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#Blood money movie morgan freeman serial#

It was also one of the only serial killer flicks to successfully capitalize on the blow-out success of Jonathan Demme and Ted TallyРІР‚в„ўs blockbuster adaptation of Thomas HarrisРІР‚в„ў novel. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Getty Images Like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and, yes, Silence of the Lambs, Se7en used implication, context and suggestion to feel far more gruesome than it actually was.Р”В¬IRCA 1991: Actor Anthony Hopkins and actress Jodie Foster on set of the movie ' The Silence of the. There is just one (thrillingly-staged-and-edited) action scene and, despite its reputation as an uncommonly gruesome R-rated chiller, features almost no present-tense onscreen violence. Its visual grit and occasionally stylized editing were both influential amid the emerging music video aesthetic and served as a mask for what otherwise was a slowly-paced, character-and-procedure-focused drama. To show you how things have changed, it ranked just below Batman Forever that year which had earned $335 million global. The David Fincher-directed and Andrew Walker-penned flick, about two cops in an unnamed city (Seattle?) hunting a serial murderer who is staging recreations of the seven deadly sins, legged out to $100 million domestic and $327 million worldwide on a $33 million budget.

It was the one serial killer movie to successfully bounce off the success of The Silence of the Lambs, partially by being nothing like Silence of the Lambs. Beyond just winning plaudits for its visual style and its infamously downbeat ending, the film solidified Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt as a butts-in-the-seats (or added value element) box office draws, while furthering the idea that New Line Cinema had its pulse on the zeitgeist ( Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Mask, Rush Hour, Blade, Lord of the Rings) in a fashion that would put its rivals to shame. Even back in 1995, that was a solid showing for an original, R-rated, star-driven grimdark serial killer movie. The New Line Cinema release opened with strong pre-release reviews and consumer buzz to top the weekend box office with $13.9 million. Today marks the 25th anniversary of Seven.