Tape

Tape

6.9IMDb Score
Released:2001-11-02
Genre:Drama
Duration:87 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Richard Linklater
Actors:Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Uma Thurman
Production:Detour Filmproduction, InDigEnt, IFC Productions

Overview:

Jon, a first-time filmmaker, finds himself in Lansing, Michigan to present his film at a local film festival. Vince, his high school friend who is now a volunteer fireman and small-time drug dealer, also visits the town to support Jon on his big day, or so it seems. After a raucous hello and much backslapping, it appears that there is an undercurrent of tension in the air.

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