Rating: R
Genre: Crime
Release Date: 03/31/1998
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: French/Espanol/English
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 124 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Adult Humor
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar

Oliver Stone directed this John Ridley screenplay adapted from Ridley's novel Stray Dogs. A drifter (Sean Penn) eludes Las Vegas collection agents and arrives in a small town where he decides to linger after his car has a breakdown. Here he gets involved with the locals, including an unhappily married couple -- a businessman (Nick Nolte) and his seductive, femme-fatale wife (Jennifer Lopez). A trailer trash teen (Claire Danes) also approaches him in an effort to get away from her abusive boyfriend (Joaquin Phoenix). Tensions in the town escalate, eventually leading to murder. Stone wanted to change the title from U-Turn back to Stray Dogs but encountered a problem with Akira Kurosawa, who felt it was too similar to his detective classic, Stray Dog (1949) with Toshiro Mifune.

~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Sean Penn - Bobby Cooper
Nick Nolte - Jake McKenna
Jennifer Lopez - Grace McKenna
Powers Boothe - Sheriff Potter
Claire Danes - Jenny
Joaquin Phoenix - Toby N. Tucker
Billy Bob Thornton - Darrell
Jon Voight - Blind Man
Abraham Benrubi - Biker #1
Julie Hagerty - Flo
Bo Hopkins - Ed
Valery Nikolaev - Mr. Arkady
Ilia Volokh - Sergei
Aida Linares - Jamilla
Laurie Metcalf - Bus Station Clerk
Liv Tyler - Girl in Bus Station

Production:
Oliver Stone - Director
Clayton Townsend Dan Halsted - Producer
Richard Rutowski - Co Producer
Ennio Morricone - Composer
Hank Corwin Thomas J. Nordberg - Editor
John Ridley - Screen Writer
Merideth Boswell - Set Designer
Dan Webster - Art Director
Bill Brown - Associate Producer
Mary Vernieu - Casting
Robert Richardson - Cinematographer
Beatrix Aruna Pasztor - Costume Designer
John Ridley - Executive Producer
Seth Cirker - First Assistant Director
Victor Kempster - Production Designer
Gary Alper - Sound/Sound Designer
John Ridley - Book Author

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