Cement (film)

Cement (film)

Infobox_Film
name = Cement


caption = DVD cover of "Cement"
director = Adrian Pasdar
producer = D.J. Paul
Adrian Pasdar
writer = Justin Monjo
starring = Chris Penn
Jeffrey Wright
Sherilyn Fenn
Anthony DeSando
Henry Czerny
music =
cinematography = Geary McLeod
editing = Jack Haigis
distributor = Lions Gate
released =
runtime = 95 minutes
language = English
budget = $1.7 million
amg_id = 1:254487
imdb_id = 0138353

"Cement" is a art-house neo-noir 1999 film directed by Adrian Pasdar, his first film. It is written by Justin Monjo. The film, which is a contemporary re-telling of "Othello", was shot in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Plot

Los Angeles vice detectives Bill Holt (Chris Penn) and Nin (Jeffrey Wright) have entered the gangster and drug scenes and have allied with drug kingpin Truman Rickhardt (Henry Czerny). As he tries to stop Holt, Nin narrates the events that led Holt to torture Truman’s brother Sean (Anthony DeSando) by chaining him inside an iron box that's slowly filling with cement. Cops on the take, missing money, Holt's tempting wife Lyndel (Sherilyn Fenn), dead police officers are implicated in the events.

Featured cast

Taglines

*Rival gangs, a beautiful woman, stolen cash. A dangerous mix.
*When cops are on the take, betrayal is set in stone.

Awards

*2000: Grand Remi Award (WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival): Adrian Pasdar
*2000: AngelCiti film festival: Audience Award, Adrian Pasdar, D.J. Paul

External links

*imdb title|title=Cement|id=0138353
* [http://allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:254487~T1 "Cement" review] at Allmovie
* [http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/winter1999/prod_update/cement.php "Cement"] at Filmmaker magazine
* [http://www.boxoffice.com/boxoffice_scr/boxoffice_dvd_result.asp?terms=2087 "Cement"] at BoxOffice.com


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