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Hard Candy
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Hard Candy is a 2005 American film directed by David Slade from a screenplay by Brian Nelson, starring Patrick Wilson, Elliot Page, and Sandra Oh. It was produced by Paul Allen through Vulcan Productions, with a score by Harry Escott. Categorised as a thriller, rape and revenge film, drama, and crime film, its narrative and filming location is Los Angeles.
Running 104 minutes, the film had a budget of 950,000 and earned a revenue of 7,000,000. It was distributed by Starz Entertainment and Netflix, with video on demand among its distribution formats.
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6.8Hayley’s a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff’s a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff’s place. Jeff thinks it’s his lucky night. He’s in for a surprise.
Cast
- Elliot Page as Hayley Stark
- Patrick Wilson as Jeff Kohlver
- Sandra Oh as Judy Tokuda
- Odessa Rae as Janelle Rogers
- G.J. Echternkamp as Nighthawks Clerk
- Cori Bright as Girl in Nighthawks (uncredited)
Themes
- pedophilia
- suicide
- rape
- age difference
- photographer
- sadism
- insanity
- shower
- menace
- lie
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Key facts
- Directed by
- David Slade
- Written by
- Brian Nelson
- Produced by
- Rosanne Korenberg Paul Allen
- Starring
- Patrick Wilson Elliot Page Sandra Oh Jennifer Holmes
- Cinematography
- Jo Willems
- Edited by
- Art Jones
- Music by
- Molly Nyman Harry Escott
- Production companies
- Vulcan Productions Launchpad Productions
- Distributed by
- Lionsgate
- Release dates
- January 21, 2005 ( 2005-01-21 ) ( Sundance ) April 14, 2006 ( 2006-04-14 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 104 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $950,000
- Box office
- $8.3 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- David Slade
- Screenwriter
- Brian Nelson
- Cast member
- Sandra Oh
- Producer
- Paul Allen
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Filming location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 104
- FilmAffinity ID
- 752731
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2006-06-29
- title
- Hard Candy
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 58/100
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Encyclopedic overview
Hard Candy is a 2005 American psychological thriller film focusing on a 14-year-old vigilante's trapping and torture of a man whom she suspects of being a sexual predator. The film was directed by David Slade, written by Brian Nelson, and stars Patrick Wilson and Elliot Page. It was the first feature film for Slade, who had primarily directed music videos.
Hard Candy premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, and was screened at the Florida Film Festival in April 2006. It had a limited release in two theaters in the United States. The film made over $8 million at the box office, including $1 million domestically, on a budget of under $1 million.
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