- Your Friends & Neighbors
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name = Your Friends & Neighbors
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director =Neil LaBute
producer =Steve Golin Jason Patric
writer =Neil LaBute
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starring =Amy Brenneman Aaron Eckhart Catherine Keener Nastassja Kinski Jason Patric Ben Stiller
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cinematography =Nancy Schreiber
editing =Joel Plotch
distributor =Gramercy Pictures
released =August 19 1998
runtime = 100 min.
country =United States
language = English
budget = $5,000,000 (estimated)
gross = $4,710,749 (USA sub-total)
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imdb_id = 0119517"Your Friends & Neighbors" is a 1998 comedy-drama film written and directed by
Neil LaBute and starringAmy Brenneman ,Aaron Eckhart ,Catherine Keener ,Nastassja Kinski ,Jason Patric , andBen Stiller in an ensemble cast.The movie is a frank portrayal of intertwining sexual relationships between three upper-class couples in an unnamed city. Much of the film's plot involves various characters expressing sexual dissatisfaction and entering into affairs with each other, including a
homosexual liaison. The characters are never named until the end credits, where they are given rhyming names such as "Mary", "Barry" and "Teri".Jason Patric's performance as the misogynistic doctor Cary earned an award for Best Supporting Actor from the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards.
The film is a loosely based reflection of the restoration play "
The Country Wife " by playwrightWilliam Wycherley . In this movie, the character Jerry (Ben Stiller) is seen directing a scene from this play with his students.The film's credit sequences feature music by
Apocalyptica .This film was the first to be reviewed on the popular website,
Rotten Tomatoes .Cast
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Amy Brenneman as Mary
*Aaron Eckhart as Barry
*Catherine Keener as Terri
*Nastassja Kinski as Cheri
*Jason Patric as Cary
*Ben Stiller as Jerry
*Josh Dotson as Co-worker
*Lola Glaudini as Jerry's StudentExternal links
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