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Strange Days
A grimy, propulsive neo-noir that drags you through a violent, paranoid city on the edge of the millennium.
About 1995 film by Kathryn Bigelow
Genres drama, cyberpunk, action, science fiction, thriller, dystopian
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Written by James Cameron, Jay Cocks
Starring Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, William Fichtner, Vincent D'Onofrio, Tom Sizemore, Kelly Hu, Todd Graff
Music Graeme Revell
Runtime 139 min
Country United States
Links TMDB · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikipedia · Wikidata
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