Directed by:
Harold RamisCinematography:
Alar KiviloComposer:
David KitayCast:
John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Platt, Randy Quaid, Ned Bellamy, Mike Starr, Lara Phillips, Jenny Wade, David Pasquesi, William Dick (more)VOD (2)
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John Cusack turns in another fine performance as Charlie Arglist, a soft-spoken lawyer who works for local mob boss Bill Guerrard (Randy Quaid). Charlie hangs out in strip clubs, pines after femme fatale Renata (Connie Nielsen), rarely sees his kids, and basically watches life happen all around him. Ready for a change, he and the much more hardened Vic Cavanaugh (Billy Bob Thornton) steal $2.1 million from Guerrard and plan to play it cool before leaving town, trying not to create suspicion. All they need to do is make it through Christmas Eve--but that's not going to be easy for Charlie, who spends the long night getting caught up in a series of very funny, very dangerous, and very bloody events that unfold while sweet Christmas carols echo in the background. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
John Cusack
USA
Best movies:
Stand by Me (1986)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
Billy Bob Thornton
USA
Best movies:
Love Actually (2003)
Sling Blade (1996)
Dead Man (1995)
Connie Nielsen
Denmark
Best movies:
Gladiator (2000)
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Brothers (2004)
Oliver Platt
Canada
Best movies:
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Benny & Joon (1993)
Randy Quaid
USA
Best movies:
Paper Moon (1973)
Midnight Express (1978)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Ned Bellamy
USA
Best movies:
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Django Unchained (2012)
Saw (2004)
Mike Starr
USA
Best movies:
Goodfellas (1990)
Ed Wood (1994)
The Natural (1984)
Lara Phillips
Best movies:
Road to Perdition (2002)
The Ice Harvest (2005)
Jenny Wade
USA
Best movies:
Brothers (2009)
Red Eye (2005)
No Reservations (2007)
David Pasquesi
Best movies:
The Fugitive (1993)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
William Dick
Best movies:
The Express (2008)
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
The Company (2003)
Mick Napier
Best movies:
Let's Go to Prison (2006)
The Ice Harvest (2005)
Yuri Rutman
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Home Alone (1990)
The Weather Man (2005)
The Ice Harvest (2005)