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Greed is good. Sex is easy. Youth is forever.

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Last modified: Nov. 26, 2009

The Informers

Release Date: Friday, April 24, 2009 Limited

Director: Gregor Jordan

Starring: Billy Bob Thornton Kim Basinger Austin Nichols Ashley Olsen Jon Foster

R Drama N/A

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Plot

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Bret Easton Ellis (“Less Than Zero” and “American Psycho”) adapts his own acclaimed novel for the screen, returning to the Los Angeles of the early 1980’s with a multi-strand narrative that deftly balances a vast array of characters who represent both the top of the heap (a Hollywood dream merchant, a dissolute rock star, an aging newscaster) and the bottom (a voyeuristic doorman, an amoral ex-con). Connecting all his intertwining strands are the quintessential Ellis protagonists—a group of beautiful, blonde young men and women who sleep all day and party all night, doing drugs—and one another—with abandon, never realizing that they are dancing on the edge of a volcano. Filmed with uncommon glamour and grit by acclaimed Australian director Gregor Jordan, "The Informers" is an alternately blistering and chilling portrait of hedonism run amuck. The film stars Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Winona Ryder, Jon Foster and Amber Heard.
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The film's director Gregor Jordan last directed Dirt Music and Ned Kelly. The film's writer Gregor Jordan last wrote The Tripods Trilogy.

Producer
Marco Weber
Production Company
Senator Films

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Key Facts

  • Based on short stories by Bret Easton Ellis.

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Parent Rating
R Restricted for pervasive language and some disturbing images
Runtime
N/A
Tagline
Greed is good. Sex is easy. Youth is forever.
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Language
English

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Release Dates

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The Informers was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, April 24, 2009. in around 482 theaters There were 8 other movies released on the same date, including Obsessed, Fighting and The Soloist. As a limited release, The Informers was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.

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Thu., Nov. 26, 2009

  • Added the DVD release date of August 25, 2009

  • Added the soundtrack release date of June 23, 2009

  • Changed the film release date from TBA 2009 to April 24, 2009

  • Added a synopsis

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