American Perfekt
Appearance
American Perfekt | |
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Directed by | Paul Chart |
Written by | Paul Chart |
Produced by | Irvin Kershner |
Starring | Fairuza Balk Robert Forster Amanda Plummer Paul Sorvino David Thewlis |
Cinematography | William Wages |
Distributed by | British Broadcasting Corporation |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
American Perfekt is a 1997 road movie/thriller/drama film written and directed by Paul Chart, produced by Irvin Kershner. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Plot
Jake Nyman decides to take a professional vacation where all decisions will be made by the flip of a coin. He meets up with disenchanted Sandra Thomas, who becomes excited by the potential of having the coin make all the decisions. See, Flipism. Things seem okay, until Sandra vanishes and Alice becomes involved in Jake's life.
Cast
- Fairuza Balk as Alice Thomas
- Robert Forster as Jake Nyman
- Amanda Plummer as Sandra Thomas
- Paul Sorvino as Sheriff Frank Noonan
- David Thewlis as Santini
- Chris Sarandon as Deputy Sammy
- Geoffrey Lewis as Willy
- Jay Patterson as Bertnie
- Judson Mills as Junior
- Rutanya Alda as Gloria
- Belinda Balaski as Rita
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: American Perfekt". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved September 26, 2009.