American History X
| American History X | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Tony Kaye |
| Written by | David McKenna |
| Produced by | John Morrissey |
| Starring | Edward Norton Edward Furlong Beverly D'Angelo Avery Brooks Stacy Keach Jennifer Lien Fairuza Balk Elliott Gould |
| Cinematography | Tony Kaye |
| Edited by | Gerald B. Greenberg Alan Heim |
| Music by | Anne Dudley |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date | October 23, 1998 |
Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 million |
| Box office | $23,875,127 |
American History X is a 1998 American crime drama movie directed by Tony Kaye. It was released on October 23, 1998 in North America and received positive reviews, with an 83% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 62/100 from Metacritic. Edward Norton was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. The movie was named by Empire magazine as the 311th Greatest Movie of All Time. It is about a man who joins a neo-nazi gang, after his firefighter father is killed by black drug dealers in Venice, Los Angeles. While staying in prison for three years, his younger brother ends up facing the wrong path.
Cast
- Edward Norton as Derek Vinyard
- Edward Furlong as Daniel "Danny" Vinyard
- Beverly D'Angelo as Doris Vinyard
- Jennifer Lien as Davina Vinyard
- Ethan Suplee as Seth Ryan
- Fairuza Balk as Stacey
- Avery Brooks as Dr. Robert "Bob" Sweeney
- Elliott Gould as Murray
- Stacy Keach as Cameron Alexander
- William Russ as Dennis Vinyard
- Paul Le Mat as McMahon
- Guy Torry as Lamont
- Joseph Cortese as Rasmussen
- Jason Bose Smith as Little Henry
- Antonio David Lyons as Lawrence
- Alex Sol as Mitch McCormick
- Keram Malicki-Sánchez as Chris
- Giuseppe Andrews as Jason
- Cleo Adell as Lizzie
- Jonathan Fowler Jr. as Jerome
- Christopher Masterson as Daryl Dawson
- Nicholas R. Oleson as Huge Aryan
- Jordan Marder as Curtis
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