Bound (1996)
Bound (1996)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Gina Gershon
Corky
Jennifer Tilly
Violet
Joe Pantoliano
Caesar
John P. Ryan
Mickey Malnato
Christopher Meloni
Johnnie Marzzone
Richard C. Sarafian
Gino Marzzone
Barry Kivel
Shelly
Mary Mara
Bartender
Susie Bright
Jesse
Margaret Smith
Woman Cop
Peter Spellos
Lou
Ivan Kane
Cop #1
Kevin Michael Richardson
Cop #2
Gene Borkan
Roy
Lana Wachowski
Director / Screenplay / Executive Producer
Lilly Wachowski
Screenplay / Director / Executive Producer
Stuart Boros
Producer
Andrew Lazar
Producer
Jeffrey Sudzin
Co-Producer
Don Davis
Original Music Composer
Bill Pope
Director of Photography
Eve Cauley
ProductionDesigner
Zach Staenberg
Editor
Nancy Foy
Casting
Eve Cauley
Production Design
Lizzy Gardiner
Costume Designer
Dane A. Davis
Sound Designer
Rip Murray
First Assistant Director
Pearl A. Lucero
Production Supervisor
Toni Whiteman
Second Assistant Director
Joel Unangst
Gaffer
Tony Mazzucchi
Key Grip
Felipe Borrero
Sound Mixer
Douglas Shamburger
Boom Operator
Andre Blaise
Hairstylist
Suzanne Rodier
Key Makeup Artist
Nancy Rhodes
Key Costumer
Robert C. Goldstein
Art Direction
Andrea Dopaso
Art Direction
Harry E. Otto
Set Designer
Kristen Toscano Messina
Set Decoration
Jonathan R. Hodges
Property Master
Cheryl Starbuck
Script Supervisor
Teresa Kelly
Post Production Supervisor
Lou Carlucci
Special Effects Supervisor
Cliff Cudney
Stunt Coordinator
Jack R. Tate
Location Manager
Michael Stanwick
Color Timer
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 13, 1996
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 45m
Content RatingR
Budget$4,500,000
Box Office$7,011,317
Filming LocationsLos Angeles · Vernon, United States of America
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Wiki.
Bound is a 1996 American neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by the Wachowskis in their feature film directorial debut. Violet (Jennifer Tilly), who longs to escape her relationship with her mafioso boyfriend Caesar (Joe Pantoliano), enters into a clandestine affair with alluring ex-con Corky (Gina Gershon), and the two women hatch a scheme to steal $2 million of Mafia money.
Bound was the first film directed by the Wachowskis, and they took inspiration from Billy Wilder to tell a noir story filled with sex and violence. Financed by Dino De Laurentiis, the film was made on a tight budget with the help of frugal crew members including cinematographer Bill Pope. The directors initially struggled to cast the lesbian characters of Violet and Corky before securing Tilly and Gershon. To choreograph the sex scenes, the directors employed sex educator Susie Bright as an ad hoc intimacy coordinator, and she also made a cameo appearance in the film.
Bound received several festival awards and positive reviews from film critics who praised the humor and style of the directors as well as the realistic portrayal of a lesbian relationship in a mainstream film. Detractors of the film found its plot superficial and criticized the violence as excessive.