The Blackout (1997 film)
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| Directed by | Abel Ferrara |
| Written by | Abel Ferrara Marla Hanson Chris Zois |
| Produced by | Edward R. Pressman Clayton Townsend |
| Starring | Matthew Modine |
| Cinematography | Ken Kelsch |
| Edited by | Anthony Redman |
| Music by | Joe Delia |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Destination Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $110.000[1] |
The Blackout is a 1997 American drama film directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Matthew Modine. It was screened out of competition at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Plot
[edit]Matty is an actor and popular film star who is tired of Hollywood life and moves to Miami, where he makes a marriage proposal to his French girlfriend Annie. She is not ready to marry him, and it is revealed that she had an abortion. Depressed because he lost his baby (though it was he who initially asked for abortion), Matty, together with his friend Micky, go out for a wild night. At a nightclub, they meet a young waitress also named Annie and at the end of the night Matty passes out.
A year and a half later, Matty lives in New York, leads a clean life visiting AA meetings and has a relationship with an attractive model named Susan. He is still obsessed with his former girlfriend Annie, and about the mysterious missing part of his night back in Miami. Matty travels back to Miami to look up some old friends as well as try to find Annie 1, who vanished without a trace. Matty eventually learns that some secrets from his past are best left unrevealed.
Cast
[edit]- Matthew Modine – Matty
- Claudia Schiffer – Susan
- Béatrice Dalle – Annie 1
- Sarah Lassez – Annie 2
- Dennis Hopper – Mickey Wayne
- Steven Bauer – Mickey's Studio Actor
- Laura Bailey – Mickey's Studio Actress
- Nancy Ferrara – Mickey's Studio Actress
- Andrew Fiscella – Mickey's Studio Actor (as Andy Fiscella)
- Vincent Lamberti – Mickey's Studio Actor
- Victoria Duffy – Script Girl
- Nicholas De Cegli – Miami Drug Dealer
- Daphne Duplaix – Fly Girl (Daphne)
- Mercy Lopez – Fly Girl (Jasmine)
- Lori Eastside – That Girl
- Shareef Malnik – Gold Carder
- Peter Cannold – Movie Investor
References
[edit]- ^ "The Blackout (1997) - JPBox-Office".
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Blackout". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
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