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This World, Then the Fireworks is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 11 july 1997 with Billy Zane
This World, Then the Fireworks (1997)
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Add to a movie listThis World, Then the Fireworks is a 1997 American neo-noir film directed by Michael Oblowitz, starring Billy Zane, Gina Gershon and Sheryl Lee. The screenplay is based on a short story of the same name by Jim Thompson.
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As children, Marty and Carol Lakewood, fraternal twins, witness their father being brutally murdered. They grow up to become depraved and incestuous adults, living in Los Angeles in the mid-1950s.Actors
Billy Zane
(Marty Lakewood)
Philip Locke
(Marty Lakewood's Father)
Gina Gershon
(Carol Lakewood Morton)
Sheryl Lee
(Lois Archer)
Richard Edson
(Joe)
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