Germany, USA, 1999
123m
35mm film, Technicolor, 2.39:1
Dolby Digital, SDDS, English
A German/American horror film directed by Joel Schumacher.
Plot Summary
A small-town private investigator and surveillance specialist is drawn into a dark underworld when he receives a reel of film which seems to be a genuine “snuff” film.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
© 1999 Global Entertainment Productions GmbH & Co Medien KG
Columbia Pictures presents a Hofflund/Polone production. A Film by Joel Schumacher
Executive Producer: Joseph M. Caracciolo
Produced by: Gavin Polone, Judy Hofflund, Joel Schumacher
Co-produced by: Jeff Levine
Written by: Andrew Kevin Walker
Director of Photography: Robert Elswit
Editor: Mark Stevens
Music Composed by: Mychael Danna
Production Mixer: Willie Burton
Costume Designer: Mona May
Make-up: Michael Mills
Hair Stylist: Peter Tothpal
Special Effects Coordinator: Richard S. Wood
Production Designer: Gary Wissner
Casting by: Mali Finn
Filmed at: Sony Pictures Studios, Culver City, California
Cast
Nicolas Cage (Tom Welles)
Joaquin Phoenix (Max California)
James Gandolfini (Eddie Poole)
Peter Stormare (Dino Velvet)
Anthony Heald (Longdale)
Chris Bauer (Machine)
Catherine Keener (Amy Welles)
Myra Carter (Mrs Christian)
Amy Morton (Mrs Mathews)
Jenny Powell (Mary Anne Mathews)
Anne Gee Byrd (senator)
Jack Betts (butler)
Luis Oropeza (archive director)
Rachel Singer (neighbour)
Don Creech (Mr Anderson)
Norman Reedus (Warren Anderson)
Fran Bennett, Wilma Bonet (nuns)
Luis Saguar (Manny)
Walter K. Jordan, Norm Compton, Brian Keith Russell (thugs)
John Robb (porn dealer)
Alternative Titles
8 milimetara– Serbia
8 milimetrai– Lithuania
8 milímetros– Uruguay
8 milimetrów– Poland
8 milliméter– Hungary
8 Millimeter– USA (advertising title)
8 millimètres– Canada (French)
8 mm – kahdeksan millimetriä– Finland
8 mm – otte millimeter– Denmark
8 mm– France
8 миллиметров– Russia
8 мм– Bulgaria
8mm – Acht Millimeter– Austria
8mm – Delitto a luci rosse– Italy
8MM -Eight Millimeter– Finland (video)
8MM: 8 milímetros– Argentina
8mm: Acht Millimeter– Germany
8mm: Ocho milímetros– Mexico
8mm: Oito Milímetros– Brazil
8mm– Japan, Portugal
Asesinato en 8 mm– Spain
Asesinato en 8mm.– Spain
Assassinat en 8 mil·límetres– Spain (Catalan)
Eight Millimeter– USA (advertising title), USA (working title)
Hachi miri– Japan
Huit millimètres– Canada (French)
Kahdeksan millimetriä– Finland (video)
Những Thước Phim Tội Lỗi– Vietnam
Osiem milimetrów(alternative spelling)– Poland
Sexy World– USA (working title)
Super 8– Sweden
Οκτώ χιλιοστά– Greece
Вісім міліметрів– Ukraine
Осем милиметра– Bulgaria
八厘米– Taiwan
Links
Extracts included in
The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009)
The Found Footage Phenomenon (2021)
The Making of 8MM (1999)
References
Periodicals
- Cinefantastique vol.31 no.3 (March 1999) pp.44-45 – illustrated interview with Joel Schumacher (8mm by Anthony P. Montesano)
- Creative Screenwriting vol.6 no.1 (January/February 1999) p.22 – illustrated script review (Script comments by Daniel S. Duvall)
- Empire no.114 (December 1998) pp.48-49 – illustrated preview (Reel life: Future films by Caroline Westbrook)
- Empire no.116 (February 1999) p.108 – illustrated article (Preview of the year 1999 by Caroline Westbrook)
- Empire no.119 (May 1999) pp.118-123 – illustrated interview (Art of darkness by Adam Smith)
- Empire no.119 (May 1999) pp.14-15 – illustrated review (New films by Ian Freer)
- Empire no.125 (November 1999) p.133 – illustrated video review (Videos to rent by Kim Newman)
- Empire no.127 (January 2000) p.150 – DVD review (DVD to buy by AS)
- Entertainment Weekly no.471 (12 February 1999) p.28 – illustrated preview (The A list)
- Entertainment Weekly no.475 (5 March 1999) pp.38-39 – illustrated review (Snuff guy by Lisa Schwarzbaum)
- Entertainment Weekly no.495 (23 July 1999) pp.71, 73 – illustrated video review (Peek performance by Troy Patterson)
- Fangoria no.180 (March 1999) pp.38-41, 76 – illustrated interview with Andrew Kevin Walker (Sick seven 8mm by Mark Salisbury)
- Film Dienst vol.52 no.5 (2 March 1999) p.24 – illustrated review (8mm – Acht Millimeter by Oliver Rahayel)
- Film Review May 1999 p.22 – illustrated review (Eight millimeter by Stewart Edwards); 58-61 – illustrated review (Sick boy! by James Mottram)
- Film Score Monthly vol.3 no.9 (October/November 1998) p.45 – interview with Michael Danna (VR, dead dudes and a dick by Doug Adams
- Film Score Monthly vol.4 no.4 (April/May 1999) p.37 – soundtrack review (Score: reviews of current releases on CD by Jeff Bond)
- Film-Echo/Filmwoche no.8 27 (February 1999) p.46 – review (8mm by Katharina Dockhorn)
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.351 no.12 (10 February 1998) p.25 – credits (Films in production by Brian Fuson)
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.352 no.6 (14 April 1998) p.27 – credits (Films in production by Brian Huson)
- Jump Cut no.43 (July 2000) pp.16-20 – illustrated article (8MM: will the real machine please stand up? by Peter Lehman)
- Music from the Movies no.23 (Spring 1999) p.18 – illustrated soundtrack review (Film music review by Andrew Keech)
- Positif no.458 (April 1999) p.55 – illustrated review (Huit millimetres by M.B.)
- Premiere no.265 (April 1999) p.43 – illustrated review (8 MM by Gérard Delorme)
- Premiere vol.12 no.7 (March 1999) pp.62-69, 100 – illustrated interview with Nicholas Cage and Joel Schumacher (Voyeurs, guns, and money by Holly Millea)
- Screen International no.1198 (5 March 1999) p.24 – review (8MM by Sheila Johnston)
- Sight and Sound vol.9 no.11 (November 1999) p.64 – video review (Video: rental by Danny Leigh)
- Sight and Sound vol.9 no.5 (May 1999) p.45 – illustrated credits, synopsis, review (Reviews by Mark Kermode)
- Sight and Sound vol.9 no.7 (July 1999) p.64 – note (Additions and corrections)
- Total Film no.28 (May 1999) pp.62-67 – illustrated interview with Joel Schumacher and Nicolas Cage (8mm by Colin Kennedy)
- Total Film no.28 (May 1999) pp.78-79 – illustrated review (Film reviews by Andy Lowe)
- Variety 22 February 1999 pp.49, 62 – illustrated credits, synopsis, review (Film reviews by Derek Elley)
- The Velvet Light Trap no.59 (Spring 2007) pp.4-14 – illustrated article (Prurient Pictures and Popular Film: The Crisis of Pornographic Representation by Catherine Zuromskis)
Books
- The Films of the Nineties: A Complete, Qualitative Filmography of Over 3000 Feature-Length English Language Films, Theatrical and Video-Only, Released Between January 1, 1990, and December 31, 1999 by Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn L. Nowlan p.169-170
