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Aug 26, 1994 · Natural Born Killers: Directed by Oliver Stone. With Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Rodney Dangerfield. Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
- (246K)
- Action, Crime, Romance
- Oliver Stone
- 1994-08-26
Natural Born Killers is a 1994 American romantic crime action film directed by Oliver Stone and starring Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr., Tommy Lee Jones, and Tom Sizemore. The film tells the story of two victims of traumatic childhoods who become lovers and mass murderers, and are irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
- $34 million
- August 26, 1994
- Quentin Tarantino wrote the original script. Quentin Tarantino has been one of the most iconic and influential filmmakers in cinema ever since he unleashed "Reservoir Dogs" on an unsuspecting audience in 1992.
- Tom Sizemore was cast in the film in an unusual way. Tom Sizemore's career has been plagued with controversy, substance abuse, and legal problems, so it shouldn't surprise anyone that his casting in "Natural Born Killers" as Detective Jack Scagnetti was anything but normal.
- Michael Madsen almost got the lead role. While Quentin Tarantino has largely distanced himself from "Natural Born Killers" (more on that later), there remain quite a few connections between him and the film in addition to his writing its original screenplay.
- Wayne Gale's interview with Mickey was inspired by a real-life one. Oliver Stone has made no secret about the film's intent to critique the media's obsession with violence and death, and even talked about how the film predicted the current state of the media, telling IndieWire, "In 1990, I felt the media landscape was really changing, especially the coverage of violence ...
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Aug 26, 1994 · Unfolding in only semi-linear fashion, "Natural Born Killers" devotes its first hour to Mickey and Mallory's rampage, interspersing lurid bloodshed with moments of eerie tenderness.
Aug 25, 2019 · “Natural Born Killers” captures how our parasitical relationship to pop culture can magnify the cycle of violence. Yet that theme may be more dangerous now than it was in 1994.
