This World, Then the Fireworks

This World, Then the Fireworks

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Michael Oblowitz
Produced by Larry Gross
Chris Hanley
Brad Wyman
Screenplay by Larry Gross
Story by Jim Thompson
Starring Billy Zane
Gina Gershon
Sheryl Lee
Music by Pete Rugolo
Cinematography Tom Priestley Jr.
Edited by Emma E. Hickox
Release dates
  • June 11, 1997 (1997-06-11) (United States)
Running time
 100 minutes
Country United States
Language English

This World, Then the Fireworks is a 1997 American neo-noir film directed by Michael Oblowitz, starring Billy Zane, Gina Gershon and Sheryl Lee.[1] The screenplay is based on a short story of the same name by Jim Thompson.

Plot

As children, Marty and Carol Lakewood, fraternal twins, witness their father being brutally murdered. They grow up to become depraved and incestuous adults, living in Los Angeles in the mid-1950s.

Marty is a skillful journalist, but grows bored with every new job and is easily distracted. When he seduces a young police officer, Lois Archer, and discovers she owns a beach house, Marty sets out to double-cross her and make the property his own.

Carol is a heartless prostitute, willing to go to any lengths to con men out of their money, or make them pay in other ways. Powerless to stop them is Mrs. Lakewood, a weak-willed woman who suspects the terrible truth in her children's relationship, but knows no way to stop it.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ This World, Then the Fireworks at the American Film Institute Catalog.

External links

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