8MM
“You can't prepare for where the truth will take you.”
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.
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Part of 8MM Collection
2 films
Cast
54 people
Nicolas Cage
Tom Welles
Known for
The Croods
National Treasure
Joaquin Phoenix
Max California
Known for
Joker
Her
James Gandolfini
Eddie Poole
Known for
The Sopranos
The Drop
Peter Stormare
Dino Velvet
Known for
Prison Break
22 Jump Street
Anthony Heald
Longdale
Known for
The Silence of the Lambs
Alone
Chris Bauer
Machine
Known for
True Blood
HIS & HERS
Catherine Keener
Amy Welles
Known for
Get Out
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
Myra Carter
Mrs. Christian
Known for
Storm of the Century
Amy Morton
Mrs. Mathews
Known for
Chicago P.D.
Up in the Air
Norman Reedus
Warren Anderson
Known for
The Walking Dead
The Boondock Saints
Jenny Powell
Mary Ann Mathews
Anne Gee Byrd
Senator
Known for
The End of Oak Street
Zero Charisma
Joel Schumacher Director · Andrew Kevin Walker Writer Mychael Danna Composer
Worldwide gross $97M · Budget $40M · United States release February 26, 1999
Box office
Budget
$40,000,000
Worldwide gross
$96,618,699
Gross vs. budget
2.4×
Production
Global Medien KG
Production
Hofflund/Polone
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
Global Entertainment Productions GmbH & Company Medien KG
Production
Germany · United States
Produced in
8 Millimeter · Eight Millimeter
Working titles
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · February 19, 1999
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
United States · February 26, 1999
Theatrical
Argentina
April 15, 1999 · Theatrical
Australia
April 15, 1999 · Theatrical
Belgium
March 10, 1999 · Theatrical
Brazil
April 30, 1999 · Theatrical
Canada
December 3, 2002 · Physical · DVD
Colombia
April 16, 1999 · Theatrical
Czechia
May 6, 1999 · Theatrical
Denmark
March 5, 1999 · Theatrical
Egypt
May 5, 1999 · Theatrical
Estonia
April 30, 1999 · Theatrical
Finland
February 26, 1999 · Theatrical
France
March 10, 1999 · Theatrical
December 10, 2016 · Digital · VOD
September 15, 2022 · Digital · Netflix
Germany
April 1, 1999 · Theatrical
Greece
March 9, 1999 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
April 1, 1999 · Theatrical
Hungary
May 13, 1999 · Theatrical
Iceland
April 16, 1999 · Theatrical
Indonesia
June 26, 1999 · Premiere · Jakarta
Ireland
April 23, 1999 · Theatrical
Israel
November 1, 2017 · Physical · Blu-Ray
Italy
April 16, 1999 · Theatrical
Japan
May 1, 1999 · Theatrical
Kuwait
April 5, 2000 · Theatrical
Lithuania
May 7, 1999 · Theatrical
Mexico
September 15, 1999 · Physical · DVD
Netherlands
March 25, 1999 · Theatrical
May 31, 2002 · TV · SBS 6
March 25, 2008 · Physical · DVD
New Zealand
April 29, 1999 · Theatrical
Norway
April 16, 1999 · Theatrical
Philippines
April 7, 1999 · Theatrical
Poland
May 21, 1999 · Theatrical
Portugal
March 19, 1999 · Theatrical
Romania
February 26, 1999 · Premiere
Singapore
May 20, 1999 · Theatrical
Slovakia
May 6, 1999 · Theatrical
January 30, 2010 · TV · Markíza
Slovenia
May 13, 1999 · Theatrical
South Korea
March 6, 1999 · Theatrical
Spain
April 16, 1999 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 26, 1999 · Theatrical
Switzerland
March 10, 1999 · Theatrical · French
April 9, 1999 · Theatrical · German
Taiwan
March 13, 1999 · Theatrical
Thailand
April 10, 1999 · Theatrical
Türkiye
May 14, 1999 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
November 28, 2018 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
April 23, 1999 · Theatrical
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