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Following (1998) 7.6
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Metascore: 60/100
Reviews: 162 user | 121 critic | 11 from Metacritic.com A young writer who follows strangers for material meets a thief who takes him under his wing. Director:Christopher NolanWriter:Christopher Nolan |
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The Bald Guy
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Home Owner
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Waitress
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Barman
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Accountant
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Guy Greenway | ... |
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Man at Bar
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Woman at Bar
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Paul Mason | ... |
Home Owner's Friend
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Home Owner's Husband
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An older man listens to Bill's story about being a callow writer who likes to follow strangers around London, observing them. One day, a glib and self-confident man whom Bill has been following confronts him. He's Cobb, a burglar who takes Bill under his wing and shows him how to break and enter. They burgle a woman's flat; Bill gets intrigued with her (photographs are everywhere in her flat). He follows her and chats her up at a bar owned by her ex-boyfriend, a nasty piece of work who killed someone in her living room with a hammer. Soon Bill is volunteering to do her a favor, which involves a break-in. What does the older man know that Bill doesn't? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
5 November 1999 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
A Csapda See more »Filming Locations:
London, England, UKBox Office
Budget:
$6,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$1,636 (USA) (2 April 1999)Gross:
$43,188 (USA) (6 August 1999)Company Credits
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MonoColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Bill: The following is my explanation. Well, more of an account of what happened. I'd been on my own for a while and getting kind of lonely... and bored... nothing to do all day. And that's when I started shadowing.
The Policeman: Shadowing?
Bill: Shadowing - Following. I started to follow people
The Policeman: Who?
Bill: Anyone at first. Um,
[sniffs]
Bill: you know, that was the whole point - somebody at random, someone who didn't know who I was.
The Policeman: And then?
Bill: And then nothing.
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The second apartment Bill and Cobb break into (which is Bill's own apartment) has a Batman sticker on the door. Christopher Nolan would later go on to direct Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). See more »Goofs
In one shot, when Cobb puts the gloves in the young man's mouth it is half sticking out but in the next scene it is almost completely in the young man's mouth. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Bill: The following is my explanation. Well, more of an account of what happened. I'd been on my own for a while and getting kind of lonely... and bored... nothing to do all day. And that's when I started shadowing.
The Policeman: Shadowing?
Bill: Shadowing - Following. I started to follow people
The Policeman: Who?
Bill: Anyone at first. Um,
[sniffs]
Bill: you know, that was the whole point - somebody at random, someone who didn't know who I was.
The Policeman: And then?
Bill: And then nothing.
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Vital and inventive British film about a man who becomes obsessed with randomly picking people out in the street and following them
Bill becomes obsessed with picking people out in the street at random and following them. He is drawn into the criminal underworld when he chooses to follow a burglar, Cobb, who catches him in the act and encourages him to take things further...
This is a rare and inventive British film, one not concerned with being flavour of the month in the style mags. Its low budget is displayed like a badge of pride, which is refreshing rather than annoying. It runs out of steam before the end, but Nolan hints at something very special here.