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8MM

Name: 8MM
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Released: 1999-02-26
Duration: 123 min
Rating: 6.491

★ 6,5 /10 (2,275 Votes)

1999 EN 123 min

Overview

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 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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Release date

26/02/1999

Votes

2,275

Popularity

4.9

You can't prepare for where the truth will take you.

Genres

Thriller Crime Mystery

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

123 min

Budget

$40,000,000

Revenue

$96,618,699

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Nicolas Cage

Tom Welles

Joaquin Phoenix

Max California

James Gandolfini

Eddie Poole

Peter Stormare

Dino Velvet

Anthony Heald

Longdale

Chris Bauer

Machine

Catherine Keener

Amy Welles

Myra Carter

Mrs. Christian

Amy Morton

Mrs. Mathews

Norman Reedus

Warren Anderson

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Jenny Powell

Mary Ann Mathews

Anne Gee Byrd

Senator

Jack Betts

Butler

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Luis Oropeza

Archive Director

Rachel Singer

Neighbor

Don Creech

Mr. Anderson

Fran Bennett

Nun

Wilma Bonet

Nun

Luis Saguar

Manny

Walter K. Jordan

Thug

Norm Compton

Thug

Brian Keith Russell

Thug

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John Robb

Porn Dealer

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Devan Brown

Flea Market Woman

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Doris Brent

Machine's Mother

Robert Amico

Casting Director

Kiva Dawson

Girl in Hall

Eva Minemar

Girl in Hall

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Rachel Wolfe

Girl in Hall

Suzy Nakamura

Computer Wizard

Torsten Voges

Stick

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Tahitia Dean

Hollywood Prostitute

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Texas Terri

Dino's Redhead

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Vernon Guichard II

Porn Guy

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Emily Patrick

Porn Girl

Nancy Vee

Porno Make-Up Artist

Lisa Cintrice

Topless Ticket Taker

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Bridgett Vera

Ticket Taker

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Jennifer Harris

Strip Club Dancer

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Burton Richards

Strip Club Dancer

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Jovanna Vitiello

Strip Club Dancer

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David U. Hodges

Surveillance Man

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William Lawrence Mack

Bouncer

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Lorena M. Santos

Prostitute

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Connie Mercurio

Nurse

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William Buck

Mr. Christian

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Kerry Corcoran

Cheating Son-in-Law

Mario Ernesto Sánchez

Taxi Driver

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Claudia Aros

Miami Girlfriend

Ava Lee Scott

Girl in Lot (uncredited)

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Carla Moon

Girl in Jacuzzi (uncredited)

Deborah Smith Ford

Dancer (uncredited)

Jacklyn Lick

Video Girl (uncredited)

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Into the perverse underworld of smut, S&M and snuff films RELEASED IN 1999 and directed by Joel Schumacher, "8MM" chronicles events when a private investigator (Nicolas Cage) is hired by an aged wealthy woman whose husband recently passed away. A snuff film was found in his safe and she wants to see if the girl in the movie (Jenny Powell) really died or not. Amy Morton appears as the girl’s mother while Joaquin Phoenix plays a wannabe rock musician in Los Angeles who works in the porn trade. Catherine Keener is on hand as the P.I.’s wife. The movie combines the basic plot of “Hardcore”…

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8MM probably only got greenlit due to the success of Se7en. Like Se7en, 8MM explores the existence of people who are simply pure evil while the main character wants to know why they are like this. 8MM doesn't provide many answers but it also isn't thematically complex. It follows a standard whodunit plot. While Nicolas Cage gives a solid performance, there are times where he takes us out of the story with his signature freak outs. Joel Schumacher manages to create a gritty tone but he has a rather bland style. Regardless of its flaws, 8MM is still a decent movie. It prefers plot over exploi…

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Another one of Nicholas Cage's crazy movies. Like all the rest of his movies, this one was good too.

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Joel Schumacher does it again. Look into how this film was made, what went into it, the intended directors, the intended stars, the intended budget. It started as a low budget "Dark and Gritty" film that was going to be "hand held" and star Russel Crowe and be directed by David Fincher... that would probably have worked. Look at the release date, 1999, when audiences welcomed low budget movies done well. Back in the 90s audiences accepted low budgets and dark and gritty films. It could have been the sleeper success that Se7en was. Instead you got Schumacher that lightened it up, …

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