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The Informers
2009
Focusing on the Los Angeles of the early 1980s, "The Informers" balances a vast array of characters that represent both the top of the heap (a Hollywood dream merchant, a dissolute rock star, an aging newscaster) and the bottom (a voyeuristic doorman, an amoral ex-con). Connecting all these intertwining strands are the .. Read more
| Starring | Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Winona Ryder, Mickey Rourke |
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| Director | Gregor Jordan |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
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The Informers
Focusing on the Los Angeles of the early 1980s, "The Informers" balances a vast array of characters that represent both the top of the heap (a Hollywood dream merchant, a dissolute rock star, an aging newscaster) and the bottom (a voyeuristic doorman, an amoral ex-con). Connecting all these intertwining strands are the quintessential Brett Easton Ellis protagonists--a group of beautiful, blonde young men and women who sleep all day and party all night, doing drugs--and one another--with abandon, never realizing that they are dancing on the edge of a volcano.
| Starring | Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Winona Ryder, Mickey Rourke, Jon Foster, Amber Heard, Rhys Ifans, Chris Isaak, Lou Taylor Pucci, Mel Raido |
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| Director | Gregor Jordan |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 38 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 38 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | DVD: 09 Nov 2009 Blu-ray: unknown Production year: 2009 |
| Format | DVD |
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Vapid, pretty things flounce around a Roman-style mansion; Simple Minds croon about new gold dreams. Almost... read more on Time Out
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10 out of 11 people found this review helpful
No vampire
This film is really good, and benefits from the fact that it had all of the vampires cut from it. When a film is adapted from a book, and the plot is religiously adhered to, then a lot gets lost in translation.
The film, for me, is a great depiction of what life is probably like for spoilt, debauched L.A. rich-kids, and it is hard not to think 'good' when it all starts going pear-shaped.
The young actors do well to portray their characters as the charmless and otiose sybarites that they are assumedly meant to be: that they are in the book.
I enjoyed this film a lot, and was a bit shocked when I found that it was given a rough ride when it came out. -
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Rourke brought to tears by Basinger letter
- 18 Apr 2009
Mickey Rourke teared up when he received a heartfelt letter from his 9 Weeks co-star Kim Basinger, expressing how much she loved THE WRESTLER. The movie star admits the note from his old friend meant as much to him as winning accolades for the film. He recalls, "Coming from her, it was very special and it was very generous and heartfelt letter. It brought me to tears, really." The pair reunited for the first time in 23 years on the red carpet at the premiere for their new movie The Informers... Read more
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Focusing on the Los Angeles of the early 1980s, "The Informers" balances a vast array of characters that represent both the top of the heap (a Hollywood dream merchant, a dissolute rock star, an ... -