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8MM (1999)

R  |   |  Crime, Drama, Mystery  |  26 February 1999 (USA)
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A private investigator is hired to discover if a "snuff film" is authentic or not.

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Storyline

Private investigator Tom Welles is hired by the recently widowed Mrs. Christian who has found a startling pornographic film in her late husband's possessions. In the film a teenage girl is apparently killed and Welles is pretty sure it's a genuine snuff film. He takes the case, first going through records of runaways finally identifying the girl and learning that she may have run off to California. There he enters the seedy underworld of pornography with the help of Max California, a porn store clerk. His principal clue is the masked man who killed the girl as he has a unique tattoo on his hand. He soon finds the culprits but there is little satisfaction in resolving the mystery. Written by garykmcd

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If you dance with the devil, the devil don't change,the devil changes you! See more »


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Rated R for strong perverse sexuality and violence, and for strong language | See all certifications »

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Also Known As:

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Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$14,252,888 (USA) (26 February 1999)

Gross:

£2,391,380 (UK) (21 May 1999)
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Trivia

James Gandolfini's characters have been interestingly cast over the years: In True Romance, released 1994, his character was killed by that of Patricia Arquette's. Later, Patricia would marry Nicholas Cage, who would star alongside James in this film, and James' character is killed by that of Nicholas Cage's. Both of James Gandolfini's characters were killed by a woman and a man who would be married for a while. See more »

Goofs

Tom Welles begins by examining the 8mm film on a PC with Windows but it changes to a Mac. See more »

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A solid thriller!
3 February 2002 | by See all my reviews

Some sensitive-minded people may surely be disturbed by the dark revenge and self-justice in this film, but "Se7en"-author Andrew Kevin Walker has done another fine work with his script! Although the storyline is obviously taken from Paul Schrader´s "Hardcore" (1974,?) the film is suspense-packed, violent and endowed with good performances of its actors, especially Peter Stormare did a brilliant job with playing the weird bondage-porn director Dino Velvet! I also was truly surprised how good director Joel Schumacher had created a morbid atmosphere, just in unhappy memory of his disastrous "Batman & Robin"-flick..! Another pleasant fact is, that "8MM" doesn´t deal with the Hollywood-typical stereotypes and clichés, so finally we´ve got something we could really call a dirty mainstream production - or at least a nice try of it!


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