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.

Aliases (1)

Less Than Zero (novel) ×2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American drama film → film →
authorOfSourceMaterial	Bret Easton Ellis →
basedOn	Less Than Zero (novel) →
character	Blair → Clay Easton → Julian Wells → Rip →
cinematographer	Edward Lachman →
colorProcess	color →
countryOfOrigin	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 (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	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation →
releaseDate	1987-11-06 →
releaseYear	1987 →
runtimeMinutes	98 →
screenwriter	Claude Berri → Harley Peyton → Marek Kanievska →
settingLocation	California → Los Angeles →
settingTime	1980s →
starring	Andrew McCarthy → James Spader → Jami Gertz → Robert Downey Jr. → Tony Bill →
targetAudience	adult →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Less Than Zero ("Less Than Zero (novel)") →	basedOn
Less Than Zero ("Less Than Zero (novel)") →	hasAdaptationRelationshipTo
Robert Downey Jr. →	notableWork