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Last month's film festival seemed to go rather well, I think, so here it is, time for this month's film festival.
There were plenty of movies suggested for this month, but I think that the ones that stand out the most are the ones suggested by EscalatorToHell, which fit into the drug-related theme.
Before I introduce the movies, let me layout some of the guidelines for this film festival.
The Terms of Service and the general rules of Inside Discussions still apply in this thread. Act like a moron and you'll be treated like a moron.
The intention of this film festival is to expose people to great movies and stimulate discussion and forum cohesion through the discussion of the films featured.
You may at any time suggest a movie (or a theme) for the following month; however, failure to participate in the film discussions will immediately put your suggestion in the back of the line.
If you are having trouble finding a movie, do not make a request in this thread for someone to post a bootleg or illegal copy of the film, this will result in you being banned for an indetermined amount of time.
I have included several links to other various sites that feature reviews, discussions, and spoilers pertaining to the film. Feel free to utilize those links to help stimulate the discussions here. Do not plagerize, however.
I have also included a direct link to Amazon.com's listing for each film. If you enjoyed the film, please make use of this feature and purchase a copy of the film; by doing so you are both supporting those involved in creating the film and also INTL through the commission that is generated.
With that said, allow me to introduce the films for this month.
Requiem For A Dream (2000)

Link To Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00003CXP1/ref=ase_interestingno-20/102-0453124-9216103?v=glance&s=dvd
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180093/
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10 (36,570 votes) Rated #53 on the top250
Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/requiem_for_a_dream/
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 78% Fresh
Netflix: http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=60001134&trkid=73
Directed by: Darren Aronofsky
Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans
Language: English
MPAA Rating: NC-17 (Director's Cut) / R (Edited Edition)
Plot Summary: Drugs. They consume mind, body and soul. Once you're hooked, you're hooked. Four lives. Four addicts. Four failures. Doing their best to succeed in the world, but failing miserably, four people get hooked on various drugs. Despite their aspirations of greatness, they succumb to their addictions. Watching the addicts spiral out of control, we bear witness to the dirtiest, ugliest portions of the underworld addicts reside in. It is shocking and eye-opening but demands to be seen by both addicts and non-addicts alike.
Trainspotting (1996)

Link To Amazon (Collector's Edition): http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001XALTG/ref=ase_interestingno-20/102-0453124-9216103?v=glance&s=dvd
Link To Amazon (Regular Edition): http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6304806442/ref=ase_interestingno-20/102-0453124-9216103?v=glance&s=dvd
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117951/
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10 (43,761 votes) Rated #201 on the top250
Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/trainspotting/
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 89% Fresh
Netflix: http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=60037022&trkid=129205
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Robert Carlyle
Language: English
MPAA Rating: R
Plot Summary: A wild, freeform, Rabelaisian trip through the darkest recesses of Edinburgh low-life, focusing on Mark Renton and his attempt to give up his heroin habit, and how the latter affects his relationship with family and friends: Sean Connery wannabe Sick Boy, dimbulb Spud, psycho Begbie, 14-year-old girlfriend Diane, and clean-cut athlete Tommy, who's never touched drugs but can't help being curious about them...
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

Link To Amazon (Criterion Collection): http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00007ELDF/ref=ase_interestingno-20/102-0453124-9216103?v=glance&s=dvd
Link To Amazon (Regular Edition): http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0783229526/ref=ase_interestingno-20/102-0453124-9216103?v=glance&s=dvd
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120669/
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 (16,496 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fear_and_loathing_in_las_vegas/
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 39% Rotten
Netflix: http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?trkid=73&movieid=11819434
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Starring: Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Tobey Maguire
Language: English
MPAA Rating: R
Plot Summary: An adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's novel of the same name. The film details a whacky search for the "American Dream", by Thompson and his crazed, Samoan lawyer. Fueled by the massive amount of drugs they purchased with an advance from a magazine to cover a sporting event in Vegas; they set out in the Red Shark. Encountering police, reporters, gamblers, racers, and hitchhikers; they search for some undefinable thing know only as the "American Dream" and find fear, loathing and hilarious adventures into the dementia of the modern American West.
Blow (2001)

Link To Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00003CXWV/ref=ase_interestingno-20/102-0453124-9216103?v=glance&s=dvd
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221027/
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 (14,387 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blow/
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 54% Rotten
Netflix: http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=60020891&trkid=73
Directed by: Ted Demme
Starring: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Franka Potente
Language: English
MPAA Rating: R
Plot Summary: George Jung is the son of a struggling small business owner. Seeing his family struggle to make ends meet and failing, George vows never to share a similar fate. Moving to California, he starts his own pot pushing operation in which he finds both success and imprisonment. In prison, he meets a cellmate who introduces him into a partnership to the lucrative new market in cocaine. Upon release, George Jung quickly becomes instrumental in establishing the exploding US market for cocaine in which he claimed that he handled about 85% of the supply in the 1970's. However, for all the fabulous wealth and power he gained, the true costs of his dangerously treacherous occupation catch up with him in ways from which would he never recover.
Traffic (2000)

Link To Amazon (Criterion Collection): http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00007ELF2/ref=ase_interestingno-20/102-0453124-9216103?v=glance&s=dvd
Link To Amazon (Regular Edition): http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000067IZ3/ref=ase_interestingno-20/102-0453124-9216103?v=glance&s=dvd
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181865/
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10 (35,741 votes) Rated #242 on the top250
Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1103281-traffic/
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 92% Fresh
Netflix: http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=60003243&trkid=73
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Michael Douglas, Topher Grace, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Language: English / Spanish
MPAA Rating: R
Plot Summary: Intertwining vignettes frame this tale of America's escalating War on Drugs. Ohio Supreme Court judge Robert Wakefield has been appointed the nation's Drug Czar, his new position made more daunting by the discovery that his teenage daughter Caroline is a heroin addict. Meanwhile, DEA agents Montel Gordon and Ray Castro are pursuing Helena Ayala, wife of jailed kingpin Carlos Ayala, as she seeks to the control the business that her husband had kept hidden from her. South of the Border, duplicious local constable Javier Rodriguez is fighting the battle with his own jaded, questionable ethical code.
So there you have it. Five movies. One month. Enjoy the films and please don't forget to give your two cents worth to the rest of us.
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