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  • 5/5/2025
8MM - This Snuff Film Is Fake-- Or Is It?
Tom (Nicolas Cage) watches a snuff film.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
Private detective Tom Welles (Nicolas Cage) lives a normal life with his wife (Catherine Keener) and young daughter, until he receives a startling new case. A widow named Mrs. Christian (Myra Carter) has found what appears to be a snuff film among her late husband's belongings, and she wants Welles to determine if the movie is real or fake. Welles heads to California, where a video store employee (Joaquin Phoenix) helps him infiltrate the dangerous and depraved world of illegal porn movies.

CREDITS:
TM & © Sony Pictures Entertainment (1999)
Cast: Anthony Heald, Myra Carter, Nicolas Cage
Director: Joel Schumacher
Producer: Joel Schumacher
Screenwriter: Andrew Kevin Walker

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Transcript
00:00What you seem to be talking about is called a snuff film.
00:03From what I know, snuff films are a kind of urban myth.
00:06Sex industry folklore, there's no such thing.
00:09That's when I explain to Mrs. Christian.
00:11This is probably an S&M film of some sort.
00:14Simulated rape, simulated violence.
00:16It's hard to stomach, but there are ways of doing it.
00:18Fake blood, special effects.
00:20Would you look at the film and give us your opinion?
00:24All I want is to know that this atrocity is false.
00:30I want the proof.
01:00It's not зелен.
01:03I'm going to go for that film.
01:06I'm going to respond to the film.
01:11There's nothing more that you can.
02:44We want you to find out who made this film and establish whether or not it's real.
02:49You can fairly name your price and you'll be provided with whatever you need to purchase information.
02:53The girl's all I've got to go on.
02:59I could treat it like a missing persons case.
03:01Understood.
03:02Now, of course, we need to be assured that you will not copy or reproduce this film in any manner.
03:07You have my word on that.
03:09But I'll be dealing directly with you, Mrs. Christian, and only you.
03:13Your relationship with your attorney is your own.
03:15No offense.
03:16None, David.
03:17I realize you've given this careful consideration.
03:22You could have destroyed the film.
03:23Tell me the poor girl wasn't killed.
03:26Please, find her alive.
03:30Y'all do the best I can, man.
03:31I'll do the best I can, man.

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