Less Than Zero

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American drama film film

Less Than Zero is a 1987 American drama film, loosely based on Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, that follows wealthy Los Angeles teenagers spiraling into drug addiction and moral decay.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Less Than Zero canonical	16
Less Than Zero (novel)	4
Less Than Zero (1985 novel)	2
Less Than Zero (1987 film)	1
Less Than Zero soundtrack	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American drama film ⓘ film ⓘ
authorOfSourceMaterial	Bret Easton Ellis ⓘ
basedOn	Less Than Zero self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Less Than Zero (novel)
character	Blair ⓘ Clay Easton ⓘ Julian Wells ⓘ Rip ⓘ
cinematographer	Edward Lachman ⓘ
colorProcess	color ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Marek Kanievska ⓘ
distributedIn	theatrical release ⓘ
distributor	20th Century Fox ⓘ
editor	Peter E. Berger ⓘ
filmingLocation	Los Angeles ⓘ
genre	drama film ⓘ drug addiction film ⓘ teen drama ⓘ
hasAdaptationRelationshipTo	Less Than Zero self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Less Than Zero (novel)
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	drug addiction ⓘ moral decay ⓘ wealthy teenagers ⓘ
medium	feature film ⓘ
mpaaRating	R ⓘ
musicBy	Thomas Newman ⓘ
notableFor	portrayal of cocaine addiction in 1980s Los Angeles youth culture ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
plotSummary	The film follows wealthy Los Angeles teenagers whose lives spiral into drug addiction and moral decay. ⓘ
producer	Jon Avnet ⓘ Jordan Kerner ⓘ
productionCompany	20th Century Fox ⓘ surface form: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
releaseDate	1987-11-06 ⓘ
releaseYear	1987 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	98 ⓘ
screenwriter	Claude Berri ⓘ Harley Peyton ⓘ Marek Kanievska ⓘ
settingLocation	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Los Angeles ⓘ
settingTime	1980s ⓘ
starring	Andrew McCarthy ⓘ James Spader ⓘ Jami Gertz ⓘ Robert Downey Jr. ⓘ Tony Bill ⓘ
targetAudience	adult ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Less Than Zero (novel)

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this entity surface form: Less Than Zero (novel)

James Spader → notableWork → Less Than Zero ⓘ

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Julian Wells → appearsIn → Less Than Zero ⓘ

Jon Avnet → produced → Less Than Zero ⓘ

Bret Easton Ellis → notableWork → Less Than Zero ⓘ

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Marek Kanievska → notableWork → Less Than Zero ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Less Than Zero (novel)

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this entity surface form: Less Than Zero (1985 novel)

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this entity surface form: Less Than Zero (1985 novel)

Jordan Kerner → notableWork → Less Than Zero ⓘ

this entity surface form: Less Than Zero (1987 film)

Andrew McCarthy → notableWork → Less Than Zero ⓘ

Jami Gertz → notableWork → Less Than Zero ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Less Than Zero soundtrack