- Format: PAL
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Infinity Video
- DVD Release Date: 8 Oct 2007
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000SKATMQ
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 30,748 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Too Young To Die:By the age of 14, Amanda Sue Bradley has already suffered a lifetime of cruelty and neglect. She's alone in the world and desperate for love. All too easily, she falls prey to a seductive hustler who introduces her to a tawdry world of strip joints and drug abuse. One night, high on speed and alcohol, they take off on a murderous spree. Their victim: the one man who has ever shown Amanda love and compassion. Amanda is arrested for the kill and the crime is so brutal that, despite her age, she face trial as an adult.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
this is a really really good movie, based on true events.
amandas life have never been perfect, and when she is raped by her stepfather (her mother doesent believe her)
she is forced to grow up and take care of herself.
Sadly there is very few ways to support yourself, when you are 14 years old. so she lies, says she 18 and start stripping in a club.
her youth and naive personality lands her, in company vith all the wrong people and things go really bad.
Gives a perspective on the death penalty in America, when a teenager can be sentenced to die.
amandas life have never been perfect, and when she is raped by her stepfather (her mother doesent believe her)
she is forced to grow up and take care of herself.
Sadly there is very few ways to support yourself, when you are 14 years old. so she lies, says she 18 and start stripping in a club.
her youth and naive personality lands her, in company vith all the wrong people and things go really bad.
Gives a perspective on the death penalty in America, when a teenager can be sentenced to die.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Just occasionally a film slips into the tv archives and gets lost until some enterprising dvd distributor finds an outlet for it, in this case Infinity True Stories. The film was made for television at a time when honesty and integrity still seemed to be a part of such projects. Interestingly I very much doubt if this film would be made today. It deals with the abused life, crime, trial and prosecution of a 15 year old girl played with such conviction by Juliette Lewis I am amazed she was not honoured with some kind of award. She is an actress who seems to have done such a lot of her best work before she became a grown up.
The current release is marketed as a Brad Pitt film whose portrayal of a manky sleezeball is again remarkable considering his age and movie inexperience but the film belongs almost entirely to Lewis whose vulnerability during the trial scenes with her ghastly mid west flicked up hair do and her nether limbs linked by heavy chains is heart breaking to watch
I can not recommend this film highly enough. I should put it on any high school curriculum for debate on the death penalty in the U S
The current release is marketed as a Brad Pitt film whose portrayal of a manky sleezeball is again remarkable considering his age and movie inexperience but the film belongs almost entirely to Lewis whose vulnerability during the trial scenes with her ghastly mid west flicked up hair do and her nether limbs linked by heavy chains is heart breaking to watch
I can not recommend this film highly enough. I should put it on any high school curriculum for debate on the death penalty in the U S
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
I first saw 'Too Young To Die?' on a True Movies channel about 3/4 years ago.
I read the information, and other then the fact I wanted to watch it because
a young Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis were in it, I was also intrigued because from
the information I got the impression it would be a bit of a "runaway" movie with
a fearless couple kind of like 'Bonnie & Clyde' or 'Natural Born Killers' because I
LOVE movies like that. But what drew me in more was the fact that it was a true
story, which always holds my interest, especially TV movies.
I have to say the film surprised me and definitely held my interest right through.
Different to a 'Bonnie & Clyde' type film but still close enough to go into that
'violent and on the run' category, no guns or anything just very realistic, unexpected
and tragic. Brad and Juliette are brilliantly casted and both deliver solid performances.
It's basically about a girl who never really gets a chance at a decent, life..
Sexually abused by her step father from a young age, abandoned then by her mother
who sides with the step father, out on her own at the age of 13, marries briefly,
desperate for money finds an unsuitable job for buttons, puts her trust in sleazy
people and just tries so hard to find love and trust in all the wrong places until
something goes very wrong for her.
Seriously great film to watch but will really pull at your emotions,
Very heartbreaking!
I read the information, and other then the fact I wanted to watch it because
a young Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis were in it, I was also intrigued because from
the information I got the impression it would be a bit of a "runaway" movie with
a fearless couple kind of like 'Bonnie & Clyde' or 'Natural Born Killers' because I
LOVE movies like that. But what drew me in more was the fact that it was a true
story, which always holds my interest, especially TV movies.
I have to say the film surprised me and definitely held my interest right through.
Different to a 'Bonnie & Clyde' type film but still close enough to go into that
'violent and on the run' category, no guns or anything just very realistic, unexpected
and tragic. Brad and Juliette are brilliantly casted and both deliver solid performances.
It's basically about a girl who never really gets a chance at a decent, life..
Sexually abused by her step father from a young age, abandoned then by her mother
who sides with the step father, out on her own at the age of 13, marries briefly,
desperate for money finds an unsuitable job for buttons, puts her trust in sleazy
people and just tries so hard to find love and trust in all the wrong places until
something goes very wrong for her.
Seriously great film to watch but will really pull at your emotions,
Very heartbreaking!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Not sure why this has an '18' rating?
Loosely based on the 1982 Attina Marie Cannaday and David Gray murder case in Mississippi, 'Too Young To Die' is a moving and very well acted film. Read more
Published 1 month ago by A. McGrath
Young stars shine
A young Pitt and Lewis in a gritty true-life story about the legal travesty that too often masquarades as justice. Much better than I expected of a low budget film
Published 9 months ago by I. Stuart
don't bother
it's all in the title really. nothing worth watching here at all. i guess i hoped for something like kalifornia but this is way below that level and hugely disappointing .
Published 11 months ago by oso71
was i watching the right film?
After reading customer reviews on this item and reading the back of the dvd case i thought it was going to be a brilliant film, but if i didn't read the reviews i woudldn't of... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Andy
To Young To Die
It Came as said Sealed Well Wrapped Thanks. Great Film Good Story No 5.1 Sound On this To Old But Great Anyway. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Henry29
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