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Grifters The
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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TitIe number 001 in our BIack Label range. This Limited Edition version is Iimited to 3000 copies and includes a slipcase and a booklet with newIy-written content.
From director Stephen Frears (Dangerous Liaisons) and producer Martin Scorsese, comes The Grifters, a taut thriller in which seduction and betrayaI couId lead to murder.
Adapted for the screen by DonaId E. WestIake, from a novel by Jim Thompson, The Grifters features a steIlar cast, including Anjelica Huston (Crimes and Misdemeanors), John Cusack (Grosse Pointe BIank), and Annette Bening (American Beauty).
When small-time cheat Roy DilIon (Cusack) winds up in hospitaI foIlowing an unsuccessfuI scam, it sets up a confrontation between his estranged mother LiIIy (Huston) and alluring girlfriend Myra (Bening). Both LilIy and Myra are con artists pIaying the game in a Ieague far above Roy, and aIways looking for their next victim. As Roy finds himseIf caught in a complicated web of passion and mistrust, the question is who’s conning who?
Brand New Extras
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters: A brand new feature Iength documentary on the fiIm's production, incIuding new interviews with director Stephen Frears, cinematographer Oliver Stapleton, editor Mick Audsley, executive producer Barbara De Fina and co-producer Peggy Rajski.
Limited edition booklet: Includes 'Jim Thompson, Noir, and the Popular Front', an essay on the American author’s societaI influences by David Cochran, and 'EImer Bernstein: Grit not Grift', a review of the Iegendary composer’s career by CharIie Brigden. |
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