8mm (1999)

8mm

1999 ‧ Thriller/Mystery ‧ 2h 3m

MOVIE INFO

Private detective Tom Welles (Nicolas Cage) lives a normal life with his wife (Catherine Keener) and young daughter, until he receives a startling new case. A widow named Mrs. Christian (Myra Carter) has found what appears to be a snuff film among her late husband's belongings, and she wants Welles to determine if the movie is real or fake. Welles heads to California, where a video store employee (Joaquin Phoenix) helps him infiltrate the dangerous and depraved world of illegal porn movies.

• Rating: R

• Genre: Mystery & thriller

• Original Language: English

• Director: Joel Schumacher

• Producer: Judy Hofflund, Gavin Polone, Joel Schumacher

• Writer: Andrew Kevin Walker

• Release Date (Theaters): Feb 26, 1999  Wide

• Release Date (Streaming): Sep 21, 2010

• Box Office (Gross USA): $36.3M

• Runtime: 2h 3m

• Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Columbia Pictures, United Artists

• Production Co: Hofflund/Polone, Columbia Pictures Corporation

• Sound Mix: Surround, SDDS, Dolby Digital

CAST & CREW

Nicolas Cage

Tom Welles

Joaquin Phoenix

Max California

James Gandolfini

Eddie Poole

Peter Stormare

Dino Velvet

Anthony Heald

Daniel Longdale

Chris Bauer

George Higgins, Machine

Catherine Keener

Amy Welles

Myra Carter

Mrs. Christian

Amy Morton

Janet Mathews

Jenny Powell

Mary Ann Mathews

Anne Gee Byrd

Senator Michaelson

Jack Betts

Butler

Luis Oropeza

Archive Director

Rachel Singer

Neighbor

Don Creech

Mr. Anderson

Norman Reedus

Warren Anderson

Joel Schumacher

Director

Andrew Kevin Walker

Writer

Joseph M. Caracciolo

Executive Producer

Judy Hofflund

Producer

Jeff Levine

Co-Producer

Gavin Polone

Producer

Joel Schumacher

Producer

Mychael Danna

Original Music

Jeff Hayze

Original Music

Kyle Neely

Original Music

Andy Patalan

Original Music

Robert Elswit

Cinematographer

Mark Stevens

Film Editing