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American History X is a 1998 American crime drama film directed by Tony Kaye (in his feature directorial debut) and written by David McKenna. The film stars Edward Norton and Edward Furlong as two brothers from Los Angeles who are involved in the white power skinhead and neo-Nazi movements. The older brother (Norton) serves three years in ...
That challenge certainly stood before Edward Norton when it came to portraying Derek Vinyard, a former neo-Nazi leader fresh out of prison in the 1998 dramatic thriller American History X ...
In 1998’s “American History X,” Norton’s Derek Vinyard character was based, in part, on Meeink’s road to redemption as he began to ditch his racist views after kindling friendships with ...
The 1998 film American History X is loosely inspired by Meeink's life in many ways. The film's main character, Derek, played by Edward Norton, becomes a skinhead after his father is killed by black drug dealers, and helps start a Neo-Nazi gang in Los Angeles. Like Meeink, the character goes to prison for 3 years for the murder of two black gang ...
In the film American History X (1998), white power skinhead Derek Vinyard murders Lawrence, a black burglar who had tried to steal his truck, by curb-stomping him. [9] [10] The method of killing for both Marinus Schöberl and Randall Townsend appear to have been inspired by this scene. [11] [12]
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Edward Harrison Norton (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor and producer. After graduating from Yale College in 1991 with a degree in history, he worked for a few months in Japan before moving to Manhattan to pursue an acting career. He gained recognition and critical acclaim for his debut in Primal Fear (1996), which earned him a Golden ...
Edward Norton is an American actor and filmmaker. He made his film debut in the film Primal Fear (1996), for which he earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe Award in the same category. In the same year, he starred in two other films, The People vs. Larry Flynt and Everyone Says I Love You.