USA, 1994
119m
35mm film, colour (Technicolor), 1.85:1
Dolby Digital, English
An American horror film directed by Oliver Stone.
Plot Summary
Psychopathic killers Mickey and Mallory Knox go on a violent rampage, becoming global media stars as they go.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Oliver Stone
© 1994 Warner Bros. Productions Ltd/, Monarchy Enterprises C.V.
Warner Bros. presents in association with Regency Enterprises and Alcor Films an Ixtlan/New Regency production. In association with JD Productions. An Oliver Stone film
Executive Producers: Arnon Milchan, Thom Mount
Produced by: Jane Hamsher, Don Murphy, Clayton Townsend
Co-Producer: Rand Vossler
Associate Producers: Risa Bramon Garcia, Richard Rutowski
Screenplay by: David Veloz, Richard Rutowski, Oliver Stone
Story by: Quentin Tarantino
Director of Photography: Robert Richardson
Edited by: Hank Corwin, Brian Berdan
Sound Mixer: David MacMillan
Costume Designer: Richard Hornung
Key Make-Up: Matthew W. Mungle
Hair Designer: Cydney Cornell
Special Effects Make-Up: Matthew W. Mungle, Gordon J. Smith
Special Effects Coordinator: Matt Sweeney
Visual Effects by: Pacific Data Images
Animation Sequences by: (Colossal) Pictures
Production Designer: Victor Kempster
Casting: Risa Bramon Garcia, Billy Hopkins, Heidi Levitt
Filmed entirely on location in arizona, New Mexico & Illinois
Cast
Woody Harrelson (Mickey Knox)
Juliette Lewis (Mallory Knox)
Robert Downey Jr (Wayne Gale)
Tommy Lee Jones (Dwight McClusky)
Tom Sizemore (Jack Scagnetti)
Rodney Dangerfield (Mallory’s dad)
Russell Means (old Indian)
Pruitt Taylor Vince (Kavanaugh)
Joe Grifasi (Duncan Homolka)
Edie McClurg (Mallory’s mom)
Kirk Baltz (Roger)
Marshall Bell (deputy 1)
Everett Quinton (Wurlitzer)
O-Lan Jones (Mabel)
Ed White (pinball cowboy)
Richard Lineback (Sonny)
Lanny Flaherty (Earl)
Carol-Renee Modrall (short order cook)
Sean Stone (Kevin)
Jerry Gardner (work boss 1)
Helen Caffrey (work boss 2)
Leon Skyhorse Thomas (work boss 3)
Alternative Titles
Asesinos natos – Spain
Asesinos por naturaleza – Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, USA (Spanish)
Assassini nati – Natural Born Killers – Italy
Assassinos Natos – Portugal
Assassinos por Natureza – Brazil`
Gennimenoi dolofonoi – Greece
Ghatelin-e belfetreh – Iran (Persian)
Gimę žudyti – Lithuania
Katil Doğanlar – Turkey
Le meurtre dans le sang – Canada (French)
Născuţi asasini – Romania
Nascuts per matar – Spain (Catalan)
Natural Born Killers – syntyneet tappajiksi – Finland (video)
Rođeni ubojice – Croatia
Rojena morilca – Slovenia
Sündinud tapjaks – Estonia
Syntyneet tappajiksi – Finland
Született gyilkosok – Hungary
Takí normálni zabijaci – Slovakia
Takoví normální zabijáci – Czech Republic
Tueurs nés – France
Tug’ma qotillar – Uzbekistan
Ucigasi din nastere – Romania
Urodzeni mordercy – Poland
Γεννημένοι δολοφόνοι – Greece
Природжені вбивці – Ukraine
Прирожденные убийцы – Russia
Рођене убице – Serbia
Убийци по рождение – Bulgaria
ナチュラル・ボーン・キラーズ – Japan
नैचुरल बोर्न किलर्स – India (Hindi)
天生杀人狂 – China (Mandarin)
閃靈殺手 – Taiwan
Links
Includes extracts from
Captain Sindbad (1963)
Frankenstein (1931)
Night of the Lepus (1972)
Extracts included in
1,001 Movies You Must See (Before You Die) (2014)
1995 MTV Movie Awards (1995)
Burn (1994)
Censored (1999)
Chaos Rising: The Storm Around Natural Born Killers (2001)
Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing (2003)
Empire of the Censors (1995)
In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)
Natural Born Killers: Method in the Madness (2014)
The Nightmare (2015)
Tarantino’s Mind (2006)
TrimarkPictures.com Promo (2000)
Wanderlust (2006)
References
Periodicals
- American Cinematographer vol.75 no.11 (November 1994) pp.36-46, 48, 50, 52-54 – illustrated interview with Oliver Stone and Robert Richardson (Natural Born Killers blasts big screen with both barrels by Stephen Pizzello)
- American Cinematographer vol.75 no.12 (December 1994) pp.26, 28-29 – article (Filmmakers’ forum: bang bang bang bang, ad nauseum by John Bailey)
- American Cinematographer vol.81 no.5 (May 2000) p.16 – DVD review (DVD playback by Chris Pizzello)
- Broadcast 12 April 1996 p.1 – note (Birt under fire over Killers film rights by John Lewis)
- Broadcast 8 March 1996 p.1 – note (Alton condemns BBFC decision to release Oliver Stone’s Killers by John Lewis)
- CineAction! no.68 (2006) pp.2-10 – illustrated article (Articulating the Violence Debate: True Lies, Natural Born Killers, and the Terms of ‘Cultural Contamination’ by Kimberly A. Owczarski)
- Cinéaste vol.21 no.1/2 (February 1995) pp.83-84 – credits, review (by Christopher Sharrett)
- Creative Screenwriting vol.3 no.2 (Autumn 1996) pp.56-60 – illustrated interview with David Veloz (Wolves that are lovers: David Veloz on Natural Born Killers by Scott C. Bradley)
- Creative Screenwriting vol.3 no.4 (Special 1996) pp.46-76 – illustrated article (A Tarantino script: the screenplays of Quentin Tarantino by Charles Deemer)
- Empire no.146 (August 2001) p.30 – article (Re-born free!)
- Empire no.163 (January 2003) p.164 – illustrated DVD review (RWD)
- Empire no.217 (July 2007) pp.126-127 – illustrated article (Lost performances by Gordon Coates)
- Empire no.233 (November 2008) pp.88-172 – illustrated article (The 500 greatest movies of all time)
- Empire no.246 (December 2009) pp.156-162 – illustrated article (The original natural born killers by Adam Smith)
- Empire no.56 (February 1994) p.10 – note (em>Apeman!)
- Empire no.66 (December 1994) p.28 – illustrated review (New films by Clark Collis)
- Empire no.66 (December 1994) p.71 – illustrated article (Porridge it ain’t… by David E. Williams)
- Empire no.66 (December 1994) p.73 – illustrated article (It’s got to go… by David E. Williams)
- Empire no.66 (December 1994) pp.68-71, 73-74, 76 – illustrated interview with Oliver Stone, filmography (Killing joke? by Philip Thomas)
- Empire no.67 (January 1995) pp.10-11 – illustrated article (Front desk news:Natural Born Killers: the story so far)
- Empire no.68 (February 1995) p.11 = note (Front desk news: stop press: certificate for Natural Born Killers)
- Empire no.69 (March 1995) p.33 – illustrated credits, review (New films by Clark Collis)
- Entertainment Weekly no.497 (6 August 1999) pp.26-27 – illustrated article (Devil’s advocate by Josh Young, Betty Cortina and Daneet Steffens)
- Entertainment Weekly no.527 (25 February 2000) p.87 – illustrated DVD review (DVD of the week: Going on a slay by MB)
- Fangoria no.141 (April 1995) p.39 – illustrated interview with Matthew Mungle (Spotlight on success! by Byrd Holland)
- Film and History vol.28 no.3/4 (1998) pp.28-36 – illustrated article (Way cooler than Manson by David T. Courtwright)
- Film Comment vol.30 no.4 (July/August 1994) pp.38, 39 – illustrated review (Feed the reaper by Chris Chang)
- Film Ireland no.44 (December 1994) p.29 – illustrated review (by Ciaran Ellis)
- Film Ireland no.47 (June/July 1995) p.7 – note (IFC Stone-ing)
- Film Ireland no.74 (February/March 2000) pp.6-7 – illustrated article (Censory Deprivation)
- Film Review Special no.42 Psycho pp.27-57 – illustrated article (The top 30 psychos); 90 – illustrated DVD review (Natural Born Killers by Grant Kempster)
- Film Review Special no.48 Quentin Tarantino
- Film Review no.626 (January 2003) p.89 – illustrated DVD review (Home entertainment by Gareth Wigmore)
- Films in Review vol.45 no.11/12 (November/December 1994) pp.57-58 – review (Film reviews by Andy Pawelczak)
- Interview vol.24 no.8 (August 1994) p.33 – review (Kissers, killers, kid’s stuff, and thrillers by Graham Fuller)
- Interview vol.24 no.9 (September 1994) pp.130-135 – illustrated article (Hollywood’s new hit men by Godfrey Cheshire)
- Journal of Film and Video vol.56 no.4 (Winter 2004) pp.34-49 – illustrated article (The Sense of an Ending: Youth Apocalypse Films by Richard Benjamin)
- Metro no.100 (Summer 1994/1995) pp.14-17 – illustrated review (Natural Born Killers by Michael Helms)
- Neon June 1997 pp.116-121 – illustrated article (Charnel knowledge by Time Capsule by Gareth Grundy)
- Post Script vol.16 no.2 (Winter/Spring 1997) pp.18-34 – article (Film frames: Cinematic literacy and satiric violence in contemporary movies by Ellen Bishop)
- Premiere vol.2 no.11 (December 1994) p.24 – illustrated note (Killers in the dock by Phillipa Bloom)
- Premiere vol.2 no.11 (December 1994) pp.38-39 – illustrated article (Backlash: Overkill! by Ryan Gilbey)
- Premiere vol.3 no.2 (March 1995) p.26 – illustrated note (Book Wars by Phillipa Bloom)
- Premiere vol.7 no.12 (August 1994) pp.42-43 – illustrated article (American Maniacs by Corie Brown)
- Screen International no.1200 (19 March 1999) p.36 – illustrated note (Killer case)
- Screen International no.1244 (4 February 2000) p.40 – note (Word of mouth: Irish terminate Killers)
- Screen International no.892 (29 January 1993) p.10 – note (Production line by Leonard Klady)
- Screen International no.898 (12 March 1993) p.11 – note (Production Line by Patricia Dobson)
- Screen International no.973 (2 September 1994) p.34 – illustrated review (by Ana Maria Bahiana)
- Screen International no.980 (21 October 1994) p.11 – letter (Checking out the rumours by Oliver Stone)
- Sight and Sound vol.12 no.8 (August 2002) p.31 – article (Books: reviews by Peter Matthews)
- Sight and Sound vol.13 no.3 (March 2003) p.64 – DVD review (Home movies: reviews by Matthew Leyland)
- Sight and Sound vol.15 no.3 (March 2005) p.85 – DVD review (The Oliver Stone Collection by Matthew Leyland)
- Sight and Sound vol.4 no.12 (December 1994) p.4 – note (The business
- Sight and Sound vol.4 no.12 (December 1994) pp.8-12 – illustrated interview with Oliver Stone (Oliver Stone: why do I have to provoke? by Gavin Smith)
- Sight and Sound vol.5 no.11 (November 1995) pp.34-35 – illustrated book review (Books by Will Self)
- Sight and Sound vol.5 no.3 (March 1995) pp. 8-9 – illustrated article (Exploding Hollywood by Larry Gross); 44-45 – credits, synopsis, review (by Nick James)
- Sight and Sound vol.5 no.5 (May 1995) p.64 – letter (Letters)
- Sight and Sound vol.5 no.6 (June 1995) pp.10-13 – illustrated article (Violence by Martin Barker)
- Sight and Sound vol.5 no.7 (July 1995) p.64 – letter (Letters)
- Sight and Sound vol.5 no.8 (August 1995) p.64 – letter (Letters)
- Sight and Sound vol.9 no.4 (April 1999) p.5 – article (Rushes: Sinking Stone)
- Spectator vol.16 no.2 (Spring/Summer 1996) pp.70-89 – illustrated article (The real edges of the screen: cinema’s theatrical and communal ghosts by Mark Pizzato)
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.327 no.43 (6 July 1993) p.14 – credits
- The Modern Review vol.1 no.19 (February/March 1995) p.20 – illustrated review (Still Born by George Gordon)
- Total Film no.56 (September 2001) pp.68-70, 71-72, 73 ,74 – illustrated article (The story behind… Natural Born Killers by Andrew Webster and Richard Luck)
- Vanity Fair no.431 (July 1996) pp.90-97,133-136 – illustrated article (Natural born opponents by Michael Shnayerson)
- Vanity Fair no.452 (April 1998) pp.38-43 – illustrated article (Live fast, die young and leave a big stain by James Wolcott)
- Variety 15 August 1994 pp.43, 45 – credits, synopsis, review (Todd McCarthy)
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.391
- The Highway Horror Film by Bernice M. Murphy pp.5, 7, 11-12, 14, 72-74, 95
- Horror and Science Fiction Films IV by Donald C. Willis p.346
- Horror Films of the 1990s by John Kenneth Muir pp.335-338 *
- Serial Killer Cinema: An Analytical Filmography by Robert Cetti p.309-310 *
