Natural Born Killers is a controversial 1994 satirical crime film directed by Oliver Stone about a husband and wife pair of mass murderers and the media coverage given to them. It stars Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis, and features appearances by Rodney Dangerfield, Robert Downey, Jr., Tom Sizemore, and Tommy Lee Jones. It is based on a screenplay by Quentin Tarantino that was heavily revised by Stone with writer Dave Veloz and associate produ...
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Natural Born Killers is a controversial 1994 satirical crime film directed by Oliver Stone about a husband and wife pair of mass murderers and the media coverage given to them. It stars Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis, and features appearances by Rodney Dangerfield, Robert Downey, Jr., Tom Sizemore, and Tommy Lee Jones. It is based on a screenplay by Quentin Tarantino that was heavily revised by Stone with writer Dave Veloz and associate producer Richard Rutowski. Notorious for its violent content, the film was named the 8th most controversial movie of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
The film was promoted with the tagline "A bold new film that takes a look at a country seduced by fame, obsessed by crime and consumed by the media.", and was released theatrically in the United States on August 26, 1994.
The film opens with Mickey Knox (Woody Harrelson) and his wife Mallory (Juliette Lewis) in a roadside café in the New Mexico desert. The pair are initially seen to be normal...
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