Brick
A fresh take on the hard-boiled noir, this festival hit stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as an outsider teen-turned-stoic gumshoe after his ex-girl (Emilie de Ravin) turns up dead. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Sundance for Originality of Vision, this hip-talking detective story tips its hat to Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler in a grainy, parallel universe that includes Lukas Haas as a drug dealer who lives with his mum.
Year: 2005
Genre: Art House Cinema, Drama, Thrillers & Suspense, Film Festivals 2006, Black Humour, 2006, Carmen's Favourites, Contemporary Noir, Julia's Favourites, Adam's Favourites
Country: USA
Director: Rian Johnson
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nora Zehetner, Lukas Haas, Noah Fleiss, Matt O'Leary, Emilie de Ravin, Noah Segan, Richard Roundtree, Meagan Good
Duration: 107 Minutes
Rating: M - Contains medium level violence.
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