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Dominican Rep. Hard Eight
- Original title
- Hard Eight (Sydney)
- Year
- 1996
- Running time
- 96 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Philip Baker Hall
John C. Reilly
Gwyneth Paltrow
Samuel L. Jackson
Philip Seymour Hoffman
F. William Parker
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Thriller. Drama | Crime. Gambling. Independent Film (US). Neo-noir
- Synopsis
- John has lost all his money. He sits outside a diner in the desert when Sydney happens along, buys him coffee, then takes him to Reno and shows him how to get a free room without losing much money. Under Sydney's fatherly tutelage, John becomes a successful small-time professional gambler, and all is well, until he falls for Clementine, a cocktail waitress and sometimes hooker.
- Awards
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1997: Independent Spirit Awards: : 5 Nominations including Best First Feature1997: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: New Generation Award (Anderson)1997: Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best New Filmmaker
- Critics' reviews
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"One of the best films of the year."
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"Impressive for its lean and unblemished storytelling, but even more so for its performances. Read full review"
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"Movies like Hard Eight remind me of what original, compelling characters the movies can sometimes give us."
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"There's something almost hypnotic about the way Hard Eight develops -- even in its slowest, most tedious moments, it keeps our attention."
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