Thursday (1998)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.0/10   

Réalisateur:

Skip Woods

Scénariste:

Skip Woods (written by)

Release Date:

25 septembre 1998 (UK)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Accroche:

They say the past always catches up with you. This could be the day.

Plot:

A former L.A. drug dealer has moved to Houston to make a new life for himself as a married architect...

Plot Keywords:

Architect | Adoption | Drugs | Drug Dealer | Cellular Phone

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

Former drug dealer gone straight has a REALLY bad day...

Ensemble

Thomas Jane	...	Casey
Aaron Eckhart	...	Nick
Paulina Porizkova	...	Dallas
James LeGros	...	Billy Hill (as James Le Gros)
Paula Marshall	...	Christine
Michael Jeter	...	Dr. Jarvis
Glenn Plummer	...	Ice
Mickey Rourke	...	Kasarov
Luck Hari	...	Cashier
Bari K. Willerford	...	Cop
Richard Wong	...	Mr. Wong
Shawn Michael Howard	...	Jimmy
Gary Dourdan	...	Ballpean
Brian Hooks	...	Jary
Jeff Sanders	...	Ballpean's Bodyguard

Autre(s) titre(s):

C'est pas mon jour! (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, sexuality, language and drug use.

Durée:

USA:83 min (theatrical version) | USA:87 min (director's cut)

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur | Noir et Blanc (one scene)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Iceland:L | Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-16 | South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | France:-16 | Germany:18 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | USA:Unrated (director's cut)

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Polygram Filmed Entertainment

Goofs:

Continuity: When Casey and Ice are smoking marijuana in the kitchen, the lighter disappears and reappears between cuts.

Guillemet:

Dallas: Don't worry. I'm not gonna kill you til you cum. I'll let you betray your wife thoroughly.

Movie Connections:

References "Star Trek" (1966)

Soundtrack:

Guiding Star

Former drug dealer gone straight has a REALLY bad day...

Loved the movie, could kick myself for not buying it right away when the Unrated version was (briefly) re-released on DVD and generally available.

Similar in flavor to "Pulp Fiction," but I wouldn't call it a knock-off, as so many have. Tarantino and Woods both have a talent for realistic, believable dialogue by colorful but still believable characters in a genre where it's seldom seen. But, in this movie Woods also shows a flair for using the absurd, and annoying, realities of everyday life to move the plot along. Woods, like great comedians, exposes the little frustrations of life that we all experience but few will admit to, and deals with them in politically incorrect, yet satisfying, finality.

This movie is well worth watching: sex, blood, outrageous dialogue supported by even more outrageous action, corruption, redemption, and the satisfaction of finally seeing a loud-mouthed, nagging wife at a loss for words when she is forced to confront the fact that there's more to her husband than just the long list of imagined faults she's dreamed up.

See it...soon!