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Requiem for a Dream

Name: Requiem for a Dream
Released: 2000
Duration: 1 h 42 min
Rating: 68

68 Metascore
2000
1 hr 42 mins
Drama
NR

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Darren Aronofsky ("Pi") wrote and directed this bleak but potent adaptation of Hubert Selby Jr.'s novel. It's the story of a Brooklyn man (Jared Leto), his mother (Ellen Burstyn), girlfriend and business partner and their descent into drug addiction. Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans, Louise Lasser.

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1:34 Requiem For A Dream

Awards

2001 - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - nominated
2000 - Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role - nominated
2000 - Oscar - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - nominated
2000 - Toronto Film Critics Association - Best Supporting Actress [Runner-up] - winner

Cast & Crew See All

Ellen Burstyn

Sara Goldfarb

Jared Leto

Harry Goldfarb

Jennifer Connelly

Marion Silver

Latest News See All

Is there any truth to the ...

Question: Is there any truth to the rumor that Darren Aronofsky is going to direct an episode of Lost later this season? Answer: It certainly sounded that way when I asked Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse for a preview of the maverick filmmaker's episode during our interview last week. "I think the obvious thing that people are going to think is that he's going to do some big sort of tripped-out heroin thing [with Charlie]," says Damon, referring to Aronofsky's most celebrated work, the 2000 drug-addiction opus, Requiem for a Dream," but that's exactly what we are not going to do." (Who would think that? Oh, right. Me

Wed, Nov 23, 2005

DREAM GIG

Lost is getting a shot of indie cred. Entertainment Weekly reports that cult director Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, Pi) has signed on to helm a May-sweeps episode of the ABC hit. "It was one of those fantastic calls out of the blue," says Lost exec producer Carlton Cuse. "His agents let us know he liked the show, and we jumped at the opportunity." In related news, I see a major relapse in Charlie's future. (If you haven't seen Requiem, that joke will make absolutely no sense. But take my word for it — it's funny.)

Fri, Oct 28, 2005