August 12: Bully & Another Day in Paradise
Bully (2001)
Acclaimed director Larry Clark delivers his most powerful film since Kids. Marty (Brad Renfro) is a tormented surfer who, despite vicious abuse, relies on his longtime pal, Bobby (Nick Stahl), for rides to the beach and local South Florida bars. When Bobby turns his unwanted attention to Marty’s new girlfriend Lisa (Rachel Miner) and her best friend Ally (Bijou Phillips), Lisa decides Bobby’s reign of terror must end. Assembling a crew of alienated suburban teens, she forms a deadly plan to get Bobby out of the way once and for all. As the conspiracy unfolds, friends turn into enemies and casual acquaintances become co-defendants to a murder that rocked America to its core. (Lionsgate)
Print courtesy of the Paul Rayton Collection at the Academy Film Archive
- Director
- Larry Clark
- Writer
- Screenplay by Zachary Long & Roger Pullis based on the book by Jim Schutze
- Starring
- Brad Renfro, Bijou Phillips, Rachel Miner, Michael Pitt, Kelli Garner, Nick Stahl, Daniel Franzese, Leo Fitzpatrick
- Year
- 2001
- Country
- USA/France
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 108 minutes
Another Day in Paradise
Another Day in Paradise, from acclaimed director Larry Clark (Kids), is a sexy and thrilling portrayal of a makeshift family of professional thieves on a cross-country crime spree. James Woods and Melanie Griffith give outstanding performances as the scheming couple who “adopt” two young lovers, brilliantly played by Vincent Kartheiser and Natasha Gregson Wagner, into their renegade family in order to teach them the ropes of criminal life. (Lionsgate)
- Director
- Larry Clark
- Writer
- Written by Christopher Landon and Stephen Chin based on the book by Eddie Little
- Starring
- James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Vincent Kartheiser, Natasha Gregson Wagner
- Year
- 1998
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 101 minutes