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1996 film directed by The Wachowskis

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Bound is a 1996 American film directed by Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski, who also wrote the screenplay. The cast includes Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly, Joe Pantoliano, and Christopher Meloni. Produced by Andrew Lazar and the Dino De Laurentiis Company, the movie was filmed in Los Angeles and Vernon. It is an English-language heist film, neo-noir, and erotic thriller centered on organized crime.

The film has a runtime of 105 or 109 minutes and features a tagline: "For money. For murder. For each other." Keywords associated with the plot include infidelity, money laundering, plumber, and crime boss. Don Davis composed the score, Bill Pope served as director of photography, and Zach Staenberg edited the film. It was distributed by Gramercy Pictures and Netflix via video on demand.

Bound received review scores of 7.9/10, 64/100, and 87%, with an IMDb rating of 7.3. The production budget was $4,500,000. Box office figures vary, with reports of $3,800,000 or $7,011,317 in revenue. The film has been assessed under the Bechdel test.

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Film · TMDB

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Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet, his seductive girlfriend, who is immediately attracted to her.

Released: 1996-09-13105 minDir: Lana WachowskiDrama, Thriller, CrimeBudget: $4.5MBox office: $7.0M

Cast

  • Gina Gershon as Corky
  • Jennifer Tilly as Violet
  • Joe Pantoliano as Caesar
  • John P. Ryan as Mickey Malnato
  • Christopher Meloni as Johnnie Marzzone
  • Richard C. Sarafian as Gino Marzzone

Themes

  • infidelity
  • money laundering
  • plumber
  • crime boss
  • heist
  • lesbian relationship
  • mafia
  • love affair
  • ex-con
  • neo-noir

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Ratings

IMDb

7.3/10

67,308 votes

Year
1996
Runtime
109 min
Genres
Crime, Thriller

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Main subject
organized crime
Screenwriter
Lilly Wachowski
Cast member
Susie Bright
Composer
Don Davis
Producer
Andrew Lazar
Production company
Dino De Laurentiis Company
Cinematographer
Bill Pope
Filming location
Vernon
Duration
108
FilmAffinity ID
890820
Distribution format
video on demand
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publication date
1996-10-31
title
Bound
distributed by
Netflix
review score
87%
capital cost
4500000
box office
3800000
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Article · Português

Bound (bra: Ligadas pelo Desejo; prt: Bound - Sem Limites) é um filme estadunidense de 1996 dos gêneros crime e suspense dirigido pelas irmãs Wachowski em sua estréia na direção de longas-metragens. O filme segue Violet, uma sedutora mulher que deseja escapar de seu relacionamento com seu namorado mafioso Ceasar, tendo um caso amoroso com a ex-presidiária Corky; as duas mulheres traçam um plano para roubar dois milhões de dólares em dinheiro de Ceasar, quantia esta oriunda da própria máfia. Bound conta com Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon e Joe Pantoliano nos papéis principais. Foi o primeiro filme dirigido pelas irmãs Wachowskis, a qual se inspiraram em Billy Wilder para contar uma história ao estilo noir cheia de sexo e violência. Financiado por Dino De Laurentiis, o longa foi feito com um orçamento apertado. Os diretores inicialmente lutaram para escalar as personagens lésbicas de Violet e Corky antes de garantir Tilly e Gershon no elenco; para coreografar as cenas de sexo entre as duas, os diretores contrataram a educadora sexual Susie Bright, que também fez uma aparição no filme. Bound recebeu críticas positivas dos críticos de cinema que elogiaram o humor e o estilo dos diretores, bem como o retrato realista de um relacionamento lésbico em um filme convencional. Já os contestadores do filme consideraram sua trama superficial e criticaram sua "violência excessiva".

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