- Actors: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Rodney Dangerfield, Everett Quinton
- Directors: Oliver Stone
- Writers: Oliver Stone, David Veloz, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Rutowski
- Producers: Arnon Milchan, Clayton Townsend, Don Murphy
- Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, Director's Cut, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Lions Gate
- DVD Release Date: 25 Jan 2000
- Run Time: 118 minutes
- ASIN: B00003BDXG
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 101,103 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Degradation of American Culture on Display!
11 Feb 2000
Format:DVD
Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers is one of the most unique artistic visions in the last ten years. Some call it short-sighted, narrow, sensory overload, a bomabstic explosion of useless gas, or a pathetic exuse of a movie. Those who describe Natural Born Killers as such are missing the point or are perfect examples of it. The film is the most accurate film account of the 90's American culture. Mickey ( Woody Harrelson ) and Malory's ( Julliete Lewis ) dis-allusionment with the media, conservatism, morality, and life and death are all a primal revolution from the material enslavement of society. Watch the opening sequence with the dramatic and purposesly hallow transitions between color and black -and-white and violence and romance to see Stone's observations on 90's culture and the 80's influence upon it. The Rodney Dangerfield Sitcom section ( Roseanne anyone! ), sexually graphic animation, sexual abuse of children, Rodney King style beatings, Mickey and Mallory's sexual revolution, and the media's romanticism of crime (Heraldo, Montel, Jerry Springer)are all magnificentally satrized on this film. The 90's as a decade was in a nutshell short-sighted, narrow, sensory overloaded , a bomabstic explosion of useless gas, and a pathetic decade. The great films reflect the decades from which they were made and Natural Born Killers is no exception. In the fantastically edited last 30 minutes of NBK, this film will either totally repulse you or change your opinion of modern society. That is the power of this hyper-kinetic minagerie of the 90's. Oliver Stone's director's cut adds only about three minutes of extra footage which includes Tommy Lee Jone's decapitated head and some other disturbing material. This addition just adds more ferocity to Stone's vision. Also available on the DVD version are about 45 minutes of deleted scenes that Stone beleived would have hampered or slowed down NBK's narrative. The footage is also very provocative in its own right. A must-see.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Oliver Shows Quentin How to do IT!
29 Jun 2001
Format:DVD
This, along with Q. Tarantino's 'Pulp Fiction'once again lit the blue touch paper in the 'Violence in the Movies' debate. Is this film worth all the hype? - YES it is, but not for it's violence but for the sheer audacious movie making that Oliver Stone had once again shown. Out has gone a lot of Quentin's snappy and witty dialogue, although the QT trademark is there, but the showmanship of OS is at the forefront. This is what Q. Tarantino would and could not have acheived - a mad, bad and altogether out of body movie which debates that society and the media should be more accountable for their actions in the depiction of violence that is all around us. This is a complete cop out and should be ignored at the outset. Take this movie with a large pinch of salt and sit back and marvel at the splicing of different filmstocks 35mm Super 8 and also the fusing of cartoons in some areas. Plot, there is no plot, Mickey & Malory Knox ( Woody Harrelson / Juliette Lewis) kill and they enjoy it they have no morals, scruples and no compunction in doing what they do! Superb performances from all concerned above and also Robert Downey Jnr., Tommy Lee Jones and Tom Sizemore. This disc is nothing short of brilliant as it has superb missing/deleted scenes, alternative ending and one of the best audio commentaries fom Mr. Stone himself into the sights and insights of the film. Good / Bad? You decide, although it's not easy watching... you have been warned.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
A very funny black comedy
9 Feb 2000
Format:DVD
Don't listen to those people who dismiss this film as a horrible and irresponsible mess - it is one of the most brazen and funny films that has been produced in the 90s. People are missing the fact that the whole thing is an OTT comedy, which condemns the media and the idiots who fall into the trap of believing them. It's full of brilliant sequences and some great performances (especially Robert Downey Jnr and Tom Sizemore). Some of the scenes will stick in your head for a long time, but not for their brutality. The moment when the killers and Downey escape from the prison riot along a corridor with everyone following and their subsesquent run out the door is a hilarious scene which mixes all Stone wants to say in a few minutes. Brilliantly filmed, it is just one of many in a colourful, loud and purposely extravagant film. The commentary is very good, with Stone admitting what doesn't work or make sense, and the deleted scens are very interesting (about half an hour of them). Also, the documentary is really interesting for once, not just a hurried mess. The picture is a little soft at times, but with so many forms of cinematography in the film you won't be able to notice too often. This film will not make you into a murderer. Guaranteed. But it will make you wonder about the media and why the hell we listen to them. And I'm a journalist myself.
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