8 Million Ways to Die ( Eight Million Ways to Die )

8 Million Ways to Die (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Eight Million Ways to Die
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
106 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1986 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Hal Ashby

Written By:
Lawrence Block
Oliver Stone

Actors:
Jeff Bridges ..... Matthew 'Matt' Scudder
Rosanna Arquette ..... Sarah
Alexandra Paul ..... Sunny
Randy Brooks ..... Willie 'Chance' Walker
Andy Garcia ..... Angel Moldonado
Lisa Sloan ..... Linda Scudder
Christa Denton ..... Laurie Scudder
Vance Valencia ..... Quintero
Wilfredo Hernández ..... Hector Lopez (as Wilfredo Hernandez)
Luisa Leschin ..... Hector's Wife
Vyto Ruginis ..... Joe Durkin
Chip Arnold ..... Homicide Detective
James Avery ..... Deputy D.A.
Jack Younger ..... Drunk
Zoaunne LeRoy ..... Nurse

Synopsis:

Jeff Bridges plays an LA sheriff who loses his job due to his inability to stay away from booze. While attending an AA meeting, Bridges is invited to attend a party, where he meets the beauteous Alexandra Paul. Also at the party is an old enemy of Bridges', druggie Randy Brooks. It doesn't take long for Bridges to figure out that Brooks is a pimp and Paul is one of his hookers. She begs Bridges to help her break away from Brooks. Not long afterward, Paul is killed, and Bridges crawls back into the bottle. Eventually sobering up, he vows to avenge Paul's death. Much blood is spilled before the killer is revealed (it isn't who you think); along the way, Bridges gets a new lease on life when he falls in love with ex-hooker Rosanna Arquette. An enormous flop, 8 Million Ways to Die is redeemed by Jeff Bridges' powerful performance. One hopes that the orignal Lawrence Block novel wasn't quite as confusing as the film.

Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his drinking problem and this alcoholism causes him to lose his job, as well as his marriage. During his recovery through Alcoholics Anonymous, he meets a mysterious stranger who draws him back into a world of vice. In trying to help this beautiful woman, he must enter a crime-world of prostitution and drugs to solve a murder, while resisting the temptation to return to his alcohol abuse.

A former L.A. Sheriff agrees to a high-priced call girl's pleas to buy off her pimp and win her her freedom. He quickly finds himself entangled with her and her unsavory associates.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 21 January, 2010.

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