| Another Day in Paradise | |
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| Directed by | Larry Clark |
| Produced by | Larry Clark James Woods Stephen Chin Scott Shiffman |
| Written by | Novel: Eddie Little Screenplay: Stephen Chin Christopher B. Landon |
| Starring | James Woods Melanie Griffith Vincent Kartheiser Natasha Gregson Wagner |
| Cinematography | Eric Alan Edwards |
| Editing by | Luis Colina |
| Distributed by | Trimark Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 30, 1998 |
| Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million |
| Box office | $1,036,818[1] |
Another Day in Paradise is a 1998 drama film directed by Larry Clark, and released by Trimark Pictures. It is based on the novel Another Day in Paradise written by Eddie Little.
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A vending machine robbery by small time thief and drug addict Bobbie (Vincent Kartheiser) goes badly awry, and his friends contact street-wise thief and part-time druggie Mel (James Woods) to patch him up.
Recognizing a kindred spirit, Mel befriends Bobbie and his girlfriend Rosie (Natasha Gregson Wagner), inviting them to join him and his long-suffering girlfriend Sid (Melanie Griffith) on a drug robbery which should set them up for life. The seemingly simple robbery is a great success, but the sale of the drugs afterward fails badly, and Mel and Bobbie are shot.
The four take refuge with the Reverend, who charges them half of their haul from the robbery to care for them. In a desperate attempt to recover their losses, Mel involves the crew in a disastrous, ill-advised jewellery robbery, and they become caught up in a web of violence that rapidly spirals out of control.
Vincent Kartheiser had two explicit sex scenes with Natasha Gregson, one of which was cut from the film in order to avoid an NC-17 rating.
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