Harry Goldfarb (Jared Leto) and Marion Silver
(Jennifer Connelly) are lovers in Brooklyn with dreams of setting up a small
business and spending the rest of their lives in love--their version of the
American dream. The two are also desperate heroin addicts, a compulsion that
darkens their lives and leads Harry to repeatedly pawn his mothers television.
His mother, Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn), is addicted to television, which is
why she keeps replacing the stolen set. One day she receives a call from her
favorite show, the surreal TAPPY TIBBONS SHOW, and learns that she has been
selected to appear on an upcoming broadcast. When she cant fit into her best
red dress, her doctor prescribes diet pills (uppers), to which she swiftly and
painfully becomes addicted. Harrys cohort, an intelligent hustler named Tyrone
(Marlon Wayans), completes the foursome. (filmaffinity.com)
Country U.S.A.
Year 2000
Duration 102 min.
Director Darren
Aronofsky
Screenwriter Darren Aronofsky, Hubert Selby Jr. (Novel:
Hubert Selby Jr.)
Composer Clint Mansell
Cast Jared Leto,
Jennifer Connelly, Ellen Burstyn, Marlon Wayans, Christopher McDonald, Louise
Lasser, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Janet Sarno, Suzanne Shepherd, Dylan Baker, Keith
David, Peter Maloney
Genre Drama.
Rating (filmaffinity.com) 7,8
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