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Strange Days
Synopsis
Set in Los Angeles two days before the end of 1999, Strange Days introduces us to Lenny Nero (Ralph Fiennes), an ex-cop turned sleazy hustler who hawks the newest underground thrill on the black market: a squid, a headpiece that allows one to transmit digital recordings of other people's thoughts, feelings, and memories into their brain; as Lenny describes it, this is real life, pure and uncut, straight from the cerebral cortex. Lenny deals clips (the software) as well as squids (the hardware) for this new and illegal entertainment system, and while sex and violence are the most popular themes, Lenny refuses to deal in blackjack -- slang for snuff clips. Lenny is nursing a broken heart after his girlfriend, punk singer Faith Justin (Juliette Lewis), left him, and he spends a lot of time with clips he recorded when they were together. Faith is now involved with Philo Grant (Michael Wincott), a music business tycoon who once managed Jeriko One (Glenn Plummer), a hip-hop musician and political activist whose murder has sent L.A. into a state of chaos. When a clip emerges that shows that Jeriko was killed by L.A. police officers, Lenny finds his life in danger, and he tries to escape possible death on both sides of the law with the help of his friend Mace Mason (Angela Bassett). Strange Days was written by James Cameron in collaboration with former film critic Jay Cocks; Kathryn Bigelow directed.~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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  • Director:
    Kathryn Bigelow,
  • Writer:
    James Cameron, Jay Cocks,
  • Producer:
    James Cameron, Steven-Charles Jaffe,
  • Cinematographer:
    Matthew F. Leonetti,
  • Editor:
    Howard E Smith,
  • Executive Producer:
    Lawrence Kasanoff, Rae Sanchini,
  • Cast:
    Juliette Lewis, Michael Wincott, Tom Sizemore, Angela Bassett, Vincent D'Onofrio, Ralph Fiennes,
  • Associate Producer:
    David S. Grant,
  • Assistant Editor:
    Anthony Bozanich, Terilyn A. Shropshire, Bill Babington,
  • First Assistant Director:
    Steve Danton,
  • Second Assistant Director:
    Albert Cho,
  • Second Second Assistant Director:
    Suzanne C. Geiger, Sam Hoffman,
  • Co-Producer:
    Ira Shuman,
  • Supervising Sound Editor:
    Gloria S. Borders,
  • Sound:
    David M. Ronne, Jeff Wexler,
  • Camera Operator:
    Randy Feemster, Mike Cameron, John Busch, Aldo Antonelli,
  • Script Supervisor:
    Pamela Alch,
  • Boom Operator:
    Cary Weitz, Don Coufal,
  • First Assistant Camera:
    Michael D. Weldon, Christopher Moreman,
  • Property Master:
    Erik L. Nelson,
  • Set Dresser:
    Kai Blomberg, Tommy Samona, Doug Sieck, Gregory P. Alcus, Kenneth Sayers,
  • Sound Effects Editor:
    Tim Holland, Frank E. Eulner, Phil Benson,
  • Visual Effects Editor:
    Allen Cappuccilli, Shannon Leigh Olds,
  • Pilot:
    Kevin LaRosa, Rick Shuster, Peter McKernan,
  • Casting:
    Richard Pagano, Debi Manwiller, Sharon Bialy, Melissa M. Thomas,
  • Assistant Sound Designer:
    Lora Hirschberg,
  • Special Effects Supervisor:
    Gene Warren Jr.,
  • Video Assist Operator:
    Chuck Weiss, David Schmalz,
  • Stunt Double:
    Eliza Coleman, Paul E. Short, Gary J. Wayton, Patricia M. Peters, Jeff Evans, James Turner Jr., Dick Hancock, Mike Gunther, John Alden, Chino Binamo, Danny Epper, Sonja Davis,
  • Costumer:
    Ann Culotta, Peggy A. Schnitzer, Yvette Ammon, Gilbert S. Hernandez, Cheryl Scarano,
  • Visual Effects Coordinator:
    Tony Meagher, Kara Stephens,
  • ADR Editor:
    Marian Wilde, Hugh Waddell,
  • Dialect Coach:
    Susan Hegarty,
  • Stunts:
    Al Goto, Brian J. Williams, Keith Campbell, Monty L. Simons, Henry Kingi Jr., Gary Guercio, Laura Albert, Brett A. Jones, Marian Green, John Casino, Larry Holt, Eric Chambers, Gene LeBell, Jim Stephan, Dane Farwell, Barbara Anne Klein, Jeff Mosley, Patricia M. Peters, Denise Lynne Roberts, Eddie L. Watkins, Kim Kahana Jr., Kira Tashjian, Don Ruffin, Christopher 'Critter' Antonucci, Lynn Salvatori, Keith Woulard, Jennifer Caputo, Debbie Evans, J. Mark Donaldson, Will Leong, Hubie Kerns Jr., Christian J. Fletcher,
  • Makeup Artist:
    Michael F. Blake, Marietta Carter-Narcisse, Deborah La Mia Denaver,
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
    Gary Rydstrom, Richard Beggs, Tom Johnson, Lora Hirschberg,
  • Special Effects Assistant:
    Craig Caton, Eugene Crum,
  • Hair Supervisor:
    Robert L. Stevenson,
  • Dialogue Editor:
    Sara Bolder, Barbara McBane, Claire Sanfilippo, Clare C. Freeman,
  • Special Effects Technician:
    Scott Lingard,
  • Key Grip:
    Dan Reilly,
  • Researcher:
    Deborah Ricketts,
  • Digital Effects Supervisor:
    Karen E. Goulekas,
  • Stunt Coordinator:
    Doug Coleman,
  • Second Assistant Camera:
    Mark Santoni,
  • Steadicam Operator:
    J. Michael Muro,
  • Digital Effects Producer:
    Amy Jupiter,
  • Foley Recordist:
    Tony Eckert,
  • Assistant Accountant:
    Mark Sayles,
  • Electrician:
    Jackie Hamilton, Wayne Marshall,
  • Foley Editor:
    Sandina Bailo-Lape, Mary Helen Leasman,
  • Visual Effects Supervisor:
    Patrick Shearn, Mat Beck, James Lima,
  • Music Editor:
    Joshua Winget, Patty von Arx, Blake Martin Moulin,
  • Second Assistant 'A' Camera:
    Nick Shuster,
  • Best Boy Electric:
    R. Derek Keener, Tim Marshall,
  • Props:
    Eric Upshur,
  • Costume Design:
    Ellen Mirojnick,
  • Marine Coordinator:
    Bertram McCann,
  • Utility Stunts:
    Jimmy Ortega, Paul M. Lane, Ericka Bryce,
  • Makeup Department Head:
    Linda Grimes,
  • Choreographer:
    Robert 'Duckie' Carpenter,
  • Makeup Supervisor:
    Michael Germain,
  • Second Unit Director of Photography:
    Philip C. Pfeiffer,
  • Original Music Composer:
    Graeme Revell,
  • Sound Designer:
    Gary Rydstrom,
  • Extras Casting:
    Kenneth Chamitoff,
  • Music Producer:
    Randy Gerston,
  • Production Accountant:
    Stevie Lazo,
  • Assistant Sound Editor:
    Scott Guitteau, Andre Fenley, David Franklin Bergad, Susan Popovic, Marcie Romano, Lindakay Brown, Dan Engstrom,
  • Storyboard Artist:
    Len Morganti,
  • Second Unit Director:
    Steven-Charles Jaffe,
  • Hairstylist:
    Georgina Williams, Laura Connolly,
  • Costume Supervisor:
    Deborah Hopper,
  • Art Designer:
    Michael Marcus,
  • Assistant Set Decoration:
    Andrea Mae Fenton,
  • Foley Artist:
    Tom Barwick, Dennie Thorpe,
  • Set Decoration:
    Kara Lindstrom,
  • Story by:
    James Cameron,
  • Grip:
    Al LaVerde, Rick Pratt, Rick Harris,
  • Propmaker:
    Randy L. Childs,
  • Visual Effects Producer:
    Mike Chambers, Leslie Huntley,
  • Special Effects:
    James S. Trois,
  • First Assistant Editor:
    Bambi Sickafoose,
  • Production Design:
    Lilly Kilvert,
  • Hair Designer:
    Kathy W. Estocin,
  • Visual Effects Camera:
    Christopher Warren,
  • Digital Compositor:
    Edson Williams, Pablo Helman, Ethan Ormsby, Jerry Hall,
  • Chief Lighting Technician:
    Mike Weathers, Pat Blymyer,
  • Visual Effects:
    Janek Sirrs,
  • Screenplay:
    Jay Cocks, James Cameron,
  • Camera Loader:
    Paul Santoni,
  • Leadman:
    Patrick Cassidy,
  • On Set Dresser:
    Tristan Paris Bourne,
  • Additional Director of Photography:
    Bing Sokolsky,
  • Unit Publicist:
    Anna Southall,
  • Lighting Technician:
    Scott C. Keys,
  • Art Direction:
    John Warnke,
  • Unit Production Manager:
    Ira Shuman,
  • Dolly Grip:
    Casey Jones,
  • Assistant Camera:
    Glenn Brown,
  • Hair Department Head:
    Robert L. Stevenson,
  • Still Photographer:
    Merie Weismiller Wallace,
  • Assistant Art Director:
    Christopher S. Nushawg,
  • Payroll Accountant:
    Edward Poveda,
  • Special Effects Coordinator:
    Terry D. Frazee,
  • Rigging Gaffer:
    James Keys,

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