After Dark, My Sweet

Director: James Foley

Overview

"James Foley's noir adaptation After Dark, My Sweet comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Surround. There are no subtitles, but the soundt

Product Details

Release Date:	03/26/2002
UPC:	0012236125266
Original Release:	1990
Rating:	R
Source:	LIONS GATE
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:54:00
Sales rank:	36,396

Special Features

2.0 Dolby Surround; Digitally mastered; Scene access; Interactive menus; Widescreen version

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jason Patric	Collie
Rachel Ward	Fay
Bruce Dern	Uncle Bud
George Dickerson	Doc Goldman
James Cotton	Charlie
Corey Carrier	Jack
Rocky Giordani	Bert
Jeanie Moore	Nanny
Tom Wagner	Counterman,Actor
Burke Byrnes	Cop
Vincent Joseph Mazzella Jr.	Flashback Fighter
Napoleon Walls	Boxing Referee
Michael G. Hagerty	Truck Driver
James E. Bowen Jr.	Second Driver
Maurice Jarre	Composer

Technical Credits

Robert Redlin

James Foley

Cary Brokaw	Executive Producer
Ken Diaz	Special Effects
Ric Kidney	Producer
A.J. Nay	Stunts
Robert Redlin	Producer
David Rubin	Casting
Robert Redlin	Screenwriter
James Foley	Screenwriter

Scene Index

Side #1 --
0. Scene Index
1. Opening Credits [3:41]
2. Jack & Jill [5:40]
3. Shaggy Dog Look [4:28]
4. Uncle Bud [4:17]
5. Fly Away [2:01]
6. The Good Doctor [7:03]
7. Feels Good [3:25]
8. Trouble Ahead [6:10]
9. Washed Up [5:57]
10. Just as Planned [5:58]
11. Roders, the Driver [4:53]
12. Little Charles [3:56]
13. The Wrong Slant [5:13]
14. Down the Lane [4:40]
15. Opposite Directions [5:07]
16. Boy Problems [4:04]
17. Wild Hearts [5:56]
18. Dead or Alive? [6:55]
19. Had to Keep Going [4:52]
20. As Good as You Can Be [6:54]
21. One Last Thing [6:33]
22. End Credits [3:30]

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Editorial Reviews

After Dark, My Sweet, adapted from cult-favorite crime novelist Jim Thompson's 1955 novel, is a dark and involving yet flawed modern-day film noir. Director James Foley and cinematographer Mark Plummer successfully creates a mood of desperation, which partially explains the motivations of the characters, but are not helped by a weak screenplay by Robert Redlin that fails to fully flesh out the characters. Jason Patric gives a wonderfully smoldering performance as the psychotic Collie, and finds the core of sympathy in an otherwise unpleasant character. Ward, while lovely, lacks the allure and sexuality necessary to make her a memorable femme-fatale and fails to create any real sexual chemistry with Patric. Without this chemistry, her character remains a drunken loser rather than a true film noir seductress. Bruce Dern is adequate as the completely unappealing and repellant Bud, but the character fails to evoke any empathy that would allow the audience to understand or relate to him on any level. Despite these flaws, Patric's performance makes this moody, atmospheric film well worth watching.