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American Psycho (Uncut Version) (Killer Collector's Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Mary Harron
Actors: Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage, Chloë Sevigny
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
Buy New: $3.55
You Save: $11.43 (76%)
New (50) Used (165) Collectible (3) from $0.93
Sales Rank: 2784
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Collector's Edition, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 102 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: LGED20374D
UPC: 031398176374
EAN: 0031398176374
ASIN: B0009A40ES
Release Date: June 21, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Reese Witherspoon. A Wall Street hot shot with a secret penchant for murder is dogged by a tenacious detective in this gripping, satirical thriller. 2000/color/103 min/R/widescreen.
Amazon.com
The Bret Easton Ellis novel American Psycho, a dark, violent satire of the "me" culture of Ronald Reagan's 1980s, is certainly one of the most controversial books of the '90s, and that notoriety fueled its bestseller status. This smart, savvy adaptation by Mary Harron (I Shot Andy Warhol) may be able to ride the crest of the notoriety; prior to the film's release, Harron fought a ratings battle (ironically, for depictions of sex rather than violence), but at the time the director stated, "We're rescuing [the book] from its own bad reputation." Harron and co-screenwriter Guinevere Turner (Go Fish) overcome many of the objections of Ellis's novel by keeping the most extreme violence offscreen (sometimes just barely), suggesting the reign of terror of yuppie killer Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) with splashes of blood and personal souvenirs. Bale is razor sharp as the blank corporate drone, a preening tiger in designer suits whose speaking voice is part salesman, part self-help guru, and completely artificial. Carrying himself with the poised confidence of a male model, he spends his days in a numbing world of status-symbol one-upmanship and soul-sapping small talk, but breaks out at night with smirking explosions of homicide, accomplished with the fastidious care of a hopeless obsessive. The film's approach to this mayhem is simultaneously shocking and discreet; even Bateman's outrageous naked charge with a chainsaw is most notable for the impossibly polished and gleaming instrument of death. Harron's film is a hilarious, cheerfully insidious hall of mirrors all pointed inward, slowly cracking as the portrait becomes increasingly grotesque and insane. --Sean Axmaker
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