Bully (2001 film)
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| Directed by | Larry Clark |
| Produced by |
Don Murphy Chris Hanley Fernando Sulichin |
| Screenplay by |
Zachary Long Roger Pullis |
| Based on |
Bully: A True Story of High School Revenge by Jim Schutze |
| Starring |
Brad Renfro Bijou Phillips Rachel Miner Michael Pitt Kelli Garner Leo Fitzpatrick Nick Stahl |
| Music by | Joe Poledouris Jerome Dillon |
| Cinematography | Steve Gainer |
| Edited by | Andrew Hafitz |
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| Distributed by | Lions Gate Films |
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113 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $704,808 |
Bully is a 2001 American psychological crime drama film directed by Larry Clark, and starring Brad Renfro, Bijou Phillips, Rachel Miner, Michael Pitt, Leo Fitzpatrick, Kelli Garner, and Nick Stahl. Based on the 1993 murder of Bobby Kent, the plot follows several young adults in South Florida who enact a murder plot against a mutual friend who has emotionally, physically and sexually abused them for years. The screenplay was written by David McKenna (under the pseudonym Zachary Long) and Roger Pullis, who adapted the book Bully: A True Story of High School Revenge by Jim Schutze.
The film was released in the United States on June 15, 2001, and met with mixed critical responses, though many critics noted the film's disturbing and straightforward handling of youth crime and murder.
Ali Willis (Bijou Phillips) and Lisa Connelly (Rachel Miner) are friends with Bobby Kent (Nick Stahl) and Marty Puccio (Brad Renfro). They all go out on a double date. While in a parked car, Ali performs oral sex on Bobby, while Lisa and Marty have sex in the back seat. Lisa later learns she is pregnant, but is afraid that the child is Bobby's instead of Marty's, since Bobby raped her after beating Marty unconscious.
Bobby emotionally and physically abuses Marty, and also rapes Ali. Marty reveals to Lisa that the abuse has been going on since they were kids, starting with Marty taking drugs at an early age, which Marty thinks that Bobby has been using to take advantage of him. Marty and Bobby then go to a gay bar, where he is forced to strip down to his underwear, and begins to dance, while Bobby starts to videotape the whole ordeal. Lisa eventually proposes that they murder Bobby.
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