Film: The Informers

[tribal girl]

CAST:

Winona Ryder - Cheryl Laine
Billy Bob Thornton - William
Kim Basinger - Graham's Mother
Mickey Rourke - Peter--Security Guard
Brad Renfro - Jack
Brandon Routh - Jamie
Amber Heard - Christie
Jon Foster - Graham
Austin Nichols - Martin
Rhys Ifans - Roger
Lou Taylor Pucci - Tim Price
Chris Isaak - Les Price
Aaron Himelstein - Raymond
Mel Raido - Bryan Metro
Simone Kessell - Nina Metro
Joel Edgerton - Matt Davis
Angela Sarafyan - Mary

Plot Synopsis:
A collection of Bret Easton Ellis's short stories are adapted for the screen by Ellis and Nicholas Jarecki and helmed by Gregor Jordan in The Informers, a Senator Entertainment ensemble featuring Billy Bob Thorton, Kim Basinger, and Winona Ryder. The film observes the goings-on during a week in Los Angeles in 1983, with many intersecting characters including a kidnapper, movie executives, rock stars, and other freewheeling, morally loose individuals. Austin Nichols, Jon Foster, and Amber Heard co-star.

The Informers is an upcoming American ensemble film written by Bret Easton Ellis and Nicholas Jarecki and directed by Gregor Jordan. The film is based on the 1994 collection of short stories of the same name, also written by Ellis.

Filming took place in Los Angeles, Uruguay, and Buenos Aires. It was the last film for actor Brad Renfro before his January 15, 2008 death at the age of 25.

Actor Jon Foster has announced that the supernatural elements of the short stories, including zombies and vampires, have been removed from the film adaptation.

Anyone else interested?

 

[L2R]

most definitely interested! thanks for the headsup. for this you get a premature poll. enjoy! :D


interesting choice of director imo.

imdb link

 

[junctionalfunkie]

I've never read any of Ellis' short stories. I could probably go for bite-sized morsels of BEE's writing rather than a bloated buffet like Glamorama.

IMO, The Rules of Attraction, both book and film, were highly underrated. I will probably see The Informers.

Was this Brad Renfro's last work, I wonder?

 

[tribal girl]

interesting choice of director imo.

Yeah, I guess. I enjoyed Buffalo Soldiers a lot, though I haven't seen any of his other films.

Was this Brad Renfro's last work, I wonder?

Apparently, yes.

Filming took place in Los Angeles, Uruguay, and Buenos Aires. It was the last film for actor Brad Renfro before his January 15, 2008 death at the age of 25.

 

[tribal girl]

*bump*

Anyone seen it?

 

[doesntmatter]

going tonight. i'll report back : )

 

[doesntmatter]

ok, so it felt extremely disjointed the entire time. some of the acting was on point (chris isaak, lou taylor pucci, john foster) other roles came off as if out of a soap opera...

two stars might be generous.

....john foster looked like christian bale to me throughout the film

 

[tribal girl]

Hmm, yeah thanks. I must admit, the trailer does make it look a little soap opera-like. I'm not sure what to make of it.

It makes it look a bit like that TV program, Dirty Sexy Money. Which I did not like.

 

[captainballs]

I think you called it. I am an authority on judging movies before they come out, and this is trash. Bret Easton Ellis is great, but he let it slip in Lunar Park when he said that it was time to be rich again so he did ______. This is more of a primer for the new generation of people who didn't see American Psycho or aren't familiar with Bret Easton Ellis's take on materialism and apathy, except since we're in a recession people actually have to want to see the movie or no one will finance it. Hence the ham fisted forced coolness and the formulaic, television-like dramatic sequences showcased in the trailer. Bret Easton Ellis may be collecting a check from this, but there is no Bret Easton Ellis in this movie.

I'll still watch it and enjoy it, but it doesn't add anything. I also watch and enjoy XXX starring Ice Cube.