The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
CrimeDramaisolationdrug addictionhallucinationtragedypsychological drama
- Addiction
- Bleak ending
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Character
Overwhelming, earnest, grave and bleak.
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- unpretentiousprestige
Who loves it, who doesn't
96 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Comfort Seekers.
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Cast
- Ellen BurstynSara Goldfarb
- Jared LetoHarry Goldfarb
- Jennifer ConnellyMarion Silver
- Marlon WayansTyrone C. Love
- Christopher McDonaldTappy Tibbons
- Louise LasserAda
- Marcia Jean KurtzRae
- Janet SarnoMrs. Pearlman
- Suzanne ShepherdMrs. Scarlini
- Joanne GordonMrs. Ovadia
Crew
- Darren AronofskyDirector
- Hubert Selby Jr.Screenplay
- Darren AronofskyScreenplay
- Hubert Selby Jr.Novel
- Matthew LibatiqueDirector of Photography
- Clint MansellOriginal Music Composer
- Jay RabinowitzEditor
- Palmer WestProducer
- Eric WatsonProducer
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Pairings
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