8MM

  • Theatrical - Wide 1999-02-26
Box Office Gross: $96,618,699
Running Time: 123 minutes
Language: English
Production Company: Global Medien KG, Hofflund/Polone, Columbia Pictures

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5/10

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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... See more 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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Review Date: Director: Joel Schumacher Writer: Andrew Kevin Walker Producers: Joel Schumacher, Judy Hoffland, Gavin Polone Actors: Nicolas Cage Joaquin Phoenix Plot: A discreet private investigator gets hired by an aging widow of a rich guy, after she finds a...

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