
Alison Lohman | ... | ||
Bruce Altman | ... | ||
Bruce McGill | ... | ||
Jenny O'Hara | ... |
Mrs. Schaffer
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Steve Eastin | ... |
Mr. Schaffer
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Beth Grant | ... |
Laundry Lady
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Sheila Kelley | ... |
Kathy
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Fran Kranz | ... |
Slacker Boyfriend
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Tim Kelleher | ... |
Bishop
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Nigel Gibbs | ... |
Holt
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Bill Saito | ... |
Pharmacist #1
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Tim Maculan | ... |
Pharmacist #2
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Stoney Westmoreland | ... |
Man in Line
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Meet Roy and Frank, a couple of professional small-time con artists. What Roy, a veteran of the grift, and Frank, his ambitious protégé, are swindling these days are "water filtration systems," bargain-basement water filters bought by unsuspecting people who pay ten times their value in order to win bogus prizes like cars, jewelry and overseas vacations--which they never collect. These scams net the flim-flam men a few hundred here, another thousand there, which eventually adds up to a lucrative partnership. Roy's private life, however, is not so successful. An obsessive-compulsive agoraphobe with no personal relationships to call his own, Roy is barely hanging on to his wits, and when his idiosyncrasies begin to threaten his criminal productivity he's forced to seek the help of a psychoanalyst just to keep him in working order. While Roy is looking for a quick fix, his therapy begets more than he bargained for: the revelation that he has a teenage daughter--a child whose existence he... Written by Sujit R. Varma
After recently having the pleasure(?) of viewing one of Cage's latest offerings - 'Bangkok Dangerous', - I approached this one with a sense of confidence, as it already has such a great reputation. Ridley Scott
- the renowned director of Bladerunner - has made a film of quite a
different genre, so a real departure from his usual stuff, but I have to say he has come in with what I felt to be a very watchable film with some pretty complex characters thrown in. Nic Cage gets to display a good range of his acting skills. He really is the master of the facial tic as anyone thinking back to some of his earlier films (such as Vampyr's Kiss') will recall. To those who scoff at his recent choice of projects e.g. G-Force, just remember, he is an actor. You take the work while you can. Anyway, to summarise, for me, above all, this film was refreshing as all of the actors acquitted themselves really well. A polished piece of cinematography that I will definitely enjoy viewing again.