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Requiem for a dream

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Movie propaganda

Requiem for a dream is set against the abandoned beaches and weathered brick apartment buildings of Coney Island.

It tells parallel stories that are linked by the relationship between the lonely, widowed Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn) and her sweet but aimless son Harry (Jared Leto). The plump Sara, galvanised by the prospect of appearing on a TV game show, has started a dangerous diet regimen to beautify herself for a national audience. Meanwhile, the love between Harry and his new girlfriend Jen (Jennifer Connelly) is forming around them an artificial refuge that lets them shut out their pasts of isolation and pain.

Jarry and his best friend Tyrone C Love (Marlon Wayans) successfully launch themselves as drug dealers as a means to future bliss; however, like Sara's mad dieting, this is just another path ridden with danger and empty promises. Lost and beyond help, four human beings plunge deeper into delusion and desperation until finally their dreams become nightmares.

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film drama thriller drug crime addiction caffeine hit inject romance dealer Coney Island

Persons of interest

Ellen Burstyn .... Sara Goldfarb
Jared Leto .... Harry
Jennifer Connelly .... Jen
Marlon Wayans .... Tyrone C Love
Christopher McDonald .... Tappy Tibbons
Louise Lasser .... Ada
Marcia Jean Kurtz .... Rae
Janet Sarno .... Mrs Pearlman
Suzanne Shepherd .... Mrs Scarlini
Joanne Gordon .... Mrs Ovadia
Charlotte Aronofsky .... Mrs Miles
Hubert Selby Junior .... Author
Hubert Selby Junior .... Screenwriter
Darren Aronofsky .... Screenwriter
Darren Aronofsky .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Requiem for a dream official site
Awards and film festivals:

Toronto International Film Festival 2000: Screening
Independent Spirit Awards 2001: Best female lead (Ellen Burstyn), Best cinematographer
Chicago Film Critics Circle 2001: Best actress (Ellen Burstyn)
Boston Society of Film Critics 2000: Best actress (Ellen Burstyn)
Online Film Critics Society 2000: Best actress (Ellen Burstyn), Best director, Best editing, Best score
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS - Oscars) 2000: Nominated: Best actress (Ellen Burstyn)

Studios and distributors:

Artisan Entertainment * Magna Pacific * Icon Entertainment

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Requiem for a dream is the kind of film that you have to see just because it works. Whether you agree with the "message" or not, whether you approve of the cinematography or not, whether you like it or not, it will get into your head and it will haunt you. It's like your first ride on a roller coaster, your first hangover, your first car accident, your first time in an emergency ward, your first sexual experience, your first fall from a bicycle, your first case of the munchies all rolled into one.

Requiem for a dream goes off. Intensely.