Another Day in Paradise (1998) on Netflix
Teenage addict Bobbie robs vending machines at a Midwest college and comes back to his girlfriend Rosie badly beaten. Rosie turns to Mel, a middle-aged thief, and his girlfriend Sid.
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- Rotten Tomatoes58%
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Plot summary
Bobbie, a teenage methamphetamine addict in the 1970s Midwest, tries to rob vending machines at a college and comes back badly beaten to the flophouse he shares with his older girlfriend, Rosie. Rosie sends for Mel, a middle-aged thief who also deals drugs, and he gives Bobbie heroin to dull the pain. When Bobbie recovers, Mel and his girlfriend Sid, herself addicted to heroin, take the young pair along on a string of drug robberies, among them a clinic job that yields a large sum. On the run, Rosie finds out that she is pregnant. Sid is thrilled by the news, and Mel explains that Sid cannot have a child of her own.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Another Day in Paradise (1998)
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- Co-producer and co-writer Stephen Chin said that, given the outrageous circumstances, it was amazing the movie happened at all; star and co-producer James Woods described the shoot as a nightmare and director Larry Clark as a rude pig, and on the night of the world premiere in Venice, Clark physically attacked Chin.
- It was the last film that film critics Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel gave their famous two thumbs up to; they reviewed it in Siskel's last television appearance, before his death a few weeks later.
- After originally earning the rare NC-17 rating, the American theatrical release was edited for the purpose of obtaining an R, reducing the running time from 105 to 101 minutes; Clark's original cut ran over 140 minutes.
- Clark and Kartheiser wanted to shoot an even kinkier version of one sex scene, but Gregson Wagner refused, saying she knew that if Larry really believed in the idea he would not have come with Vincent and would not have waited until the day of shooting to discuss it with her.
