Directed by Doug Liman • 1999 • United States
Starring Sarah Polley, Timothy Olyphant, Katie Holmes
Director Doug Liman’s follow-up to SWINGERS is a hyperkinetic, MDMA-fueled cult joyride that bounces, with whiplash-inducing abandon, between a coterie of twentysomething Californians chasing drugs, sex, money, and a good time. Los Angeles checkout girl Ronna (Sarah Polley) needs to make some extra cash, fast. Her drug-dealing coworker Simon (Desmond Askew) wants to escape to Vegas for the weekend. Soap-opera actors Adam (Scott Wolf) and Zack (Jay Mohr) are looking to score some pills while trying to stay out of trouble. As their lives collide on Christmas Eve, they find themselves launched on a wild odyssey that won’t end until the sun comes up.
Up Next in 1999
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The Straight Story
Directed by David Lynch • 1999 • United States
Starring Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek, Harry Dean StantonIn between the dark, florid surrealism of the LA-set neonoirs LOST HIGHWAY and MULHOLLAND DR., director David Lynch took a detour to America’s heartland for this surprisingly down-to-eart...
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Beau travail
Directed by Claire Denis • 1999 • France
Starring Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire ColinWith her ravishingly sensual take on Herman Melville’s “Billy Budd, Sailor,” Claire Denis firmly established herself as one of the great visual tone poets of our time. Amid the azure waters and sunbaked ...
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Bringing Out the Dead
Directed by Martin Scorsese • 1999 • United States
Starring Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John GoodmanThis searing collaboration between director Martin Scorsese and screenwriter Paul Schrader continues their ongoing inquiry into questions of guilt, torment, faith, and existential meaning. S...
