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Go (1999) -- Go! tells the story of the events after a drug deal, told from three different points of view.
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
John August (written by)
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Release Date:
9 April 1999 (USA) more
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life begins at 3am. more
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Go! tells the story of the events after a drug deal, told from three different points of view. full summary | add synopsis
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5 wins & 7 nominations more
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(11 articles)
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A wonderful wild ride; sometimes too clever, sometimes not enough more (400 total)
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Katie Holmes ... Claire Montgomery

Sarah Polley ... Ronna Martin

Suzanne Krull ... Stringy Haired Woman

Desmond Askew ... Simon Baines

Nathan Bexton ... Mannie

Robert Peters ... Switterman

Scott Wolf ... Adam

Jay Mohr ... Zack

Timothy Olyphant ... Todd Gaines

Jodi Bianca Wise ... Ballerina Girl

William Fichtner ... Burke
Rita Bland ... Dancing Register Woman

Tony Denman ... Track Suit Guy
Scott Hass ... Raver Dude

Natasha Melnick ... Anorexic Girl
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Rated R for strong drug content, sexuality, language and some violence.
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102 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Director Doug Liman originally did not want to cast Scott Wolf in the movie because Katie Holmes was already signed, and he did not want the movie to star two TV actors. However, he saw him talking in a hallway with Jay Mohr and realized that the chemistry between the two would be good in the movie. more
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Revealing mistakes: When Vince Sr. and Vince Jr. are chasing Simon, Singh, Tiny, and Marcus in the parkade, Vince Sr. leans on a concrete post that wobbles. more
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[after being asked by Burke to sell the Amway-like Confederated Products]
Zack: I need to bathe in sin.
Adam: With me, or one of your other boyfriends?
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Referenced in Getting Into the Action (2006) (V) more
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Song For Holly more

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40 out of 48 people found the following review useful.
A wonderful wild ride; sometimes too clever, sometimes not enough, 29 April 1999
10/10
Author: Kekoa Kaluhiokalani from Columbus, Oh

"Go" reads like a very very good sophomore offering by a very very good up-and-coming director. You can almost see a bright future for everyone involved in the film, from the director (Doug Liman) to the screenwriter (John August) to all of the young actors. The script is clearly the winner, with witty dialogue and a convoluted plotline (or plotlines, depending on how you view it) centered around a dozen or so GenX-er Los Angelenos on Christmas Eve. The film slickly moves you from one plotline to the next, as you follow one minor disaster leading to other minor disasters.

The film being a "sophomore offering," of course, has some drawbacks. Yes, it is tangentially derivative of "Pulp Fiction." And yes, it does scrounge a bit from this teen flick and that. In some cases, certain plotlines wrap up too neatly, and in other cases the plotlines don't converge nearly as neatly enough. But what the film may lack in originality it certainly makes up for with style and quirks.

The real discovery in all this is the cast. Sarah Polly stands out (listen to her mild Canadian accent slip through once in a while) as the world-weary checkout gal who's first and only foray into drug-dealing unleashes a legion of trouble for her. Desmond Askew (wonderfully punny name) is this Pulp Fiction's Tim Roth, glib and cocky as his well-ordered world whirls and crumbles around him in a neatly choreographed disaster. As the sinister drug supplier, Timothy Olyphant is particularly menacing, exuding equal amounts of danger and innocence, sexiness and insecurity. The characters in "Go" never become cardboard parodies of themselves, and they never dissolve into charicatures of themselves for the sake of plot or atmosphere.

So watch the film, soak in the plot, atmosphere, and the characters. At the risk of sounding glib myself, by all means "Go."

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