Tape (UK)
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A super-taut and superbly acted thriller
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 86 mins
Retail Price: £19.99
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
After 10 years apart, three people come together at a motel to play out the unresolved drama of their final days in high school. Anxious, edgy and fuelled up on drugs and drink, Vince (Ethan Hawke), a volunteer firefighter and dealer from the West Coast paces around his motel room awaiting the arrival of his high school friend John (Robert Sean Leonard) and his ex-girlfriend Amy (Uma Thurman). John is now a movie maker whose film is showing at a local film festival.
Amy is a district attorney who was Vince`s girlfriend before she was lured away by John. There is plenty to talk about... The nature of memory and truth, the binds between old friends and lovers are examined with jagged intensity. Amy arrives at the motel expecting only to see Vince but is stunned to be also facing John, and the past. Steeped in venom, deception and manipulation, Tape is a super-taut and superbly acted thriller written by Stephen Belber and directed by Richard Linklater.
Special Features:
Theatrical trailer
Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 1.78:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 English
Directed By:
Richard Linklater
Written By:
Stephen Belber
Starring:
Uma Thurman
Ethan Hawke
Robert Sean Leonard
Director of Photography:
Maryse Alberti
Editor:
Sandra Adair
Costume Designer:
Catherine Marie Thomas
Production Designer:
Stephen Beatrice
Producer:
Gary Winick
David Richenthal
Robert Cole
Anne Walker-McBay
Alexis Alexanian
Executive Producer:
John Sloss
Jonathan Sehring
Caroline Kaplan
Distributor:
Metrodome
Your Opinions and Comments
While I am generally quite easily pleased when it comes to film, for the first time in a while I can actually say that this film bored me. Recommended only for those who are diehard fans of the actors involved or perhaps fans of the play.
Oh, and having just the trailer on such a recent release it an absolute crime.