Sonny (2002)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.7/10   

Director:

Nicolas Cage

Guionista (WGA):

John Carlen (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

21 marzo 2003 (Greece)

Género:

Crimen | Drama

Frase comercial:

His life was the morning after, until he decided to change the night before.

Plot:

New Orleans, 1981. Sonny Phillips, just discharged from the Army, returns home. The only life he's known is as a gigolo...

Plot Keywords:

Gigolo | Animal Nursing | Sex | Military Veteran | Brothel

Premios:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A story of love and optimism in an ugly world.

Reparto

James Franco	...	Sonny
Brenda Blethyn	...	Jewel
Harry Dean Stanton	...	Henry
Mena Suvari	...	Carol
Seymour Cassel	...	Albert
Brenda Vaccaro	...	Meg
Josie Davis	...	Gretchen
Willie Metcalf	...	Cal
Janet Shea	...	Wealthy Woman
Cary Wilmot Alden	...	Catherine
Nicolas Cage	...	Acid Yellow
Scott Caan	...	Jesse
Graham Timbes	...	Troy
Wallace Merck	...	Scott
Doug Barden	...	Maitre d'

También conocida como:

Pony Rides (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality, language, some drug use and violence.

Duración:

110 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Portugal:M/16 | Australia:MA | Canada:18A | UK:18 | USA:R | Italy:VM14

Locaciones de Filmación:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Compañía:

Gold Circle Films

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Banda de Sonido:

Limelight

A story of love and optimism in an ugly world.

Sonny, the son of a New Orleans whore, returns home from the army determined to start a new life far away from prostitution. He finds that, even in 'live and let live' New Orleans, one's past is hard to escape.

The characters in this film are disturbing, volitile and manipulative. Other times they are sensitive, caring and fragile. Even Cage's over the top portrayal of a pimp, left me with the feeling that people such as this existed in the early 80's sex industry. The film captured excellent and emotional performances by James Franco, Brenda Blethyn, Harry Dean Stanton and Mena Suvari. Nicholas Cage, in his directorial debut, brings to life a script that fits well with his 'outside the box' body of work. The unusual sound track relied heavily on Bach and Beethoven with Devo and Wall of Voodoo mixed in.

Sonny was shown to a US audience for the first time at the Virginia Film Festival in Charlottesville, Virginia. A superb Roger Ebert interview of Mr. Cage followed. During the interview, we learned that the film went into production 3 weeks after Mr.Cage decided to produce and direct the project. It was shot primarily in a French Quarter building that Mr. Cage happened upon, purchased and now does not know what to do with. Filming lasted 6 weeks. Even if you consider the fact that Nicholas Cage first read the script many years ago, intending to play the part of Sonny, it is unbelievable that this film went from 'green light' to 'in the can' in 9 weeks.