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Less than Zero is a 1987 American drama film directed by Marek Kanievska, loosely based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Bret Easton Ellis. The film stars Andrew McCarthy as Clay, a college freshman returning home for Christmas to spend time with his ex-girlfriend Blair ( Jami Gertz) and his friend Julian ( Robert Downey Jr. ), both of ...
Nov 6, 1987 · Less Than Zero: Directed by Marek Kanievska. With Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr., James Spader. A college freshman returns to L.A. for the holidays at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.
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- Crime, Drama
- Marek Kanievska
- 1987-11-06
Less than Zero is the debut novel of Bret Easton Ellis, published in 1985. It was his first published effort, released when he was 21 years old and still a student at Bennington College.
George Carlin was once asked how cocaine made you feel, and he answered: "It makes you feel like having some more cocaine." That inescapable fact is at the bottom of "Less than Zero," a movie that knows cocaine inside out and paints a portrait of drug addiction that is all the more harrowing because it takes place in the Beverly Hills fast lane, in a world of wealth, sex, glamor and helpless ...
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- Bret Easton Ellis switched the novel from third to first person. Ellis began working on Less Than Zero when he was a sophomore in high school. While attending Bennington College, Ellis’s professor, Joe McGinniss—who had showed the book to his own agent—suggested Ellis use first-person narration.
- Ellis swears the book isn’t an autobiography. Though the novel has been described as being autobiographical, Ellis has since cleared those rumors up.
- If the book were written today, Ellis said it would be “20 pages long.” Ellis thinks the advent of smartphones would make the book “20 pages long” today.
- The original script was similar to the novel. Producer Marvin Worth optioned Less Than Zero before it was even published and hired Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Michael Cristofer to adapt the book for the big screen.
Jan 15, 2013 · Original theatrical trailer for the 1987 film "Less Than Zero." Starring Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey, Jr., James Spader. Based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis.
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Less Than Zero. A couple of standout performances -- notably Robert Downey, Jr. and James Spader -- and a killer soundtrack can't quite elevate a somewhat superficial adaptation of Bret Easton ...
