Character:
Tom Welles

“If someone never saw or sold a snuff film, they shouldn’t give a damn what I ask about it. If they have, they’ve got a right to be nervous.” 

Director:
Joel Schumacher

Producers:
Joel Schumacher
Judy Hoffland
Gavin Palone

Writer:
Andrew Kevin Walker

Co-stars:
Joaquin Phoenix
James Gandolfini
Catherine Keener
Norman Reedus
Peter Stormare
Anthony Heald
Chris Bauer
Myra Carter

Movie Synopsis:
On behalf of an affluent widow, the expert private investigator Tom Welles embarks on a harrowing case to verify whether the death of a young woman in a snuff film, found in her deceased husband’s safe, is real or not. His investigation takes him on a sleazy and disturbing journey through the illegal underworld of the pornographic industry, and with the help of Max, an assistant in an adult video shop who he meets along the way, goes undercover as a would be client to a talent scout and movie director, who he suspects are involved in the case of the missing young girl. The discovery he makes and the level of his involvement puts Tom in grave danger, and as his journey darkens and deepens, places him in the position of avenger, putting him at risk of losing his life, his sanity and his soul.

Trailer:

Nicolas Cage movie quotes:
“He’s Everyman, an ordinary man who gets pushed into very extraordinary situations and then becomes extraordinary.”

“8MM is my first foray into horror. To me, it’s a horror film, and I hadn’t really done that before.”