A pack of naïve teenagers conspire to murder a mutual friend, whose aggressive demeanour has proven too much.A pack of naïve teenagers conspire to murder a mutual friend, whose aggressive demeanour has proven too much.A pack of naïve teenagers conspire to murder a mutual friend, whose aggressive demeanour has proven too much.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination
- Mr. Kent
- (as Edward Amatrudo)
- Mr. Willis
- (as Steven Raulerson)
- Mrs. Willis
- (as Judith Clayton)
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- TriviaBrad Renfro was arrested during filming for attempting to steal a yacht.
- GoofsThere are no anachronisms in the film. Yes the events depicted occurred in the early 1990's, but Larry Clark has stated that he set the film in 2000 so that he wouldn't have to worry about anachronisms. Also yes, the Mustang is not a 5.0. She isn't a car girl and doesn't know better. In the film she is even told that she is wrong, so that is a deliberate goof.
- Quotes
Donny: Shit, I never knew nobody who killed somebody.
Alice 'Ali' Willis: Me neither.
Heather: Just my grandpa. I never knew him. Yeah. My grandpa was a bad drunk. Really bad. He'd rape anyone dumb enough to walk by his room and one night... he got... um, really pissed at my grandma and he took a claw hammer to her face. And, uh, after that, he just... he locked himself up with her in his room for two whole days and he kept drinking and having sex with her after she was dead. My mom was in the house the whole time.
Donny: Fuck.
Heather: She was only 15.
Alice 'Ali' Willis: Holy shit.
Heather: You know, it really messed with her head. After that, she only hung out with guys who beat the hell out of her. And when I was little, she'd get drunk and she'd drag me and my brother out of bed at, like, four in the morning and she had all the news clippings about my grandpa and the trial transcriptions and she'd read them over and over again. And I knew every word before kindergarten. I think that's how I learned to read.
- Crazy creditsThis Picture only covers events up to and including the conclusion of the trial of the defendants depicted in this Picture. Following the trial, some defendants appealed. Here are the results of the various appeals as of the time of the making of this Picture: Lisa Connelly's sentence was reduced to 22 years. Alice Willis was sentenced to 17 years but shall be under community supervision for 40 years upon her release. Martin Puccio's sentence was reduced to life in prison
- Alternate versionsThe version shown on Cinemax is the edited R-rated version of the film and while most of the sex remains, the more explicit shots are removed.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: The Score/Legally Blonde/Bully/Scary Movie 2 (2001)
- SoundtracksWho Dat
Performed by J.T. Money (as JT Money) featuring Solé (as Sole)
Written by Christopher Stewart, Thabiso Nkhereanye (as Thabiso Nkhereanya), Solé (as Tonya Johnston),
J.T. Money (as Jeffrey Tompkins), Diandre Davis
JT Money appears courtesy of Freeworld Entertainment/Priority Records
Sole appears courtesy of Dreamworks Records
Published by Music of Windswept o/b/o Honey from Missouri and Hitco South, Famous Music o/b/o itself
Tunes on the Verge of Insanity and Mo Better Grooves Music (ASCAP), WB Music Corp. o/b/i itself and Tony Mercedes Music (ASCAP), Money Man Music, LLC (BMI), Dre All Day Music (ASCAP)
Nick Stahl plays Billy, bully among a circle of teenage friends in Hollywood, Florida, and his best friend from childhood is Marty, played with striking intensity by Brad Renfro, has been daily receiving torment, if not with punches and slaps, then more on the mental side. Soon, his girlfriend makes a suggestion "he should be killed", and very soon after that the circle of friends agree, and then it continues, along with a so-called hit man, a good small part for Fitzpatrick who was noteworthy in Kids.
There will be some out there who may not be able to stomach the elements - it's unrated, not a bad move, and there are as many moments of sex as in a Cinemax soft porn and as many moments of smoking dope as in a Method Man/Redman production - but that's all part of Clark's overall effect, and he pulls it off like a true craftsman and not as a overly exploitation film-maker. This circle of friends are a sad, hollow representation of the kinds of societies the youth of the nation inhabit, and the key is that it's correct, at least in such a banal suburbia. Grade: A
- Quinoa1984
- Nov 25, 2002
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $480,811
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $47,502
- Jul 15, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $704,808
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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