8MM
"You can't prepare for where the truth will take you."
ThrillerCrimeMystery
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.
🎬 DirectorJoel Schumacher
📅 Release1999-02-26
🌍 CountryGermany, United States of America
🗣 LanguageEnglish
🏢 StudioGlobal Medien KG, Hofflund/Polone, Columbia Pictures
🗳 Votes2,200
🔥 Popularity5
💰 Budget$40,000,000
💵 Revenue$96,618,699
🎭 Cast
Nicolas Cage
Tom Welles
Joaquin Phoenix
Max California
James Gandolfini
Eddie Poole
Peter Stormare
Dino Velvet
Anthony Heald
Longdale
Chris Bauer
Machine
Catherine Keener
Amy Welles
Myra Carter
Mrs. Christian
Amy Morton
Mrs. Mathews
Norman Reedus
Warren Anderson
Jenny Powell
Mary Ann Mathews
Anne Gee Byrd
Senator
Jack Betts
Butler
Luis Oropeza
Archive Director
Rachel Singer
Neighbor
🎥 Crew
DirectorJoel Schumacher
ProducerJoel Schumacher
ProducerJudy Hofflund
ProducerGavin Polone
Original Music ComposerMychael Danna
Director of PhotographyRobert Elswit
EditorMark Stevens
CastingMali Finn
Production DesignGary Wissner
Art DirectionGershon Ginsburg
🖼 Gallery
🏷 Keywords
new york citypornographyundergroundloss of loved onesex shopobsessioninvestigationporn actorsnuffsadomasochismchild pornographyprivate investigator
💬 Reviews
Into the perverse underworld of smut, S&M and snuff films RELEASED IN 1999 and directed by Joel Schumacher, "8MM" chronicles events when a private investigator (Nicolas Cage) is hired by an aged wealthy woman whose husband recently passed away. A snuff film was found in his safe and she wants to see if the girl in the movie (Jenny Powell) really died or not. Amy Morton appears as the girl’s m…
8MM probably only got greenlit due to the success of Se7en. Like Se7en, 8MM explores the existence of people who are simply pure evil while the main character wants to know why they are like this. 8MM doesn't provide many answers but it also isn't thematically complex. It follows a standard whodunit plot. While Nicolas Cage gives a solid performance, there are times where he takes us out of the st…
Another one of Nicholas Cage's crazy movies. Like all the rest of his movies, this one was good too.…
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