From director Stephen Frears (Dangerous Liaisons) and producer Martin Scorsese, comes The Grifters, a taut thriller in which seduction and betrayal could lead to murder. John Cusack (Grosse Pointe Blank), Anjelica Huston (Crimes and Misdemeanors, The Addams Family) and Annette Bening (American Beauty, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool) are amongst the impressive cast.
When small-time cheat Roy Dillon winds up in hospital following an unsuccessful scam, it sets up a confrontation between his estranged mother Lilly and alluring girlfriend Myra. Both Lilly and Myra are con artists playing the game in a league far above Roy, and always looking for their next victim. As Roy finds himself caught in a complicated web of passion and mistrust, the question is who’s conning who?
The film is getting a Blu-ray re-release through 101 Films with a variety of special features, including a feature called ‘Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters’, A brand new feature length documentary on the film’s production, including new interviews with director Stephen Frears, cinematographer Oliver Stapleton, editor Mick Audsley, executive producer Barbara De Fina and co-producer Peggy Rajski.
The release also comes with a limited edition booklet that includes: ‘Jim Thompson, Noir, and the Popular Front’, an essay by David Cochran, and ‘Elmer Bernstein: Grit not Grift’, a review of the legendary composer’s career by Charlie Brigden.
Watch our exclusive clip featuring an interview with Stephen Frears who talks about being asked to direct The Grifters by Martin Scorsese. This is taken from the impressive ‘making of’ from the release.
101 Films launch their new Black Label with The Grifters and David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ both on dual format on 21 May 2018
