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Synopsis
This debut feature film from music video director Dominic Sena is a romp through the world of serial killing, which in its bleakness and moral bankruptcy looks backwards to Terrence Malick's Badlands and forward to Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers. Michelle Forbes plays hip, Mapplethorpe-esque photographer Carrie Laughlin, who wants to move to California for a fresh start. Her boyfriend, Brian Kessler (David Duchovny), is a writer who has an idea for a new book, a travel tome on the sites of serial murders. The two plan to go on a cross-country tour of the murder sites, with Brian writing the commentary and Carrie taking the pictures. But they need a couple to share the driving expenses; enter Grayce (Brad Pitt) and his girlfriend, Adele (Juliette Lewis, in a warm-up for her role in Natural Born Killers). Grayce is an ex-con looking to jump parole, while Adele is a childlike naïf. Soon the four are off to California, but the yuppie couple doesn't realize how close they are to their serial killer topic. It seems Grayce has murdered his landlord before their trip and bodies begin piling up disturbingly behind them as they make their way across the country.~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
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Full Credits
  • Director:
    Dominic Sena,
  • Writer:
    Tim Metcalfe, Stephen Levy,
  • Producer:
    Sigurjón Sighvatsson, Aristides McGarry, Steve Golin,
  • Cinematographer:
    Bojan Bazelli,
  • Editor:
    Martin Hunter,
  • Executive Producer:
    Jim Kouf, Lynn Kouf,
  • Cast:
    Sierra Pecheur, Brad Pitt, Kathy Larson, John Zarchen, Juliette Lewis, David Duchovny, Michelle Forbes,
  • First Assistant Director:
    Thomas Patrick Smith,
  • Co-Producer:
    Kristine J. Schwarz, Mitch Sacharoff,
  • Line Producer:
    Gregory Goodman,
  • Supervising Sound Editor:
    Paul B. Clay,
  • Script Supervisor:
    Jane Goldsmith, Lynn Harris,
  • First Assistant Camera:
    Dana Gonzales,
  • Production Coordinator:
    Michelle Colbert,
  • Property Master:
    Tom Cortese,
  • Sound Editor:
    Jeffrey L. Sandler, Marty Stein, Susan Kurtz, Mike Szakmeister, Cameron Frankley, Ed Barton,
  • Sound Effects Editor:
    Susan Kurtz,
  • Casting:
    Carol Lewis,
  • ADR Editor:
    Pat Somerset,
  • Still Photographer:
    Kelvin Jones,
  • Costume Design:
    Kelle Kutsugeras,
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
    Patrick Cyccone Jr., Robert Thirlwell,
  • Art Direction:
    Jeff Mann,
  • Production Supervisor:
    Buddy Enright,
  • Dialogue Editor:
    Vic Radulich,
  • Set Decoration:
    Kate J. Sullivan,
  • Transportation Coordinator:
    Joe Feeney,
  • Stunt Coordinator:
    Dan Bradley,
  • Stunts:
    Patricia Tallman, Randi Layne,
  • Production Design:
    Michael White,
  • Sound Mixer:
    José Antonio García,
  • Screenplay:
    Stephen Levy, Tim Metcalfe,
  • Original Music Composer:
    Carter Burwell,
  • Music Editor:
    Adam Milo Smalley,
  • Key Makeup Artist:
    Michelle Bühler,

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