8 Million Ways to Die

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crime thriller film film neo-noir film

8 Million Ways to Die is a 1986 neo-noir crime thriller film starring Jeff Bridges as a troubled detective drawn into a violent web of drugs and corruption in Los Angeles.

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8 Million Ways to Die canonical 3
8 Million Ways to Die (novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime thriller film ⓘ
film ⓘ
neo-noir film ⓘ
antagonistRole Andy Garcia as Angel Moldonado ⓘ
basedOn 8 Million Ways to Die self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 8 Million Ways to Die (novel)
basedOnWorkAuthor Lawrence Block ⓘ
character Angel Moldonado ⓘ
M. T. Scudder ⓘ
surface form: Matt Scudder

Sunny ⓘ
cinematographyBy Stephen H. Burum ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Hal Ashby ⓘ
distributor Tri-Star Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Stuart H. Pappé ⓘ
filmingLocation Los Angeles ⓘ
genre crime film ⓘ
neo-noir ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
leadActorRole Jeff Bridges as Matt Scudder ⓘ
leadActressRole Rosanna Arquette ⓘ
surface form: Rosanna Arquette as Sunny
mainCharacterFormerOccupation sheriff’s deputy ⓘ
mainCharacterOccupation private investigator ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
musicBy James Newton Howard ⓘ
narrativeTheme addiction ⓘ
drug trafficking ⓘ
police corruption ⓘ
notableFor being Hal Ashby’s final theatrical film as a director ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfSeries Matthew Scudder adaptations ⓘ
plotSummary A troubled former sheriff’s deputy turned alcoholic detective becomes involved with a call girl and a drug dealer in a violent web of drugs and corruption in Los Angeles ⓘ
producer Stephen J. Roth ⓘ
productionCompany The Producers Sales Organization ⓘ
releaseDate 1986-04-25 ⓘ
releaseYear 1986 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 115 ⓘ
screenwriter David Lee Henry ⓘ
Oliver Stone ⓘ
R. Lance Hill ⓘ
setting Los Angeles ⓘ
starring Alexandra Paul ⓘ
Andy García ⓘ
surface form: Andy Garcia

James Avery ⓘ
Jeff Bridges ⓘ
Randy Brooks ⓘ
Rosanna Arquette ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 1980s ⓘ

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Hal Ashby → notableWork → 8 Million Ways to Die ⓘ
Hal Ashby → directed → 8 Million Ways to Die ⓘ
8 Million Ways to Die → basedOn → 8 Million Ways to Die self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 8 Million Ways to Die (novel)
William Hal Ashby → notableWork → 8 Million Ways to Die ⓘ