The film centers on five graduate school students in Iowa who live together in a rustic home: Jude (Cameron Diaz), Pete (Ron Eldard), Paulie (Annabeth Gish), Marc (Jonathan Penner), and Luke (Courtney B. Vance). After Zack (Bill Paxton), a Desert Storm veteran helps move Pete's car, the group invite him to have dinner at their home. However, Zack turns out to be a racist and Holocaust denier who praises Adolf Hitler, leading to a tense political debate with the liberal students. The evening takes a turn for the worse, when the veteran snaps and threatens to rape Paulie, then threatens Marc with a knife. Zack breaks Pete's arm but is stabbed to death by Marc. The group decides to cover up the murder. Paulie regrets that the man is dead, even though she and Marc were threatened. Read more at Wikipedia.
MPAA Rating: | R |
Genre: | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | Lori Miller, Matt Cooper, David Cooper, Larry Weinberg, Luis Colina, Dan Rosen, Jonathan Penner, Stacy Title |
Directed By: | Stacy Title |
Written By: | Dan Rosen |
Cast: | Pamela Gien, Nora Dunn, Nicholas Sadler, Cameron Diaz, Rachel Chagall, Matt Cooper, Frederick Lawrence, Larry Weinberg, Ron Eldard, Gil Segel, Dan Rosen, Jonathan Penner, Warren Hutcherson, Annabeth Gish, Ron Perlman, Mark Harmon, Bill Paxton, Jason Alexander, Amber Taylor, Charles Durning, Suzanne Schmidt, Stephen Welch, Carly Weber, Amy Hill, Courtney B. Vance, Elisabeth Moss |
In Theaters: | Apr 05, 1996 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 32 minutes |
Box Office: | $442,965 |