8MM (1998)
Runtime: 2 hrs 4 mins
Synopsis: Nicholas Cage plays Tom Welles, a straight-laced surveillance specialist. His innocent, naive world begins to unravel when he is hired by the widow of an industrialist to investigate what she has shockingly discovered in her late husband's safe. It appears to be a snuff film of a young girl... Nicholas Cage plays Tom Welles, a straight-laced surveillance specialist. His innocent, naive world begins to unravel when he is hired by the widow of an industrialist to investigate what she has shockingly discovered in her late husband's safe. It appears to be a snuff film of a young girl being murdered. In order to discover the truth, he must enter the city's seedy underworld, guided by porn-store clerk Max California (Joaquim Phoenix, LADDER 49). [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener, Peter Stormare
Screenwriter: Andrew Kevin Walker
Producer: Joel Schumacher, Judy Hofflund, Gavin Polone
Composer: Mychael Danna
DVD Info
Release:
Nov 22, 2005
DVD Features:
- Full Frame - 2.35
Audio:
- Dolby Surround Sound - English
- Subtitles - English - Closed Captioning
- Subtitles - English - Optional
Buy It On DVD
Reviews
8mm is neither the sick exploitation film nor the risible misfire the critics had prepared us for -- it is a movie of serious intent.
Quite possibly the most revolting studio picture since the execrable 1980 Al Pacino flick Cruising
Related Forums

by: Lucky7s22G 2/12
News
posted by Fred Topel February 04, 2007
Fans of '80s movies, cool vampire horror or The Coreys Haim and Feldman have all awaited the possibility of a "Lost...

Top Critic