Hurlyburly
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German title | Hurlyburly |
Original title | Hurlyburly |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1998 |
length | 122 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 16 |
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Director | Anthony Drazan |
script | David raven |
production |
Anthony Drazan , Richard N. Gladstein , David Shamroy Hamburger |
music |
David Baerwald , Petra Haden , Steve Lindsey |
camera | Gu Changwei |
cut | Dylan Tichenor |
occupation | |
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Hurlyburly is an American feature film ( drama ) directed by Anthony Drazan in 1998. The film is set in Los Angeles and is the cinematic adaptation of a drama staged on Broadway by David Rabe , who also wrote the screenplay for the film.
action
Friends Eddie and Mickey live together in a bungalow in Los Angeles . Phil is the third member of a grown single-male friendship and often hangs out there. Aside from their work in the film industry , they are only interested in their pleasures: cocaine , imposing their self-centered outlook on life on women and others. Because of their drug use , the friendship seems to run smoothly for a long time, but women in particular gradually cause unrest in their relationships and their not-so-happy world. The character of everyone becomes more and more apparent under the influence of drugs. Eventually a suicide occurs .
background
The title of the film is a reference to the following dialogue from Shakespeare's Macbeth : First Witch: "When shall we three meet again / In thunder, lightning, or in rain?" - Second witch: "When the hurlyburly's done, / When the battle's lost and won."
Awards
Sean Penn won the Coppa Volpi at the Venice International Film Festival in 1999 , while Anthony Drazan was nominated for the Golden Lion . Sean Penn was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award in 1999.
Web links
- Hurlyburly in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Hurlyburly atRotten Tomatoes(English)
- Criticism | Film description kino-zeit.de