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Just like Heaven is a 2005 American fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Mark Waters and starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo. It is based on the 1999 French novel If Only It Were True (Et si c'était vrai...) by Marc Levy. Steven Spielberg obtained the rights to produce the film from the book. [1]
The White Sound: 2002 [10] Training Day: PCP: 2001 Young Guns: Billy the Kid and his gang ingest peyote in an attempt to consult with spirits regarding their present situation. Peyote: 1988 Young Sherlock Holmes: A cult use a hallucinogenic drug to give their victims frightening visions and accidentally kill themselves when they panic ...
Drug films are films that depict either illicit drug distribution or drug use, whether as a major theme, such as by centering the film around drug subculture or by depicting it in a few memorable scenes. Drug cinema ranges from gritty social realism depictions to the utterly surreal depictions in art film and experimental film.
In a totalitarian future where all forms of feeling are illegal and citizens are required to take daily drug-injections to suppress emotion and encourage obedience, a man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system. [12] Escape from L.A. 1996 Sequel to the 1981 film, Escape from New York. In 2013, Snake Plissken is sent to the ...
“It does sound harsh but you have to remember we were a community of drug addicts, recovering drug addicts, and these kind of punishments became rites of passage for many of us,” said Howard Josepher, 76, who in the ’60s was one of the first members of New York City’s Phoenix House, which was a Synanon-type program when it was established.
According to the Austin American-Statesman, 20th Century Fox, the film's distributor, was entirely absent in promoting the feature; [8] while posters were released to theaters, "no movie trailers, no ads, and only two stills", [15] and no press kits were released. [16] The film was not screened for critics. [17]
He described the technological gadgets as "lackluster" and the script "loaded with stupidities that had a preview audience laughing in derision". What he found "most contemptible is the way the film never justifies any of its characters' behavior. Jessica's subversive group doesn't do anything except hide in what looks like a boiler room.
It is also known as Angels' Brigade and Seven from Heaven. The film has major roles for Peter Lawford and Jack Palance as the leaders of a drug cartel, and gives minor roles to character actors Jim Backus , Alan Hale, Jr. , Pat Buttram and Arthur Godfrey (playing himself).