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This World, Then the Fireworks is a 1997 American crime drama film directed by Michael Oblowitz and starring Billy Zane, Gina Gershon and Sheryl Lee. The screenplay is based on a short story of the same name by Jim Thompson.

This World, Then the Fireworks
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMichael Oblowitz
Screenplay byLarry Gross
Based on"This World, Then the Fireworks"
by Jim Thompson
Produced by
  • Larry Gross
  • Chris Hanley
  • Brad Wyman
Starring
CinematographyTom Priestley Jr.
Edited byEmma E. Hickox
Music byPete Rugolo
Production
companies
  • Balzac's Shirt
  • JVC Entertainment Networks
  • Largo Entertainment
  • Muse Productions
  • Wynard
Distributed by
  • Largo Entertainment
  • Orion Pictures
Release date
  • July 11, 1997 (1997-07-11)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$51,618

Plot


As children, Marty and Carol Lakewood, fraternal twins, witness a brutal murder involving their father. They grow up to become depraved and incestuous adults, living in coastal California in the mid-1950s.

Marty is a skillful journalist, but grows bored with every new job and is easily distracted. When he seduces a young police officer, Lois Archer, and discovers she owns a beach house, Marty sets out to double-cross her and make the property his own.

Carol is a heartless prostitute, willing to go to any lengths to con men out of their money, or make them pay in other ways. Powerless to stop them is Mrs. Lakewood, a weak-willed woman who suspects the terrible truth in her children's relationship, but knows no way to stop it.


Cast



Reception and release


On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 38% approval rating based on 8 reviews, with an average ranking of 3.9/10.[1]

Todd McCarthy of Variety wrote "In the hands of filmmaker Michael Oblowitz, novelist Jim Thompson's story "This World, Then the Fireworks" gets an elegantly stylish, highly erotic, intentionally over-the-top rendition".[2]

Total Film called the film "sexy, stylized, deliberately overheated slice of noir".[3]

On November 14, 2017, Kino Lorber released a Blu-ray of the film.[4]


References


  1. "This World, Then the Fireworks (1997)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  2. McCarthy, Todd (February 1, 1997). "This World, Then the Fireworks". Variety.
  3. "This World, Then the Fireworks Review". Total Film. GamesRadar+. December 5, 1997.
  4. Mory, Justin (November 8, 2017). "This World, Then the Fireworks (1997) Blu-ray Review". Retrieved August 10, 2021.






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