8MM
1999
You can't prepare for where the truth will take you.
Directed by Joel Schumacher
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Intensity
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.
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- Director
- Joel Schumacher
- Written by
- Andrew Kevin Walker
- Produced by
- Gavin Polone, Joel Schumacher, Judy Hofflund
- Composer
- Mychael Danna
- Cinematographer
- Robert Elswit
- Editor
- Mark Stevens
- Origin country
- United States
- Production countries
- Germany, United States
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- R
- TMDB
- 6.5/10 (2,350 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 23% Rotten
- Metacritic
- 21/100
- IMDb
- 6.6/10 (150,624 votes)
Cast
Nicolas Cage
Tom Welles
Joaquin Phoenix
Max California
James Gandolfini
Eddie Poole
Peter Stormare
Dino Velvet
Anthony Heald
Longdale
Chris Bauer
Machine
Catherine Keener
Amy Welles
Myra Carter
Mrs. Christian
Amy Morton
Mrs. Mathews
Norman Reedus
Warren Anderson
Jenny Powell
Mary Ann Mathews
Anne Gee Byrd
Senator
Jack Betts
Butler
Luis Oropeza
Archive Director
Rachel Singer
Neighbor
Don Creech
Mr. Anderson
Fran Bennett
Nun
Wilma Bonet
Nun
Crew
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