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| Year: | 1998 |
| Rating: | 8.6(224068) |
| Listed in: | Crime, Drama |
| Directed by: | Tony Kaye |
| Actors: | Edward Norton Edward Furlong Avery Brooks Ethan Suplee Beverly D'Angelo Jennifer Lien |
| "His father taught him to hate. His friends taught him rage. His enemies gave him hope." | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Tony Kaye | |
| Actors | |
| Edward Norton | as Derek Vinyard |
| Edward Furlong | as Danny Vinyard |
| Avery Brooks | as Dr. Bob Sweeney |
| Ethan Suplee | as Seth Ryan |
| Stacy Keach | as Cameron Alexander |
| Elliott Gould | as Murray |
| Guy Torry | as Lamont |
| William Russ | as Dennis Vinyard |
| 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 |
| Jonathan Fowler Jr. | as Jerome |
| Christopher Masterson | as Daryl Dawson |
| Nicholas R. Oleson | as Huge Aryan |
| Jordan Marder | as Curtis |
| Paul Le Mat | as McMahon |
| Thomas L. Bellissimo | as Cop #2 |
| Sam Vlahos | as Dr. Aguilar |
| Steve Wolford | as Reporter |
| Richard Noyce | as Desk Sergeant |
| Danso Gordon | as Buddy #1 |
| Jim Norton | as Randy |
| David Basulto | as Guard |
| Kiante Elam | as Lawrence's Partner |
| Paul Hopkins | as Student |
| Keith Odett | as Random Skinhead |
| Paul E. Short | as Stocky Buddy |
| Nigel Miguel | as Basketball Player |
| Darrell Britt | as White Supremicist |
| Robert 'Duckie' Carpenter | as Skinhead |
| Sydney 'Big Dawg' Colston | as Prison Gang Leader |
| John Embry | as Parking Lot Skinhead |
| Maximillian Kesmodel | as Young Danny Vinyard |
| Denney Pierce | as Arresting Officer |
| Glendon Rich | as Deputy Sheriff |
| Louis E. Rosas | as Jail Inmate |
| Sam Sarpong | as Jail Inmate |
| Mark Swanson | as Skinhead in Store |
| Jeremy Sweet | as Skinhead |
| Selwyn Ward | as High School Student Leaving Bathroom |
| Actresses | |
| Beverly D'Angelo | as Doris Vinyard |
| Jennifer Lien | as Davina Vinyard |
| Fairuza Balk | as Stacey |
| Cleo Adell | as Lizzy |
| Cherish Lee | as Kammi |
| Tara Blanchard | as Ally Vinyard |
| Anne Lambton | as Cassandra |
| Alexis Rose Coen | as Young Ally Vinyard |
| Barbie Marie | as Student |
| Allie Moss | as Skinhead Girlfriend |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Filming dates: | March 1997 - May 1997 |
| Budget: | USD 10,000,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 748,245 USD (15 November 1998) UK - 291,438 GBP (4 April 1999) |
| Plot: | A brutal Neo Nazi skinhead named Derek Vinyard is tried and sent to prison for three years for the murder of two black guys who tried to steal his truck. When he returns from prison reformed, his younger brother Daniel Vinyard who idolizes him is on the brink of becoming a Neo Nazi himself. Derek must save his younger brother from a similar fate. |
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Original Soundtracks
| "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (circa 1856) (uncredited) Music by William Steffe Lyrics by Julia Ward Howe (1862) Sung a cappella by Ethan Suplee with modified lyrics |
Goofs
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Continuity: When the police officer is pulling Derek off the ground after the shooting, he has his right arm over Derek's chest. In the next shot, he has his left arm, and then in the next shot his right arm again. (This is the second flashback to this incident, occurring about 1 hour into the film.) BOOM: When the head of the History department is telling Danny that he has to do a report on his brother, the reflection of the boom mic is clearly visible in the glass window of a cabinet behind the History head's head. Crew: Camera operator reflected in the coffeehouse window. SYNC: When the two brothers are sitting in the bedroom, when the younger brother gets up off the bed, you hear him talking to his older brother but his lips are clearly not moving. Crew: Shadow of camera visible on Seth when he and Derek walk together during Malcolm's party. Continuity: When Danny is hanging around the basketball courts, his backpack slides off his shoulder onto the ground. In the next shot, it is back on his shoulder. Continuity: SPOILER: After Danny is shot, we see his essay "fly" out from his hand and to the right of his body. When Derek goes into the bathroom there's a close-up of the paper on the same side of his body, but after we see Dr. Sweeney and then go back to Derek and Danny, the essay moves to the left of Danny's body. Continuity: SPOILER: When Danny is shot he drops his "American History X" essay, but a few shots later he's lying on the ground holding it. When Derek enters, it's back on the floor again. Fact errors: In the opening scene Derek fires more than 20 shots without reloading from a gun that could hold no more than 15 rounds in the magazine and one in the chamber. SYNC: When Danny is printing his essay, the ink-jet printer makes a dot-matrix sound. Continuity: While Sweeney is at the prison infirmary, he is playing with his beard in the close-ups, but not in the wider shots. Continuity: Derek has his top button buttoned when the doors open to exit is cell. Once out of the cell, the button is unbuttoned. Continuity: Position of Bob Sweeny's hands during conversation with Derek after the attack in the shower. Continuity: When Murray leaves Dr. Sweeney's office, the clock in the lobby shows 8:10. In the next shot, the clock shows 8:20. Crew: The shadow of the handheld camera falls several on the basketball players. Revealing mistakes: When we see a close-up of Danny's hands while he is typing his final draft, he never hits the space bar. Continuity: The first time when Derek was stacking the sheets, he threw a stack of sheets onto the shelf behind him, where they lay all disorganized. In the next few seconds, the sheets that had been thrown keep changing positions, and the piles of sheets on the table change positions between shots. BOOM: When the kid is having a meeting with the principal, the mic is reflected in the picture behind the principal's head. Crew: SPOILER: In the closing scene in the bathroom, when the camera looks up from the floor at Derek holding his brother, some kind of equipment can be seen disappearing off the top right corner of the screen. Continuity: During the riot at the mini-mart, someone throws a cash-register through an office window. In the shot before the throw, the glass is reinforced. When the register goes through the window, it is not. Continuity: Derek forces the victim to bite the curb before smashing his head. After this incident, you can see the victim in an all together different position in the background as Derek walks away. Crew: When Derek tells Cameron he and his brother are out, the reflection of the cameraman is clearly visible. SYNC: When its the black vs. white basketball game, Derek makes a shot and then Seth says, "Should've passed it to me I was wide open." What he says doesn't match what his lips said. Continuity: In the scene where Murray is eating at the Vineyards and says, "Its an expression of rage by people who feel neglected...etc" Derek drops his fork on the plate, but in the next shot he is holding it again. Continuity: During the basketball game, a member of the crowd is present and then is not there between shots. Revealing mistakes: In the beginning of the film, when Derek runs out of the house and finishes shooting at the black thief stealing his father's truck, in slow motion he turns around facing the camera, with the gun still in the same hand he was using to fire it. Later on in the movie, when this scene is replayed from a different shot, he turns around and puts the gun in his other hand. Continuity: Near the end of the film, when Derek and Danny are outside of the school, there is a man in the background with a green handkerchief on his head sitting. As shots alternate, he is standing speaking with a group of people, and then sitting alone again. Continuity: When Danny is pulling his Nazi memorabilia out from his wooden box a knife appears on the bed that was never pulled out of the box. Crew: While the group is walking to the supermarket after Derek's speech, you can see a shadow of the Steadicam on the road. Continuity: When the family is fighting around the dinner table and it gets so bad that everybody is standing and yelling at each other, Derek's mom pulls on his shirt, opening up several snaps or buttons. When the scene is ending, Derek opens up his shirt by pulling it open quickly, but all of the buttons or snaps are closed again for this effect. Fact errors: In the news interview following Daniel Vinyard's father's death, it is stated that he was an LA County Firefighter. In the flashback scene with his father at the breakfast table, you can clearly see that Dennis Vinyard has an eagle on the badge. The Los Angeles County Fire Department has a bear on the badge. The Los Angeles Fire Department has an eagle. Continuity: In the first flashback where Derek has fired at the car and is returning to the guy he shot, he leans down with the pistol in his hand, as if to pistol-whip the guy. In the second flashback, it shows the same scene with Derek approaching but this time, when he gets to the guy, he just drags him into the street. Continuity: As Derek and Danny are leaving the coffee shop, you can see Daniel hands are empty when he tells Sweeney he'll have the paper ready, however a moment later, Danny has a bag and a drink in his hands. Continuity: When Derek and Danny are in the dining room, after Derek mades Seth leave the room, Danny's cigarette length changes from long to short, then to long again when Derek makes him put it out. Continuity: As Murray is leaving the head masters office, the clock in the waiting room says 8.10, when Daniel is in the next shot the same clock displays 9.20. Revealing mistakes: When Derek's truck is being stolen, he looks out of the peep hole to see a guy standing on the porch. He has his foot on the door then kicks the door open to the outside. All doors open to the inside making it impossible to kick open from the inside of the house. BOOM: When Derek is confronting Cameron in his office at the party, the shadow of the boom mic is clearly visible on the wall and on the floor on the right side of the screen, following the actors as they talk. |
Quotes
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Doris Vinyard: I'm ashamed that you came out of my body. Cameron: This is stupid. Go cool off, get laid, do something, come back when you're ready to talk. Derek Vinyard: Yeah, but it really doesn't matter if I do, does it? Because you got a whole crop already lined up, you fuckin' chicken hawk! Cameron: Excuse me? Derek Vinyard: You prey on people Cam. I lost three years of my life for your fuckin' phony cause, but I'm onto you now, you fuckin' snake. Cameron: Hey, watch it Derek, be careful. Remember where you are. This isn't some fuckin' country club where you can waltz in and outta here! Derek Vinyard: Shut up! Shut the fuck up! I came here for one reason, to tell you that I'm out. Out! And Danny's out, too. And if you come near my family again, I'm gonna fucking kill you. Cameron: Well excuse me, but fuck you Derek. You can't come in here barking threats at me. Look, you can do whatever you want, but Danny's a good kid. He's not some whiny pussy like you. He needs my help and I'm gonna give it to him. Derek Vinyard: If you come near Danny again, I will feed you your fucking heart, Cameron. Cameron: I won't have to. He'll come to me. I'm more important to him now than you'll ever be. Bob Sweeney: There was a moment, when I used to blame everything and everyone for all the pain and suffering and vile things that happened to me, that I saw happen to my people. Used to blame everybody. Blamed white people, blamed society, blamed God. I didn't get no answers 'cause I was asking the wrong questions. You have to ask the right questions. Derek Vinyard: Like what? Bob Sweeney: Has anything you've done made your life better? Derek Vinyard: One in every three black males is in some phase of the correctional system. Is that a coincidence or do these people have, you know, like a racial commitment to crime? Doris Vinyard: You think you're the only one doin' time, Derek? You think you're here all alone? You think I'm not in here with you? Seth: Who do you hate, Danny? Danny Vinyard: I hate anyone that isn't white Protestant. Seth: Why? Danny Vinyard: They're a burden to the advancement of the white race. Some of them are all right, I guess... Seth: None of 'em are fucking all right, Danny, OK? Seth: Come in here Danny. Danny Vinyard: Seth... Hey man you going to Cam's party tonight? Seth: Is Davina's ass water tight? Danny Vinyard: You're fuckin sick man. Seth: Alright, relax let me ask you a few questions. Danny Vinyard: I'm not in the mood I got a lot of homework to do. Seth: Tell me some of the shit you've learned fuckass before I pistol whip you! Danny Vinyard: Ok, I believe in death, destruction, chaos, filth, and greed! Seth: Cut the shit Danny come on. Tell me what I wanna hear asshole. Danny Vinyard: You mean that shit about your mother man? Seth: You wanna get fucking beaten Danny? [Davina starts to laugh] I'm not fucking talking to you Davina why don't you shut up? Seth: Who do you hate Danny? Danny Vinyard: I hate anyone that is a white Protestant. Seth: Why? Danny Vinyard: There a burden to the advancement of the white race. Some of them are alright I guess... Seth: None of them are fucking alright Danny ok? They're all a bunch of fuckin' freeloaders. Remember what Cam said we don't know em we don't wanna know em They're the fucking enemy. Now what don't you like about them and say it with some fucking conviction! Danny Vinyard: I hate the fact that's cool to be black these days. Seth: Good. Danny Vinyard: I hate this hip-pop fuckin' influence on white-fuckin'suburbia. Seth: Good. Danny Vinyard: And I hate Tabitha Soren and all there Zionist MTV fucking pigs telling us we should get along. Save the retorical bullshit Hilary Rodham Clinton cuz it ain't gonna fuckin' work. Seth: That's some of the best shit I've heard come out of your mouth. Davina Vinyard: No Danny I feel sorry for you. You don't really believe any of that shit do you? Seth: Shutup Davina! Davina Vinyard: No you shut the fuck up! Get out of the fuckin' house now you piece of shit please go! Danny Vinyard: So I guess this is where I tell you what I learned - my conclusion, right? Well, my conclusion is: Hate is baggage. Life's too short to be pissed off all the time. It's just not worth it. Derek says it's always good to end a paper with a quote. He says someone else has already said it best. So if you can't top it, steal from them and go out strong. So I picked a guy I thought you'd like. 'We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.' Murray: Derek, what are you trying to prove? Reporter: [Rasmussen shows a video of a crying Derek with his mother talking to a reporter after his father's death] Look I know this is tough. But how do you feel right now? Derek Vinyard: How do you think I feel? I think it's typical. Reporter: Typical how? Derek Vinyard: Well, this country is becoming a haven for criminals so what do you expect? You know, decent hard-working Americans like my dad are getting rubbed out by social parasites. Reporter: Parasites? Derek Vinyard: Blacks, Browns, Yellow whatever. Reporter: I don't understand you're saying that you think maybe your father's murder was race related? Derek Vinyard: Yeah it's race related! Every problem in this country is race related not just crime. It's like... immigration, AIDS, welfare those are problems in them. The Black community, the Hispanic community, the Asian community, they're not white problems. Reporter: Derek, are those really issues that deal with poverty? Derek Vinyard: No. You know, no. They're not products of the environment either that's crap. Minorities don't give two shits about this country, they've come here to exploit it not to embrace it. Reporter: What does this... Derek Vinyard: I mean millions of white European Americans came here and flourished you know within a generation so what the fuck is the matter with these people going around shooting a... fireman? [cries] Reporter: What does this have to do with the murder of your father? Derek Vinyard: Because my father was murdered doing his job! Putting out a fire in fucking Nigger neighborhood. He shouldn't be giving a shit about. He got shot by a fucking drug dealer who probably still collects a welfare check! Murray: What are you doing Derek? This is your family. Derek Vinyard: Right, my family. My family so you know what? I don't give two shits about you or anybody else or what you think. You're not a part of it and you never will be. Murray: That has nothing to do with it! Derek Vinyard: Oh it doesn't? You don't think I see what you're trying to do here? You think I'm gonna sit here and smile while some fuckin' kike tries to fuck my mother? It's never gonna happen Murray, fuckin' forget it, not on my watch, not while I'm in this family. I will fuckin' cut your Shylock nose off and stick it up your ass before I let that happen. Coming in here and poisoning my family's dinner with your Jewish, nigger-loving, hippie bullshit. Fuck you! Fuck you! Yeah, walk out, asshole, fuckin' Kabbalah reading motherfucker. Get the fuck out of my house. Derek Vinyard: We're so hung up on this notion that we have some obligation to help the struggling black man, you know. Cut him some slack until he can overcome these historical injustices. It's crap. I mean, Christ, Lincoln freed the slaves, like, what? 130 years ago. How long does it take to get your act together? [Inside prison laundry] Lamont: I'm the most dangerous man in this prison. You know why? 'Cause I control the underwear. Derek Vinyard: Every night, thousands of these parasites stream across the border like some fuckin' piñata exploded. [the skinheads laugh] Don't laugh! There's nothin' funny goin' on here! [the skinheads immediately quiet down] [Danny walks in on Derek and Stacey having sex] Danny Vinyard: [whispering] Der. Derek. Stacey: Jesus, Danny! Fuckin' perv. Derek Vinyard: Jesus, Danny. What the fuck are you thinking? Danny Vinyard: Derek, there's a black guy out there breaking into your car. Derek Vinyard: How many Danny? How many? [Derek quickly pulls on white boxers and black combat boots] Danny Vinyard: One I think. Derek Vinyard: Is he strapped? Danny Vinyard: Huh? Derek Vinyard: Does he have a fucking gun Danny? Danny Vinyard: Man I don't fuckin' know. [Derek pulls out a gun from his dresser drawer] Stacey: Oh, my God! Derek, what are you doing? Derek Vinyard: Not right now honey. Derek Vinyard: Nigger, you just fucked with the wrong bull! You should've learned your lesson on the fuckin' basketball court! But you fuckin' monkey's never get the message. My father gave me that truck motherfucker! You ever shoot at fireman? You come here and shoot at my family? I'm gonna teach you a real lesson now motherfucker. Put your fuckin' mouth on the curb. Lawrence: Come on man... Derek Vinyard: I said put your mouth on the curb! [Lawrence bites onto the curb] Danny Vinyard: Derek, no! Derek Vinyard: That's it! Now say good night. [Derek stomps Lawrence's head into the curb] Seth: [singing] My eyes have seen the glory of the trampling at the zoo, / We've washed ourselves in niggers blood and all the mongrels too, / We've taken down the zog machine Jew by Jew by Jew, / The white man marches on! Cameron: You made the fat kid a little nervous. He thinks the joint messed with your mind. Derek Vinyard: It did. [On Derek's change in prison] Danny Vinyard: I'm sorry, Derek. I'm sorry that happened to you. Derek Vinyard: I'm not. I'm lucky. I feel lucky because it's wrong, Danny. It's wrong and it was eating me up, it was going to kill me. And I kept asking myself all the time, how did I buy into this shit? It was because I was pissed off, and nothing I ever did ever took that feeling away. I killed two guys, Danny, I killed them. And it didn't make me feel any different. It just got me more lost and I'm tired of being pissed off, Danny. I'm just tired of it. Danny Vinyard: [referring to Dr. Sweeney] He's one of those proud to be nigger people, I hate those guys. Cameron: Now wait a minute Danny, he's not proud. No, he's a manipulative, self-righteous Uncle Tom who's trying to make you feel guilty about writing about Adolf Hitler. Yeah, when some nigger or some spick writes about Martin Luther King or fucking Caesar commie Chavez, he gets a pat on the head. You can see the hypocrisy in that, can't you? Derek Vinyard: See this? [Pulls down shirt to reveal a huge swastika tattoo on his chest] Derek Vinyard: That means "Not welcome". Danny Vinyard: [writing the beginning of the essay] People look at me and see my brother. Lamont: Just remember, in here, you the nigga. Not me. [Derek is leaving prison] Lamont: 'Sup, man? You getting outta here? Well, c'mon man! What the fuck you waiting on? Derek Vinyard: Yeah, you know, I got this funny feeling. Lamont: Oh yeah? What's that? Derek Vinyard: I'm thinking the only reason I'm getting outta here in one piece is you. Lamont: C'mon man! Get the fuck outta here, man! You think I'm gonna put my neck on the line for some crazy-ass peckerwood? Derek Vinyard: Yeah, right. Stupid. [a moment of silence passes and Lamont looks away] Derek Vinyard: That's what I thought. I owe you, man. Lamont: Man, you owe me shit, a'ight? Derek Vinyard: Yes, I do. [Derek offers his hand and Lamont takes it] Derek Vinyard: You'll be outta here in no time. Lamont: C'mon man, it's a piece of cake, a'ight? You just take it easy on the brothers, a'ight? The *brothers*! Danny Vinyard: [arguing about his "Mein Kampf" paper] Look Sweeney, did you bring me here to talk about Derek? Because what happened to him has nothing to do with me. Bob Sweeney: Everything you do right now has something to do with Derek. Bob Sweeney: [arguing with Danny Vinyard about his "Mein Kampf" paper] I think the street would kill you. Your rhetoric and your propaganda aren't gonna save you out there. Curtis: [offscreen, to another skinhead] Hey man, want a toke? Derek Vinyard: Curtis, what are you doing? Weed is for niggers. You put that away right now. Have a little self respect. Seth: Are you calling me a blimp, you fucking democrat! Davina Vinyard: You know, when was the last time you were able to see your feet? [Seth gives Davina the finger] Derek Vinyard: Alright listen up, we need to open our eyes. There's over two million illegal immigrants bending down in this state tonight. This state spend three billion dollars last year on services, on people who had no right to be here in the first place. Three billion dollars. 400 million just to lock up a bunch of illegal immigrant criminals who only got in this country because the fucking INS decided it's not worth the effort to screen for convicted felons. Murray: I'm so sorry Doris. I really am. He's gone. Doris Vinyard: He's just a boy. Without a father. Murray: Doris, you don't know the world your children are living in. |
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