Billy Zane
Marty Lakewood
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This World, Then the Fireworks is a 1997 American crime drama film directed by Michael Oblowitz and starring Billy Zane, Gina Gershon, and Sheryl Lee. The screenplay is based on a short story of the same name by Jim Thompson.
Jul 11, 1997 · This World, Then the Fireworks: Directed by Michael Oblowitz. With Billy Zane, Gina Gershon, Christian Durango, Sloan Cobb. In 1950s, two incestuous lovers, a depraved suave journalist and his equally depraved prostitute sister, plan to get rich through seduction and murder.
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- Crime, Drama
- Michael Oblowitz
- 1997-07-11
In this film adaptation of a book by novelist Jim Thompson, Marty (Billy Zane) and Carol Lakewood (Gina Gershon) are twins bound together by the horrors...
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- Michael Oblowitz
- R
- Billy Zane
This World, Then the Fireworks. 1997 · 1 hr 40 min. R. Crime · Drama. Two incestuous lovers, a depraved suave journalist and his equally depraved prostitute sister, plan to get rich through seduction and murder. Audio Languages: English. Subtitles: English. Starring: Billy Zane Gina Gershon Christian Durango Sloan Cobb Roberta Hanley.
- Michael Oblowitz
- 100 min
- January 1, 1997
Film Details. Notes. Brief Synopsis. Read More. Set in 1950s, a noir crime drama about two siblings Marty and Carol who have always been devotedly protective of each other. Partners in grifting and murder, their mutual devotion for one another has turned erotic. Marty's a seductive con man on the run from the police. Carol's an independent hooker.
“This World, Then the Fireworks” is an obscure, sleazy neo noir that follows truly fucked up characters and is filled with sex, schemes, murder, and depravity (including twincest). The film is at its best when it leans into the cartoonish insanity but rather dull when it tries to be more serious.
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Marty Lakewood is a reporter forced to leave Chicago and his family because he had uncovered too much police corruption. He returns to his small home town on the California coast to his ailing mother and prostitute sister, with whom he had an incestuous affair.
