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Director: |
Todd Haynes
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Starring: |
Edward Allen, Edith Meeks, Millie White, Buck Smith, Anne Giotta, Lydia Lafleur, Ian Nemser, Rob LaBelle, Evan Dunsky, Marina Lutz, Barry Cassidy, Richard Anthony, Angela M. Schreiber, Justin Silverstein, Chris Singh
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Genres: |
Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror
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Origin: |
USA
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Certificate: |
R
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Languages: |
English
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Sound formats: |
Mono
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Running Time: |
85 min
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Poison is the celebrated first feature by Todd Haynes. The film was inspired by the writings of Jean Genet and deftly interweaves three tales that converge in a cataclysmic climax.
"Hero", shot in mock TV-documentary style, tells a bizarre story of suburban patricide and a miraculous flight from justice' "Horror", filmed like a delirious '50s B-movie melodrama, is the gothic tale of a mad sex experiment which unleashes a disfiguring plague, while the lushly photographed "Homo" explores the obsessive sexual relationship between two prison inmates.
A runaway theatrical hit and Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner, which made national headlines and the network news when it was attacked by right-wing minister Donald Wildmon, Poison is unsettling, unforgettable and thoroughly entertaining.
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