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UPC: 4-010232-018601 (DVD)
Region Coding: 2, 4
Production Year: 1986
Rating: FSK-16 (Freigegeben ab 16 Jahren)
Running Time: 110 min.
DVD Release: 6/30/2003
Case Type: Keep Case
Video Formats: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Disc Formats: Single Sided, Dual Layered
SRP: €0.00
Der junge Stiefsohn eines Farmers sucht etwas Spaß im Leben und gerät dabei in einen tödlichen Konflikt mit seinem leiblichen Vater, einem berüchtigten Bandenchef. Der mehrfach für einen Academy Award® nominierte Sean Penn (Dead Man Walking) und Oscar®-Gewinner Christopher Walken (Pulp Fiction) sind die Stars dieser verstörenden Gangsterballade, die auf der Lebensgeschichte des Killers Bruce Johnston beruht. Der Nachwuchsgauner Brad Whitewood, Jr. (Penn) weiß alles über kleine Diebereien. Er aber will an das große Geld heran, um seinem langweiligen Kleinstadtdasein zu entfliehen und zu seinem Vater (Walken) zu ziehen. Brad möchte genau so sein wie er, ein mit allen Wassern gewaschener Gangster. Denn mit verführerischer Bosheit und zynischer Intelligenz lässt Brads Vater das Leben eines Outlaws als aufregend und sexy erscheinen. Als Brad jedoch Zeuge wird, wie sein Alter einen kaltblütigen Mord begeht, wird ihm klar, dass es bald auch um seinen eigenen Kopf gehen könnte.

Genres
Drama
Suspense/Thriller
Crime

Studios
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Hemdale Film
Media Companies: MGM Home Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Features
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Subtitles
Dutch
English
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Italian
Portuguese
Spanish
Audio Tracks
German Dolby Digital Dolby Surround
English Dolby Digital Dolby Surround
French Dolby Digital Mono
Italian Dolby Digital Mono
Spanish Dolby Digital Mono
Cast
Sean Penn as Brad Jr.
Christopher Walken as Brad Sr.
Mary Stuart Masterson as Terry
Christopher Penn as Tommy
Millie Perkins as Julie
Eileen Ryan as Grandma
Tracey Walter as Patch
R. D. Call as Dickie
David Strathairn as Tony Pine
J. C. Quinn as Boyd
Candy Clark as Mary Sue
Jake Dengel as Lester
Kiefer Sutherland as Tim
Stephen Geoffreys as Aggie
Crispin Glover as Lucas
Noelle Parker as Jill
Alan Autry as Ernie
Paul Herman as Salesman
Gary Gober as D.A.
Marshall Fallwell Jr. as Bartender
Doug Anderson as Marshall
Nancy Sherburne as Waitress
Terry Baker as Customer
Michael Edwards as Car Salesman 1
Myke R. Mueller as Car Salesman 2
Bob McDivitt as Farmer with Shotgun
Bonita Hall as Buxom Woman
Terri Coulter as Barroom Dancer
Anna Levine as Barroom Dancer
Janie Draper as Stripper
Charles "Tatoo" Jensen as Older Guy
E. R. Davies as Detective Mosker
James Foley as Assistant D.A.
Crew
Direction:
James Foley: Director
Writing:
Elliott Lewitt: Story By
Nicholas Kazan: Story By
Nicholas Kazan: Screenwriter
Production:
John Daly: Executive Producer
Derek Gibson: Executive Producer
Elliott Lewitt: Producer
Don Guest: Producer
Cinematography:
Juan Ruiz Anchia: Director of Photography
Film Editing:
Howard Smith: Film Editor
Music:
Patrick Leonard: Composer
Patrick Leonard: Song Writer
Madonna: Song Writer
Sound:
David Brownlow: Sound
Ron Clark: Supervising Sound Editor
Terry Porter: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mel Metcalfe: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David J. Hudson: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art:
Hilary Rosenfeld: Costume Designer
Peter Jamison: Production Designer
Richard Arrington: Make-up Artist
Eileen Mae Sieff: Costume Designer
Burt Dalton: Visual Effects
Adams Calvert: Visual Effects