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The Grifters is a 1990 American crime film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Donald E. Westlake. The cast includes John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, Annette Bening, and Pat Hingle. Produced by Martin Scorsese and Robert A. Harris, the movie was filmed in California, San Diego, and Arizona, with a narrative setting in Los Angeles. It is categorized as a heist, neo-noir, and film noir, focusing on gambling and con artists.
The film has a runtime of 110 minutes and was distributed by Miramax and Netflix. It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay. Additionally, it won the National Board of Review award for Top Ten Films. The movie holds an IMDb rating of 6.8 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 92%.
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6.5A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
Cast
- Anjelica Huston as Lilly Dillon
- John Cusack as Roy Dillon
- Annette Bening as Myra Langtry
- Jan Munroe as Guy in bar
- Robert Weems as Racetrack Announcer
- Stephen Tobolowsky as Jeweler
Themes
- based on novel or book
- con man
- con artist
- los angeles, california
- horse track
- grifter
- estafa
- neo-noir
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
32,188 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Metacritic
86/100
- Year
- 1990
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 4 Oscars. 11 wins & 21 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- gambling
- Director
- Stephen Frears
- Screenwriter
- Donald E. Westlake
- Cast member
- Steve Buscemi
- Composer
- Elmer Bernstein
- Producer
- Robert A. Harris
- Cinematographer
- Oliver Stapleton
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Filming location
- Arizona
- Duration
- 110
- FilmAffinity ID
- 931947
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.miramax.com/movie/grifters
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- publication date
- 1991-04-18
- film editor
- Mick Audsley
- title
- The Grifters
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 92%
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