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The Grifters - DVD

SKU: 4781944 | Release Date: 9/24/2002
Rating: R for Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity

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Rating
R for Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity
Format
DVD
Theatrical Release
1990
Length
110 minutes
Screen Formats
Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
Genre
Action & Adventure
Studio
Walt Disney Video
Aspect Ratio
1.85:1

Synopsis

Director Stephen Frears' tense adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel The Grifters was one of a number of revival film noirs in the first half of the '90s. Updating the setting to contemporary Los Angeles, the film follows a trio of con artists who are intent on out-foxing each other. Roy Dillon (John Cusack) is a simple, two-bit con, whose life is thrown into turmoil when his estranged mother Lilly (Anjelica Huston) returns home in an attempt to evade the law. Lilly doesn't warm to Roy's girlfriend Myra Langtry (Annette Bening), who is too similar to herself. Soon, the two women are competing for Roy in a battle that is more of a power struggle than a pursuit of affection, and the battle quickly turns dangerous. Huston was nominated for an Academy Award for her work. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide

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Languages/Sound
Eng/Fre
Screen Formats
Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
Additional Features
cc Feature commentary track with director Stephen Frears, screenwriter Donald E. Westlake, and actors John Cusack and Anjelica Huston The Making of The Grifters The Jim Thompson story The Grifters scrapbook French language track Dolby Digital Surround Sound Widescreen (1.85:1) enhanced for 16x9 televisions
Series
Miramax Collector's Series
Chapters
Side #1 --
1. Main Credits [2:35]
2. Lilly, Roy and Myra [9:59]
3. Roy's Story [6:12]
4. "Says She's Your Mother" [4:19]
5. The Hospital [2:15]
6. Troubadour [1:31]
7. Nurse Carol [7:34]
8. The Lady or the Loot [5:04]
9. Bobo [8:33]
10. Taking the Train [5:22]
11. Myra and Cole [10:15]
12. Lilly Eats Alone [1:15]
13. Separate Rooms [2:27]
14. "I Pay My Debts" [2:43]
15. At the Track [2:00]
16. "What a Team We'll Make" [5:36]
17. Roy Calls Lilly [1:12]
18. On the Run [4:14]
19. "A Room in Back" [5:14]
20. Next of Kin ID [3:29]
21. "I Need That Money" [14:43]
22. End Credits [3:30]

Cast

  • Sandy Baron - Doctor
  • Xander R. Berkeley - Lt. Pierson
  • Annette Bening - Myra Langtry
  • Frances Bay - Arizona Motel Clerk
  • Teresa Gilmore Capps - Receptionist 1
  • Ed Jones - Mintz
  • Henry Jones - Simms
  • Juliet Landau - Young Lilly
  • Michael Laskin - Irv
  • Micole Mercurio - Waitress
  • Charles Napier - Rebbing
  • Jon Gries - Drunk's Friend
  • Jeff Perry - Drunk
  • Jeremy Piven - Sailor - Freshman
  • Ray Sharkey - FBI Man
  • Stephen Tobolowsky - Jeweler
  • Juliet Taylor
  • Victoria Thomas
  • John Cusack - Roy Dillon
  • Gailard Sartain - Joe
  • Gregory Sporleder - Sailor - Spooney
  • Ivette Soler - Maid
  • J.T. Walsh - Cole
  • Lou Hancock - Nurse
  • Pat Hingle - Bobo Justus
  • Anjelica Huston - Lilly Dillon
  • Noelle Harling - Nurse Flynn
  • Richard Holden - Cop
  • Jan Munroe - Guy at Bar
  • Teresa Gilmore-Capps - Receptionist 1
  • Eddie Jones - Mintz
  • Xander Berkeley - Lt. Pierson

Crew

  • Director: Stephen Frears
  • Makeup: Julie Hewett
  • Co-producer: Robert A. Harris
  • Set Designer: Nancy Haigh
  • Costume Designer: Richard Hornung
  • Art Director: Leslie McDonald
  • Co-producer: James Painten ,Peggy Rajski
  • Cinematographer: Oliver Stapleton
  • Co-producer: Martin Scorsese
  • Screenwriter: Donald E. Westlake
  • Production Manager: Llewellyn Wells
  • Casting: Juliet Taylor ,Victoria Thomas
  • Editor: Mick Audsley
  • Composer (Music Score): Elmer Bernstein
  • Executive Producer: Barbara de Fina
  • Production Designer: Dennis Gassner
  • Book Author: Jim Thompson
  • Screenwriter: Richard Stark
  • Co-producer: Robert Harris

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The Grifters: AMG Review
Brendon Hanley , AMG

Of the several movies made in the 1990s that mined the original material of writer Jim Thompson, Stephen Frears' The Grifters was easily the best. Adapted for the screen by noted crime novelist Donald Westlake, the intelligent, knowing script is a major strength. Like Frears' previous film, Dangerous Liaisons, The Grifters is full of smart, character-driven deceit and intrigue. It's essentially a morality play, but, in keeping with the material's film noir feel, its morals are not simple, and definitive conclusions are unclear. John Cusack, Annette Bening, and Anjelica Huston perfectly portray the three characters involved in the ethical tug-of-war: Cusack finally asserted himself an adult actor with his stylish, sympathetic performance, but Huston and Bening steal the show as the harpies out to devour him. They capture the film's peculiarly fragile tone. With its odd gloss and modern viewpoint, The Grifters is more akin to the post-noir sensibilities of Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye than to such other neo-noir films as Red Rock West or the Thompson-inspired After Dark, My Sweet. ~ Brendon Hanley, All Movie Guide

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