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Natural Born Killers
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Natural Born Killers is a 1994 American crime, prison, mystery, and rape and revenge film directed by Oliver Stone. The screenplay was written by Stone and Quentin Tarantino, with production handled by Arnon Milchan and Don Murphy. The cast includes Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, and Tom Sizemore. Leonard Cohen composed the soundtrack, while Robert Richardson served as director of photography and Brian Berdan as film editor. The film was produced by Regency Enterprises and Warner Bros. Entertainment, and distributed by Netflix.
The narrative follows two victims of traumatized childhoods who become lovers and serial murderers, a story that is irresponsibly glorified by the mass media. The film’s tagline is "The media made them superstars." Principal photography took place in New Mexico and Chicago, with the narrative set in Arizona and New Mexico. The movie is presented in black-and-white and runs for 119 minutes. It received the Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival.
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7.1Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
Cast
- Woody Harrelson as Mickey Knox
- Juliette Lewis as Mallory Knox
- Robert Downey Jr. as Wayne Gale
- Tommy Lee Jones as Warden Dwight McClusky
- Tom Sizemore as Det. Jack Scagnetti
- Rodney Dangerfield as Mallory's Dad
Themes
- daughter
- journalist
- sadistic
- mass murder
- yellow press
- pop culture
- trauma
- controversy
- satire
- young couple
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Oliver Stone
- Screenplay by
- David Veloz Richard Rutowski Oliver Stone
- Story by
- Quentin Tarantino
- Produced by
- Jane Hamsher Don Murphy Clayton Townsend
- Starring
- Woody Harrelson Juliette Lewis Robert Downey Jr. Tommy Lee Jones Tom Sizemore
- Cinematography
- Robert Richardson
- Edited by
- Hank Corwin Brian Berdan
- Production companies
- Regency Enterprises Alcor Films Ixtlan Productions New Regency JD Productions
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release date
- August 26, 1994 ( 1994-08-26 )
- Running time
- 119 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $34 million
- Box office
- $110 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- mass media
- Director
- Oliver Stone
- Screenwriter
- Quentin Tarantino
- Composer
- Leonard Cohen
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Robert Richardson
- Narrative location
- New Mexico
- Filming location
- Chicago
- Duration
- 119
- FilmAffinity ID
- 558220
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Natural Born Killers logo.png
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- publication date
- 1994-00-00
- soundtrack release
- Natural Born Killers
- film editor
- Brian Berdan
- title
- Natural Born Killers
- color
- black-and-white
- executive producer
- Arnon Milchan
- distributed by
- Netflix
- capital cost
- 34000000
- nominated for
- MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss
- set in period
- 1990s
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 74/100
- box office
- 50282766
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Encyclopedic overview
Natural Born Killers is a 1994 American romantic crime film co-written and 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.
The film is based on an original screenplay by Quentin Tarantino that was heavily revised by Stone, writer David Veloz, and associate producer Richard Rutowski. Tarantino received a story credit though he subsequently disowned the film. Jane Hamsher, Don Murphy, and Clayton Townsend produced the film, with Arnon Milchan, Thom Mount, and Stone as executive producers.
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