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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.
Nov 6, 1987 · A college freshman returns to L.A. and finds his ex-girlfriend and ex-best friend involved in drug and debt problems. Based on Bret Easton Ellis's novel, the film features Robert Downey Jr., Andrew McCarthy and James Spader.
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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. The novel was titled after the Elvis Costello song of the same name.
A movie about three rich kids who graduate from high school and get addicted to cocaine in Beverly Hills. Robert Downey Jr. stars as Julian, a young man who loses everything and spirals out of control, while Andrew McCarthy and Jami Gertz try to help him.
- Garin Pirnia
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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.
Find out who starred in and worked on the 1987 film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's novel about drug-fueled excess in Los Angeles. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers, and more on IMDb.
His former lover, burgeoning model Blair (Jami Gertz), has begun to abuse cocaine. But her addiction pales in comparison to the drug dependency of her new boyfriend, Julian (Robert Downey Jr ...
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