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Cosmopolis

Rated R for some strong sexual content including graphic nudity, violence and language.

R In Theaters 08/17/2012 , 108min.
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From director David Cronenberg and based on the prophetic novel by Don DeLillo, comes 'Cosmopolis,' a contemporary thriller that turns into a wild, hypnotic odyssey through our new millennium's obsessions with power, money, control, information, technology, violence, sex, mortality, revolution, destruction and ultimately, redemption.

Unfolding in a single cataclysmic day, the story follows Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson) - a 28-year-old financial whiz kid and billionaire asset manager - as he heads out in his tricked-out stretch limo to get a haircut from his father's old barber, while remotely wagering his company's massive fortune on a bet against the Chinese Yuan. Packer's luxe trip across the city quickly becomes dizzyingly hellish as he encounters explosive city riots, a parade of provocative visitors, and is thrust into a myriad of intimate encounters. Having started the day with everything, believing he is the future, Packer's perfectly ordered, doubt-free world is about to implode.
  • MPAA Rating: R
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction
  • Run Time: 108min.
  • Theatrical Release Date: 08/17/2012
  • DVD Release Date: 12/31/2012
  • Status: In Theaters
  • Distributor(s): Entertainment One
  • Director(s): David Cronenberg
  • Starring: Robert Pattinson , Samantha Morton , Juliette Binoche , Paul Giamatti , Sarah Gadon
  • Themes: Obsessive Quests,Political Unrest,Hotshots
  • Tone: Austere,Bleak,Cerebral,Cynical,Deliberate,Literate,Ominous,Talky
  • Keywords: billionaire,traffic,wealth,President,barber,barber-shop,chaos,empire,funeral,hair,limousine,paranoia,revolution,stock-market,turmoil,tycoon
  • Country of Origin: USA - Limited (08-17-2012),Canada (06-08-2012)
  • Language: English
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